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Committee reviews proposal to cut DUI second-offense community-service requirement from 200 to 80 hours
Summary
A change in S.109 would reduce the statutory minimum community-service requirement for a second DUI within 20 years from 200 hours to 80 hours, an option that prosecutors and the judiciary said is discretionary at sentencing but raised questions about monitoring, data collection and a possible sunset clause for evaluation.
The House Judiciary Committee discussed a proposed change in S.109 that would reduce the statutory community-service alternative for a second DUI within 20 years from 200 hours to 80 hours.
Eric Papadzek of the Office of Legislative Council described Section 35 (page 32) as lowering the community-service option from 200 hours to 80 hours while keeping an alternative mandatory minimum of 60 consecutive hours of incarceration. Papadzek said the…
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