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SENATE BILL NO. 1137 – Traffic accident memorials

SENATE BILL NO. 1137

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S1137.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MEMORIALS - Amends existing law to provide that traffic
accident memorials shall not be limited to golden stars; and to require the
consent of the next of kin of the deceased prior to placing a traffic
accident memorial adjacent to the site of the accident.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/23    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27    3rd rdg - PASSED - 31-1-3
      AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Burtenshaw,
      Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
      Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lodge,
      Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Thorne,
      Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
      NAYS -- Stegner
      Absent and excused -- Bunderson, Lee, Sims
    Floor Sponsor -- Frasure
    Title apvd - to House
02/28    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/05    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08    3rd rdg - PASSED - 38-29-3
      AYES -- Barraclough(Barraclough), Bedke, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Campbell, Collins, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Hadley,
      Henbest, Hornbeck, Kellogg, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher, Mader,
      McKague, Meyer, Mortensen, Pomeroy, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Shepherd, Stone, Swan(Hansen), Tilman, Trail, Wheeler,
      Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker.
      NAYS -- Barrett, Bell, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Chase,
      Clark, Crow, Deal, Ellis, Eskridge, Gagner, Gould, Hammond, Harwood,
      Higgins, Jaquet, Kendell, Marley, Montgomery, Moss, Moyle, Pearce,
      Raybould, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson
      Absent and excused -- Cuddy, Jones, Pischner
    Floor Sponsor -- Roberts
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/09    To enrol
03/12    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/13    Sp signed
03/14    To Governor
03/19    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 45
         Effective: 07/01/01

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1137
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO GOLDEN STAR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MEMORIALS; AMENDING SECTION  49-1316,
  3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE THAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MEMORIALS SHALL NOT BE LIM-
  4        ITED TO GOLDEN STARS, AND TO REQUIRE THE CONSENT OF THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE
  5        DECEASED PRIOR TO PLACING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MEMORIAL ADJACENT TO THE SITE
  6        OF THE ACCIDENT AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-1316, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-1316.  ERECTION  OF  GOLDEN  STARS  AS A MEMORIALS TO PERSONS KILLED IN
 11    TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. As a means of promoting safety upon the  highways  of  this
 12    state,  the transportation department, the state police and other law enforce-
 13    ment officers shall permit relatives or friends of a person killed in a  traf-
 14    fic  accident upon a highway of the state, with the consent of the next of kin
 15    of the deceased, to erect a golden star traffic accident memorial in memory of
 16    the decedent. The golden star traffic accident memorial shall be erected adja-
 17    cent to the portion of the highway where the accident  occurred  so  that  the
 18    star  traffic  accident memorial serves as a reminder that a fatality occurred
 19    on that stretch of highway and that public safety will  thereby  be  enhanced.
 20    The transportation department shall promulgate rules and regulations to imple-
 21    ment the provisions of this section, to provide the size a golden star limita-
 22    tions the traffic accident memorial must conform to and to retain jurisdiction
 23    over areas where the golden stars traffic accident memorials are placed.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 11096
                                
This bill changes what is allowed as a roadside memorial on state
highways from a golden star to a memorial that is controlled by
height, width, weight, and location in the right-of-way. Upon
application to the Idaho Transportation Department, relatives or
friends of a person killing in a traffic accident, with the consent of
the deceased s next of kin, may erecta memorial. Rules of the
department will identify the specific requirements of the program.


                           FISCAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact to the Idaho Transportation Department.
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
Contact
Name: Senator Evan Frasure
Phone: 332 1315
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
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