S.B. 20

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PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING IN
2 CONSTRUCTION ZONES
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: David L. Buhler
6 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REQUIRING AN INCREASED FINE FOR
7 MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 41-6-13, as last amended by Chapter 138, Laws of Utah 1987
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 41-6-13 is amended to read:
13 41-6-13. Obedience to peace officer or other traffic controllers -- Speeding in
14 construction zones.
15 (1) A person may not willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction
16 of any peace officer, fireman, flagger at a highway construction or maintenance site, or uniformed
17 adult school crossing guard invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.
18 (2) When flaggers at highway construction or maintenance sites are directing traffic, they
19 shall use devices and procedures conforming to the [latest edition of the "Manual on Uniform
20 Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways."] standards adopted under Section 41-6-20.
21 (3) (a) A vehicle operator who commits a speeding violation in a highway construction
22 or maintenance site where workers are present shall have S [the fine for the operator's speeding
23 violation doubled by the court.] A FINE IMPOSED BY THE COURT THAT IS AT LEAST DOUBLE THE
23a FINE IN THE UNIFORM RECOMMENDED FINE SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 76-3-301.5
23b FOR THE OFFENSE. s
24 (b) The highway construction or maintenance site under Subsection (3)(a) shall be clearly
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Amend on 2_goldenrod February 3, 1998 25 marked and have signs posted that warn of the doubled fine.

Legislative Review Note
as of 12-23-97 12:25 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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