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S1040aa,aaH..........................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
MOTOR VEHICLES - ACCIDENTS - Amends existing law to provide penalties for
failing to give information or for giving false information regarding a
motor vehicle accident.
01/25 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/26 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/11 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/16 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/17 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/23 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 29-2-4
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Ingram, Ipsen,
Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy,
Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler
NAYS--Hawkins, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Davis, Frasure, Parry, Twiggs
Floor Sponsor - Parry
Title apvd - to House
02/24 House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Jud
03/16 Rpt out - to Gen Ord - rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/17 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
Rules susp - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones,
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh, Linford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer(Duncan), Moyle, Pischner,
Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Smith,
Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail,
Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Denney, Montgomery, Mortensen, Sellman
Floor Sponsor - Hansen(23)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/17 Senate concurred in House amens - to engros
03/18 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
Rules susp - PASSED - 31-0-4
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler,
Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--King, Parry, Riggs, Stennett
Floor Sponsor - Darrington
Title apvd - to enrol
03/18 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/19 Sp signed - to Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 156
Effective: 07/01/99
S1040|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1040, As Amended, As Amended in the House BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE TO A 3 VEHICLE; AMENDING SECTION 49-1302, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR INFORMATION 4 TO BE EXHIBITED, TO PROVIDE WHEN A POLICE OFFICER SHALL FACILITATE THE 5 EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, AND TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FAILING TO 6 GIVE INFORMATION OR PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION REGARDING AN ACCIDENT 7 INVOLVING DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 49-1302, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 49-1302. DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION IN ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE TO A VEHI- 12 CLE. (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident 13 resulting in damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person 14 shall , at the scene of the accident, give his name, address15, the name of his insurance agent or company if he has automobile liability16insurance, and the motor vehicle registration number of the vehicle he is17driving. Ifand, if available, at the scene of the 18 accident, he shall exhibit his driver's license , proof of regis- 19 tration and certificate or proof of liability insurance to the person 20 struck or to the driver or person attending any vehicle collided with. 21 (2) If a police officer is present, that officer shall make all 22 reasonable efforts to facilitate the exchange of the required information pro- 23 vided by subsection (1) of this section between the parties involved. 24 (3) Any person who willfully fails to provide the information 25 required to be given by subsection (1) of this section or who knowingly pro- 26 vides false information of the type required by this section shall be guilty 27 of a misdemeanor.
AS1040|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999Moved by Parry Seconded by Darrington IN THE SENATE SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1040 1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1 2 On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 9 through 20 and insert: 3 "49-1302. DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION IN ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE TO A 4 VEHICLE. (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident 5 resulting in damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person 6 shall give his name, address, the name of his insurance agent or company if he 7 has automobile liability insurance, and the motor vehicle registration number 8 of the vehicle he is driving. If available, he shall exhibit his driver's 9 license , registration and proof of insurance to the person struck 10 or to the driver or person attending any vehicle collided with. If a 11 police officer is present, that officer shall facilitate the exchange of the 12 required information provided by this section between the parties involved. 13 14 (2) Any person not complying with the provisions of this section 15 when the damage is three thousand dollars ($3,000) or less shall be guilty of 16 a misdemeanor. Any person not complying with the provisions of this section 17 when the damage to any vehicle is in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000) 18 or who provides false information shall be guilty of a felony. ". 19 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 On page 1, in line 3 following "CODE," insert: "TO PROVIDE FOR INFORMATION 21 TO BE EXHIBITED,"; in line 4 following "INFORMATION" insert: "OR PROVIDING 22 FALSE INFORMATION"; and in line 5 following "DAMAGE" insert: "AND TO PROVIDE 23 WHEN A POLICE OFFICER SHALL FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION". Moved by Hansen (23) Seconded by Gould IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1040, As Amended 24 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1 25 On page 1 of the engrossed bill, in line 13, following "shall" insert: 26 " , at the scene of the accident, "; in lines 14, 15 and 16, delete 27 ", the name of his insurance agent or company if he has automobile liability 28 insurance, and the motor vehicle registration number of the vehicle he is 29 driving. If" and insert: ", the name of his insurance agent or company30if he has automobile liability insurance, and the motor vehicle registration31number of the vehicle he is driving. Ifand, if ", also in 32 line 16, following "available," insert: " at the scene of the accident, 33 ", and also in line 16, following "license , " insert: " 34 proof of "; in line 17, following " and " insert: " cer- 35 tificate or "; and also in line 17, following " of " insert: ]]] 2 1 " liability "; in line 18, following "with." insert a new paragraph 2 and " (2) "; in line 19, following " shall " insert: 3 " make all reasonable efforts to ", and also in line 19, following 4 " by " insert: " subsection (1) of "; and delete lines 5 21 through 25, inclusive, and insert: 6 " (3) Any person who willfully fails to provide the information 7 required to be given by subsection (1) of this section or who knowingly pro- 8 vides false information of the type required by this section shall be guilty 9 of a misdemeanor. ". 10 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 11 On page 1, in line 4, following "EXHIBITED," insert: "TO PROVIDE WHEN A 12 POLICE OFFICER SHALL FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, AND"; and in line 13 6, following "VEHICLE" delete the remainder of the line, delete all of line 7 14 and insert: ".".
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 08550
The purpose of this legislation is to provide criminal
penalties for failing to give information regarding a
motor vehicle accident involving damage to a vehicle. The
penalties range from misdemeanor to felony criminal
penalties depending on the dollar amount of the damage.
This seems to be a growing problem as people involved in
motor vehicle accidents are either unwilling to give the
required information or just leave the scene of an
accident leaving the person whose vehicle is damaged to
pick up the cost out of his or her pocket or have their
surety pick up those costs.
FISCAL NOTE
There could be a slight fiscal impact to the general fund
due to the potential (however small of increased
incarceration. However, it is assumed that anyone
penalized under this section initially would be paying a
fine rather than be incarcerated.
CONTACT: Senator Atwell Parry
208-334-4735
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