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SENATE BILL NO. 1351, As Amended – MV, speed/wght/tires, certain road

SENATE BILL NO. 1351, As Amended

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S1351aa...................................................by TRANSPORTATION
MOTOR VEHICLES - Amends existing law to provide that violation of Section
49-1005, Idaho Code, regarding special regulations for size, weight or
speed of motor vehicles on certain roads for reasons of climatic or other
conditions which may cause damage to roads is subject to the sliding scale
schedule of penalties as provided in law for violation of motor vehicle
weight, speed and tire regulations.

01/28    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/29    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/18    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/19    Rpt out amen - to engros
02/20    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/23    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/04    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
      Sweeney, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Twiggs
    Floor Sponsor - Schroeder
    Title apvd - to House
03/05    House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Transp
03/17    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/18    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/18    Rls susp - PASSED - 61-0-9
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Bivens, Black(15),
      Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow,
      Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes,
      Gould, Hadley, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22),
      Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake,
      Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Mortensen,
      Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Watson, Wheeler,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Barrett, Crane, Hansen, Miller, Newcomb,
      Stevenson, Tippets, Trail, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Kempton
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    To enrol
03/20    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/23    Sp signed - to Governor
03/24    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 266
         Effective: 03/24/98

Bill Text


S1351


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                             SENATE BILL NO. 1351, As Amended

                               BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT,  SPEED  AND  TIRE
 3        REGULATIONS;  AMENDING SECTION 49-1013, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT PENAL-
 4        TIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 49-1005, IDAHO CODE,  ARE  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 5        SLIDING  SCALE  SCHEDULE  OF  PENALTIES  AS  PROVIDED FOR OTHER OVERWEIGHT
 6        VIOLATIONS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 8        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-1013, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 9    amended to read as follows:

10        49-1013.  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS. (1) It shall be unlawful and consti-
11    tute a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of  the  provisions  of  this
12    chapter, except that violations of law as specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and
13    (c) of subsection (3) of this section shall constitute an infraction.
14        (2)  Persons convicted of violations of the provisions of sections 49-1003
15    and  49-100  5  6  through 49-1012, Idaho Code, shall be
16    subject to punishment by a fine of not to exceed three hundred dollars  ($300)
17    or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days or by
18    a combination of such fine and imprisonment.
19        (3)  Persons  convicted  of  violations  of  the  provisions  of  sections
20    49-1001,  49-1002  ,    and  49-1004,  and 49-1005,
21     Idaho Code, shall be subject to a penalty as prescribed herein:
22        (a)  One (1) pound through one thousand (1,000) pounds overweight shall be
23        five dollars ($5.00) and shall constitute an infraction.
24        (b)  One thousand one (1,001) pounds through two thousand  (2,000)  pounds
25        overweight  shall  be  fifteen  dollars  ($15.00)  and shall constitute an
26        infraction.
27        (c)  Two thousand one (2,001) pounds through four thousand (4,000)  pounds
28        overweight  shall  be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and shall constitute an
29        infraction.
30        (d)  Four thousand one (4,001) pounds through  fifteen  thousand  (15,000)
31        pounds  overweight  shall  be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus $.1341 per
32        pound for each additional pound over four thousand  (4,000)  pounds  over-
33        weight.
34        (e)  Fifteen thousand one (15,001) pounds through twenty thousand (20,000)
35        pounds overweight shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) plus
36        twenty cents ($.20) per pound for each additional pound over fifteen thou-
37        sand (15,000) pounds overweight.
38        (f)  Twenty thousand one (20,001) pounds and greater shall be two thousand
39        five  hundred dollars ($2,500) plus thirty cents ($.30) per pound for each
40        additional pound over twenty thousand (20,000) pounds overweight.
41        (g)  In addition to the penalties specified in this subsection,  one  hun-
42        dred fifty dollars ($150) for failure to deploy a variable load suspension
43        axle  which  results  in  adjacent axles exceeding allowable weight by two


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 1        thousand one (2,001) pounds or more.
 2        (4)  Persons convicted of or receiving an infraction judgment for  violat-
 3    ing  two  (2)  or  more  of  the  provisions of section s  49-1001,
 4    49-1002 or 49-1004, Idaho Code, at any one (1) time shall be assessed the full
 5    amount of the penalty for the primary violation. In addition to the assessment
 6    of the penalty for the primary violation, the person convicted of or receiving
 7    an infraction judgment shall be assessed a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) for
 8    each additional misdemeanor conviction or five dollars ($5.00) for each  addi-
 9    tional  infraction    judgment  for  violations of section 49-1001, 49-1002 or
10    49-1004, Idaho Code, committed at the same time.
11        (5)  All moneys collected as a result of the penalties prescribed in  sub-
12    sections (3) and (4) of this section, shall be deposited into the highway dis-
13    tribution account.

14        SECTION  2.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
15    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
16    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact








    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE 
    RS07314
    
    
    This legislation will amend Section 49-1013, Idaho Code, to increase the fines for violating 
    the posted weight limits during the freeze/thaw cycle in spring. Specifically, it will provide a 
    sliding penalty scale with penalties more appropriate to the violation, that are similar to the 
    weight penalties established in paragraph three of the same section. Section 491005, Idaho 
    Code, authorizes the state to restrict the weights allowed on certain highways and bridges by 
    reason of climatic or other conditions. Section 49-1013(2), Idaho Code, limits the penalties to 
    $300 and/or 30 days imprisonment. This relatively small penalty is not commensurate with 
    the amount of damage done to the highways and bridges at the time they are most 
    vulnerable.
    
    Highways and bridges are susceptible to permanent damage from trucks that operate 
    overweight. Highways are most susceptible to this type of damage during the freeze/thaw 
    cycles of the spring. After bridges have been inspected and found to have capacity 
    diminished due to age or damage, weight restrictions are established and posted.
    
                                FISCAL IMPACT
    
    For the three-year period, 1994-1996, fifty-eight citations were issued for overweight 
    violations of posted spring breakup restrictions. The largest violation cited was for 14,400 
    pound overweight. The total fines assessed for all violations were $2,065. If the proposed 
    sliding scale penalties had been used for these violations, the total amount of fines assessed 
    would have been approximately $8,330, resulting in an additional $6,265 in penalties 
    assessed over the three-year period.
    
    Actual Penalties based on 58 violations in 1994-1996:
    
    $2,065 in fines or average of $35.60 per violation. 
    Proposed Penalties based on 58 violations in 1994-1996:
    
    $8,330 in fines or average of $143.62 per violation.
    
    CONTACT
    Name: Clayton Sullivan
    Agency: Idaho Transportation Department
    Phone: 334-8405
    
    Statement of Purpose/Fiscal impact
    
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