S.B. 147 Enrolled

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EMERGENCY VEHICLE AMENDMENTS
2 2012 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Daniel W. Thatcher
5 House Sponsor: Richard A. Greenwood
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending provisions relating to authorized
10 emergency vehicles.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . provides that an operator of a vehicle may not follow closer than 500 feet any
14 authorized emergency vehicle traveling in response to an emergency; and
15 . makes technical changes.
16 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 41-6a-1710, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2005, Chapter 2
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 41-6a-1710 is amended to read:
26 41-6a-1710. Following near an authorized emergency vehicle or parking near fire
27 apparatus prohibited.
28 Except for a person operating an authorized emergency vehicle, the operator of a
29 vehicle may not:

30 (1) follow closer than 500 feet any [fire apparatus] authorized emergency vehicle
31 traveling in response to [a fire alarm] an emergency; or
32 (2) stop the vehicle within 500 feet of a fire apparatus which has stopped in answer to a
33 fire alarm.