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Legislators says 2002 may be the year to lower legal alcohol limit

November 14, 2001 By admin

Key state legislative leaders say 2002 may be the year Iowa gets tougher on drunk drivers.Twenty-nine states, Washington D-C and Puerto Rico have passed strict laws dropping the legal blood-alcohol limit to point-oh-eight — something Iowa lawmakers have tried to do, unsuccessfully, for several years. Cedar Rapids republican Chuck Larson Junior, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, says dropping Iowa’s rate from point-one would save lives. Senator Gene Maddox, the Clive republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, expects point-oh-eight to pass his panel in the next session. If Iowa fails to do so within the next few years, the state will lose more than 47-million dollars in federal road money.

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