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HOUSE BILL NO. 208 – Driver lic/under 18/respon person

HOUSE BILL NO. 208

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H0208................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
DRIVER'S LICENSE - UNDER 18 - Amends existing law to provide that any
person signing the application of a person under eighteen for a permit or
driver's license shall be civilly liable for infraction and criminal
monetary penalties imposed on and unpaid by the minor for infraction,
misdemeanor or felony violations committed by the minor in operating a
motor vehicle; and to provide that such civil liability shall not subject
that person to any criminal penalty or impairment of the person's driver's
license.

02/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to Jud

Bill Text


H0208


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

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 208

                     BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; AMENDING SEC-
 3        TION 49-310, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON SIGNING  THE  APPLICA-
 4        TION  OF A PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN FOR A PERMIT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE
 5        CIVILLY LIABLE FOR INFRACTION AND CRIMINAL MONETARY PENALTIES  IMPOSED  ON
 6        AND  UNPAID  BY THE MINOR FOR INFRACTION, MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY VIOLATIONS
 7        COMMITTED BY THE MINOR IN OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND  TO  PROVIDE  THAT
 8        SUCH  CIVIL LIABILITY SHALL NOT SUBJECT THE PERSON TO ANY CRIMINAL PENALTY
 9        OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE.

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

11        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-310, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
12    amended to read as follows:

13        49-310.  APPLICATIONS  OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS. (1) The
14    application of any person under the age of eighteen (18) years for an instruc-
15    tion permit, restricted driver's license or driver's license shall  be  signed
16    and  verified  before  a  person  authorized to administer oaths by either the
17    father or mother of the applicant, if both are living and have custody of him;
18    or if either be dead, then by the surviving parent who has custody of him;  or
19    by the Idaho resident host of a foreign exchange student, or in the event nei-
20    ther  parent  is  living,  or  if  living and does not have the custody of the
21    applicant, then by the person  or  guardian  having  such  custody  or  by  an
22    employer  of the applicant. In the event there is no guardian or employer then
23    some other responsible person willing to assume the obligation for the  appli-
24    cant  may sign the application.  Any person who signs the applicant's applica-
25    tion shall attest that the applicant is in compliance with the  school  atten-
26    dance  provisions of section 49-303A, Idaho Code. The person willing to assume
27    responsibility for the applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
28        (2)  Any negligence or wilful misconduct of a  person  under  the  age  of
29    eighteen  (18)  years  when  operating a motor vehicle upon a highway shall be
30    imputed to the person who signed the application of that person for  a  permit
31    or  driver's  license,  and  that person shall be jointly and severally liable
32    with the permit or driver's license holder for any damage caused by negligence
33    or wilful misconduct, except as otherwise provided by law.   Such  person
34    shall also be civilly liable for any infraction or criminal monetary penalties
35    imposed  on the minor because the minor was found to have committed an infrac-
36    tion, misdemeanor or felony in operating a motor vehicle and has failed to pay
37    the infraction or criminal monetary penalty.  However, such person  shall  not
38    be  subjected  to  any criminal penalty, nor shall the driver's license of the
39    person be suspended or in any way impaired for failure of the  person  to  pay
40    the civil liability imposed by this subsection. 
41        (3)  In  the  event  a  permit or driver's license holder under the age of
42    eighteen (18) years deposits, or there is deposited upon his behalf, proof  of
43    financial  responsibility in respect to the operation of any motor vehicle, in


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 1    form and in amounts as required under the motor vehicle financial responsibil-
 2    ity laws of this state, or by the director if the form and amount is not fixed
 3    by law, then the department may accept the application when signed by one  (1)
 4    parent  or  guardian  of the applicant, and while that proof is maintained the
 5    parent or guardian shall not be subject to the liability imposed under subsec-
 6    tion (2) of this section.
 7        (4)  Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a permit  or
 8    driver's  license shall be liable civilly for the payment of any court penalty
 9    imposed because the minor has been found to have committed an  infraction
10    ,  misdemeanor  or  felony in the operation of the motor vehicle.  
11    violation.  The provisions of this section shall not apply or create any
12    civil liability for the person signing the application in connection with  any
13    pedestrian or bicycle infraction, and provided this subsection shall not apply
14    to any civil action where the plaintiff is other than the state of Idaho.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                              RS08946

This legislation amends Section 49-310, Idaho Code, making the
signer of a juvenile's driver's license responsible for his/her
traffic fines if the juvenile does not pay his/her fines.







                            FISCAL NOTE

There is no fiscal impact.













CONTACT:  Representative Sher Sellman
         (208)332-1000
         

                                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE   Bill No.  H 208