SB 0609 | Revises protions of the Model Traffic Ordinance chapter |
Sponsor: | Westfall | |||
LR Number: | 2182S.01I | Fiscal Note: | 2182-01 | |
Committee: | Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence | |||
Last Action: | 03/28/01 - Voted Do Pass S Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence | Journal page: | ||
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Effective Date: | August 28, 2001 | |||
SB 609 - This act changes the mental state of a person who
fails to comply with an lawful order of a police officer or fire
department official from willfully to knowingly. This act
includes blue flashing lights for authorized emergency vehicles.
This act removes the requirement that the motorman of a streetcar
stop the streetcar upon the approach of an authorized emergency
vehicle. This act removes the provision of law regarding written
accident reports. This act removes the exclusion that written
accident reports shall not be used as evidence in a court
proceeding. This act expands the rule that a driver shall not
follow an emergency vehicle closer than 500 feet. The current
restriction only applies to fire engines. This act removes a
provision of law regarding when police officers are authorized to
remove motor vehicles.
STEPHEN WITTE