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Gov. Miller to introduce new DUI bills
Governor Miller today announced
that he will introduce two pieces of
legislation that will further
strengthen Georgia's DUI laws-one
aimed at first-time offenders and the
other at habitual offenders.
The first bill would require the
immediate suspension of a first
time DUI offender's drivers license
for 120 days, provided that his or
her blood alcohol content is .10 or
higher. The second bill will allow
judges to require that certain repeat
DUI offenders install ignition inter
lock systems on their vehicles.
"Approval of these bills will send
a strong message that Georgia will
not tolerate drunk and drugged
drivers on our roads, and that when
they're caught, they will not get off
lightly," Governor Miller said.
In 1991, Georgia had a total of
72,390 DUI arrests. Os that total,
more than 55,000-76 pcrcent-were
first-time offenders. "Os the 32
slates that have automatic suspen
sion of licenses for DUIs, only one
state, Georgia, exempts first-time
offenders," Governor Miller said.
Members of
Perry Memorial
Baptist honored
Memorial Heights Baptist Church
in Perry awarded members pins for
Perfect Attendance for 1992. The
pins were presented to the follow
ing members Jan. 3.
Two ycars-Mrs. Mildred Wilson,
Mrs. Maggie Cravey, Jonathan
Gordon.
Three years-Justin Gordon,
Rebecca Gordon, Marie Kropp.
Five years-Amy Dean.
Seven years-Mrs. Judy Williams,
Joshua Dean.
Fourteen years-Wally Dean.
Sixteen years-Elder Gordon
Buchanan.
Twenty six years-Mrs. Shirley
Mann, Mrs. Frances Bowen, Mrs.
Bobbie Dean.
Twenty seven years-Mr. J.P.
Mann.
Thirty four ycars-Mrs. Tom
Harmon.
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Notes I
Miller graduates
from VSC in nursing
Valdosta State College recently
held its Fall Quarter 1992
Commencement exercises. More
than 300 graduates received degrees,
including Susan Jeannine Miller of
Perry, who received a Bachelor of
Science in Nursing Degree.
Several from area
on VSC Dean's List
To make the Dean's List at
Valdosta State College, students
must carry 10 hours or more course
work and have a quarterly grade
point average of 3.66 on a 4.0 scale
with a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 to
qualify. The following students
made the Dean’s List: Leila Elaine
Summers of Elko, John Fan,
Candace Ann Thompson and Dcidre
Renay Williams, all of Perry.
Perryan Ellis on MC
fall '92 Dean's List
Phyllis T. Ellis of Perry has been
named to the Dean’s List for Fall
Quarter 1992 at Macon Coliege, at
tending classes at the Robins |
Resident Center at Robins Air i
Force Base.
Local residents on
MC fall Dean's List
Seventy-nine Houston County
residents have been named to the
Dean’s List at Macon College for
Fall Quarter 1992.
Those recognized for academic
excellence in this area are: Joseph
C. Crawford of Elko; Lynn
Davidson Allen, Barbara Joy Day,
Deborah S. Gill and Jodi L. Howell
all of Kathleen; Michael E. Andel,
Cheryl Lee Colvin, Stephanie R.
Holcomb, Jonathan A. Morgan,
Kamini B. Patel and Larry Bryant
Stevens, all of Perry.
"Georgians expect the state to do all
it can to get drunk drivers off the
road, and that includes first-timers."
Last year Governor Miller won
passage of legislation to require the
immediate suspension of drivers' li
censes for second or subsequent
DUI offenses and pledged to extend
the suspensions to first offenders
this session. The effort to make
immediate suspensions apply to
first-time offenders failed last ses
sion by a single vote.
Research has shown that the adop
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tion of license suspension laws
work. The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration has
estimated that suspension laws re
duce single-vehicle, night-time, fa
tal crashes by six percent. A study
by the Insurance Institute for
Highway Safety found that all fatal
crashes were reduced by nine percent
when laws for automatic license
suspension were in place.
Under the provisions of Governor
Miller's bill, if a driver fails a
chemical test or refuses to take one
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when arrested, the officer will im
mediately take the offender's drivers
license, issue a temporary driving
permit good for only 20 days and
issue a notice of intent to suspend
the driver's license. The driver may
request an administrative hearing
before the Department of Public
Safety, which will determine
whether to uphold the suspension.
If the suspension is sustained, first
time DUI offenders' licenses will be
suspended for 120 days.
Adoption of Governor Miller's bill
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would make additional federal
monies-approximatcly $1 million
available to Georgia. The money
will fund highway safety programs,
including the implementation of the
ignition-interlock program.
Governor Miller's ignition-inter
lock device as a condition of proba
tion for a second or subsequent of
fender if the offender registered at
the per se blood alcohol level of .10
or higher. Twenty-three other states
have passed similar laws allowing
judges to order the installation of
such devices, which require habitual
offenders to blow into breathalyzers
before before their cars can be
started.
1 his is another weapon in the war
on drunk driving, specifically tar
geted at the problem drinker,"
Governor Miller said. "It allows
justice to be tailored to fit the
offense and the offender. And the
additional federal money we will
receive for strengthening our li
cense-suspension laws could keep
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