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HOUSE BILL NO. 158

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H0158...................................................by LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MOTOR VEHICLES - SPEEDING - SCHOOL ZONES - Adds to existing law to prohibit
speeding in posted school zones and residential neighborhoods; to provide
penalties; to provide that local units of government may apply this section
by resolution; and to require signs stating that increased penalties apply.

02/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04    Rpt prt - to Loc Gov

Bill Text

H0158


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 158

                              BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING CHAPTER 6, TITLE 49, IDAHO CODE,  BY  THE
 3        ADDITION  OF  A  NEW  SECTION  49-658, IDAHO CODE, TO PROHIBIT SPEEDING IN
 4        POSTED SCHOOL ZONES AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, TO  PROVIDE  PENALTIES,
 5        TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT MAY  APPLY THIS SECTION BY RESO-
 6        LUTION AND TO REQUIRE SIGNS STATING THAT INCREASED PENALTIES APPLY.

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

 8        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  6,  Title  49, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 9    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a  NEW SECTION  ,  to  be
10    known and designated as Section 49-658, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

11        49-658.  SPEEDING  IN SCHOOL ZONES AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS -- PENAL-
12    TIES. (1) No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of  the  maximum  posted
13    speed  limit  established  for a posted school zone or a residential neighbor-
14    hood.
15        (2)  Violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable by penal-
16    ties provided in rule 9 of the Idaho infraction rules. The penalties  provided
17    by  the  rules  shall be doubled for violations between eleven (11) and twenty
18    (20) miles per hour over the maximum posted  speed  limit,  and  shall  double
19    again  for  every  additional  ten  (10) miles an hour over the maximum posted
20    speed limit.
21        (3)  Local units of government with authority to establish  and  designate
22    school  zones and residential neighborhoods have the option to apply this sec-
23    tion, by resolution stating application, within designated  school  zones  and
24    residential neighborhoods.  Application and enforcement is contingent upon the
25    erection  of  adequate signs indicating that increased penalties will apply to
26    violations of the maximum posted speed limit in the school zone or residential
27    neighborhood.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                              RS 08767

The purpose of this legislation is to enable local units of
government, with authority to establish school zones and
residential neighborhoods, to increase the penalty charges for
exceeding the posted speed limit in these school zones and
residential neighborhoods. This penalty increase can be
implemented by adoption of a resolution by the governing body
identifying the boundaries of affected area.






                            FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact at the state level. There is a possible
positive affect in local areas implementing these provisions.







        CONTACT:   Dave Bivens, ACHD Commissioner
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                                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE  Bill No.  H 158