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The Senate last Friday, by a vote of 26-13, passed a bill that would lower the legal limit of intoxication from .15 to. 10.
Under the bill, introduced by Sen. A. Joe Canada Jr. (R-Virginia Beach), a driver who shows a blood alcohol level of. 10 would be automatically declared intoxicated.
The .15 per se was set by last year’s General Assembly, although anti-drunken driving groups had lobbied for the lower level.
Among those who voted for the bill were Sens. William A. Truban (RF auquier/Clarke/W arren/Shenandoah) and Charles L. Waddell (D-Loudoun). Sen. Kevin Miller (R-Fauquier/Rappalannock/Page/Rockingham) voted igainst it.
Group homes
bill endorsed
The House of Delegates on Monday passed by a narrow margin a bill that would permit the development of group homes for the handicapped.
The 48-42 vote came after the bill, whose chief patron is Del. Kenneth R. Plum (D-Fairfax), failed in a House vote Sunday. The House agreed to reconsider the bill the following day on a motion from House Minority Leader Del. Vincent F. Callahan Jr. (RFairfax).
The bill would ban deed restrictions that are sometimes used to prevent small groups of handicapped persons from sharing homes. Under it, up to six handicapped persons would be permitted to share a single-family home.
Mr. Plum said that his bill “pits the good old suburbanites...against people who believe that handicapped people ought to have the same rights as anyone else.”
One delegate who voted against the bill, Del. Kenneth B. Rollins (RFauquier/Loudoun), said it would “do
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