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S1507aa...................................................by TRANSPORTATION
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION - Amends existing law to revise the membership of
the Traffic Safety Commission; to provide terms of service and
compensation; and to provide that the commission shall have an additional
duty to report annually to the Idaho Transportation Board and the germane
transportation committees of the Idaho Legislature regarding the locations
on state highways which have been identified as hazardous, with
recommendations on how to improve safety conditions at the identified
locations.
02/21 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/25 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/01 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/02 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/09 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 26-5-4
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Crow, Danielson,
Darrington, Deide, Frasure, Geddes, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, Lee, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Walton/Branch, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS--Cameron, Davis, Hawkins, Stennett, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Dunklin, King-Barrutia, McLaughlin, Thorne
Floor Sponsor - Crow
Title apvd - to House
03/10 House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Transp
S1507
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1507, As Amended
BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION; AMENDING SECTION 40-508, IDAHO
3 CODE, TO REVISE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO PROVIDE TERMS OF SER-
4 VICE AND COMPENSATION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AND AMENDING
5 SECTION 40-509, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AN
6 ADDITIONAL DUTY TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD AND
7 THE GERMANE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES OF THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE REGARDING
8 LOCATIONS ON STATE HIGHWAYS WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAZARDOUS, WITH
9 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS AT THE IDENTIFIED
10 LOCATIONS.
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
12 SECTION 1. That Section 40-508, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13 amended to read as follows:
14 40-508. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION CREATED -- MEMBERSHIP. (1) An Idaho
15 traffic safety commission is established within the department.
16 (2) The commission shall be composed of not more than fifteen eleven
17 (151) members appointed by the director, who shall include as follows:
18 (a) One (1) shall be the chairman of the transportation and defense com-
19 mittee of the house of representatives of the state legislature; and
20 (b) One (1) shall be the vice chairman of the transportation and defense
21 committee of the house of representatives of the state legislature;
22 (c) One (1) shall be the chairman of the transportation committee of the
23 senate of the state;, plus the director or his representative who
24 (d) One (1) shall be the vice chairman of the transportation committee of
25 the senate of the state legislature;
26 (e) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the governor: one (1) member
27 from transportation director district no. 1, one (1) member from transpor-
28 tation director district no. 3, and one (1) member from transportation
29 director district no. 5, each to serve an initial term beginning on July
30 1, 2000, and expiring on June 30, 2002, and thereafter the term shall be
31 four (4) years;
32 (f) Three (3) members shall be appointed by the governor: one (1) member
33 from transportation director district no. 2, one (1) member from transpor-
34 tation director district no. 4, and one (1) member from transportation
35 director district no. 6, each to serve an initial term beginning on July
36 1, 2000, and expiring on June 30, 2004, and thereafter the term shall be
37 four (4) years; and
38 (g) One (1) member shall be appointed by the governor from the state at-
39 large, and such member shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and
40 shall act as chairman. Members shall be representative of state and local
41 traffic oriented agencies, the legislature, the judiciary, and private
42 organizations and citizen groups of the commission.
43 Each legislative member's term of service on the commission shall run concur-
2
1 rently with his service as a legislator. Members appointed from the six (6)
2 transportation director districts shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
3 Members shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509(h), Idaho Code.
4 (3) The director shall employ necessary personnel, shall have general
5 supervision and control of all activities, functions and employees, and shall
6 enforce all provisions of the laws of the state relating to highway safety
7 programs and administer any other activities as may be required by the federal
8 highway safety act of 1966 and any amendments to it, and the rules and regula-
9 tions of the board pertaining to it.
10 SECTION 2. That Section 40-509, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
11 amended to read as follows:
12 40-509. DUTIES OF TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION. The commission shall:
13 (1) Periodically review traffic safety problems in Idaho and develop
14 effective plans for additional local-state cooperative activities;
15 (2) Recommend to the director those agency programs and political subdi-
16 vision programs to receive federal aid for highway safety in accordance with
17 uniform federal standards;
18 (3) Advise and recommend to the director future traffic accident preven-
19 tion activities; and
20 (4) Carry out any other activities as may be required by the federal
21 highway safety act of 1966 and any amendments to it; and
22 (5) Report annually to the Idaho transportation board and to the germane
23 transportation committees of the Idaho legislature on the ten (10) most haz-
24 ardous intersection and nonintersection locations on the state highway system,
25 with recommendations on how to improve safety conditions at each of the iden-
26 tified locations.
AS1507
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
Moved by Frasure
Seconded by Crow
IN THE SENATE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1507
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 2
2 On page 2 of the printed bill, in line 23, delete "dan-" and in line 24,
3 delete "gerous segments of" and insert: "hazardous intersection and non-
4 intersection locations on"; and in line 25, delete "segments" and insert:
5 "locations".
6 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
7 On page 1, in line 8, delete "SEGMENTS OF" and insert: "LOCATIONS ON"; and
8 also in line 8, delete "DANGEROUS" and insert: "HAZARDOUS"; in line 9, delete
9 "SEG-" and in line 10, delete "MENTS" and insert: "LOCATIONS".
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10151
The purpose of this legislation is to restructure the Traffic Safety Commission
from fifteen (15) members to a more workable eleven (11) members, to include
gubernatorial appointees, and to clarify terms of service on the commission. In
addition to the restructuring the commission, this legislation adds a new duty. In
addition to the four duties currently assigned, the commission will be tasked with
annually compiling, publishing and reporting on the ten (10) most hazardous
segments of state highways in Idaho. The commission will additionally be tasked
with suggesting recommendations on how to improve safety conditions on each of
the identified segments.
FISCAL NOTE
This legislation will have no impact on the general fund. It is assumed that
passage of this legislation will reduce current costs to the Traffic Safety
Commission, as membership on the commission will be reduced from fifteen to
eleven members.
CONTACT: Senator Gordon Crow
332-1330
gcrow@senate.state.id.us
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1507