WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. | Habitual DUI offenders will soon face tougher penalties in Colorado.
Gov. John Hickenlooper plans to sign a bill into law on Monday that would make a third DUI a felony punishable by up to six years in prison and a fine of as much as $500,000.
The proposal that has repeatedly failed in recent years because of concerns about increased costs to courts and prisons but lawmakers were able to pass it this past session.
The bill signing ceremony will be held at a manufacturer of professional breath alcohol testers, Lifeloc Technologies, in Wheat Ridge.