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HOUSE BILL NO. 609 – Roads, lane markings, driving

HOUSE BILL NO. 609

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H0609.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
ROADS - LANE MARKINGS - Adds to existing law to describe certain lane
markings (double yellow lines) on roads; to provide the limitations such
markings impose; and to provide exceptions.
                                                                        
02/11    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/12    Rpt prt - to Transp

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 609
                                                                        
                          BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO RULES OF THE ROAD; AMENDING CHAPTER 6, TITLE 49,  IDAHO  CODE,  BY
  3        THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 49-629, IDAHO CODE, TO DESCRIBE CERTAIN PRO-
  4        HIBITIVE  LANE  MARKINGS  AND  THE  LIMITATIONS THEY IMPOSE AND TO PROVIDE
  5        EXCEPTIONS.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 6, Title 49, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
  8    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
  9    ignated as Section 49-629, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-629.  PROHIBITIVE LANE MARKINGS -- EXCEPTIONS. (1) When  double  yellow
 11    solid  lines are in place, no person driving a vehicle shall drive to the left
 12    thereof, except as permitted in this section, section 49-630(1)(b) or  section
 13    49-635(3), Idaho Code.
 14        (2)  When  the  double  yellow  lines,  one (1) of which is broken, are in
 15    place, no person driving a vehicle shall drive to the left thereof, except:
 16        (a)  A driver on that side of the roadway in which the broken line  is  in
 17        place  may  cross  over  the double line or drive to the left thereof when
 18        overtaking or passing other vehicles;
 19        (b)  As provided in section 49-630(1)(b) or 49-644(3), Idaho Code.
 20        (3)  The provisions of subsections (1) or (2) of this section do not  pro-
 21    hibit a driver from crossing the marking when:
 22        (a)  Turning  to  the left at any intersection or into or out of an alley,
 23        private road, driveway or roadway; or
 24        (b)  Making a U-turn under the rules governing that turn.
 25        (4)  Other prohibitive pavement markings may be used when placed in accor-
 26    dance with standards established by the  manual  on  uniform  traffic  control
 27    devises  for  streets  and  highways  as  adopted  by the Idaho transportation
 28    department.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


	             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                          RS 11869C1



This bill will further clarify the legality of crossing double 
parallel solid lines on our roadways.


                       FISCAL IMPACT

There is no fiscal impact.




Contact
Name:	Rep. Max Black 
Phone: 332-1000



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE		H 609