DUI Funds in Jeopardy From Haslam Roads Plan - Articles

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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 6, 2017

Tennessee’s district attorneys general are concerned that a funding provision in Gov. Haslam’s IMPROVE Act will cost them $6.5 million in federal dollars that are now used to pay for special DUI prosecutors, as well as training and police overtime, the Times Free Press reports. The money is part of approximately $18 million that Haslam wants to re-direct towards highway construction and improvements. Haslam said his office would be willing to look into other means of ensuring the state’s DUI enforcement efforts get paid for.