Senate Bill 1669 Summary

• Amends excessive speed penalties by removing the 85 mph cap and instead defining excessive speed as exceeding posted limits by more than 20 mph on non-school/non-residential roads.

• Expands the "waste of finite resource" civil violation category to apply when driving 65 mph or less on 55 mph highways, 75 mph or less on 65 mph highways, and 85 mph or less on 75 mph highways.

• Establishes civil penalties not exceeding $15 plus surcharges for waste of finite resource violations, with no impact on driver license suspension or insurance rates.

• Creates new civil violation categories for speeds exceeding the waste of finite resource thresholds, subject to standard civil penalties under section 28-1598.

• Exempts interstate system highways outside urbanized areas with 50,000+ population from these new provisions.