HB4538 HFA Flanigan 3-2 #1
Baker 3228
Delegate Flanigan moved to amend the bill on page 1, after the enacting clause, by striking the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the traffic-control instructions of any law-enforcement officer or persons authorized by the commissioner of highways or by proper local authorities to operate traffic-control devices, act as flagmen or operate authorized vehicles engaged in work at or near the site of street or highway construction maintenance work, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter.
(b) Any person failing to comply with the requirements of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $250 $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $500 $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $1,000 $500.
§17C-3-4b. Traffic violations in construction zones; posting requirement; criminal penalty.
(a) Where street or highway construction work is being conducted, signs and other traffic control devices, as adopted in §17C-3-1 of this code, shall be posted giving the location of the work and notifying all motorists as to the speed limit and any other traffic restrictions.
(b) Any person who exceeds any posted speed restriction or traffic restriction at a construction site referred to in subsection (a) of this section by less than fifteen miles per hour is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 $200.
(c) Any person who exceeds any posted speed restriction or traffic restriction at a construction site referred to in subsection (a) of this section by fifteen miles per hour or more is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 $200 or confined in a regional jail not more than thirty twenty days, or both.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of §17C-14-15 of this code, any person who commits a violation of §17C-14-15 of this code within a construction site referred to in subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to penalties not more than twice those authorized for the applicable offense under §17C-14-15 of this code.
(d)(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude prosecution of any operator of a motor vehicle who commits a violation of any other provision of this code for such violation.
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