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Posted on May 29, 2003
Senate approves DUI standards bill



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A House bill creating tougher standards for driving under the influence cleared the Senate on Thursday.

The bill would lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for drunken driving convictions to 0.08 percent from the current 0.10 percent.

The Senate's amendments to the bill include language that would make it easier to through out a DUI test if authorities failed to follow test procedures. Sen.s also agreed to increase the current $300 fine on DUIs by $100.

Senate amendments mean the bill will have to be worked out in a conference committee next week.

Sen. Larry Martin, R-Pickens, said the bill has to clear the Legislature before it goes home this summer or else the federal government won't release highway funds to the state.

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