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IN SB0540
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Eric Bassler
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AI Summary
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Upgrades the penalty for knowingly or intentionally passing a stopped school bus with extended stop arm from a Class A infraction to a Class C misdemeanor, effective July 1, 2019
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Requires law enforcement officers to issue a summons and promise to appear (rather than arrest) to persons with probable cause of committing school bus stop arm violations
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Establishes that written statements signed under penalty of perjury by school bus drivers, school bus monitors, or crossing guards constitute probable cause for violations
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Maintains existing law that recklessly passing a stopped school bus is a Class B misdemeanor, elevated to Class A misdemeanor if bodily injury occurs
Legislative Description
School bus stop arm violations. Provides that a law enforcement officer shall issue a summons and promise to appear to a person who the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe has committed or recklessly committed a school bus stop arm violation. Provides that a statement signed under penalty of perjury by a school bus driver, school bus monitor, or crossing guard constitutes probable cause. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally meets or overtakes from any direction a school bus stopped on a roadway when the arm signal device is extended or proceeds before the arm signal device is no longer extended commits a Class C misdemeanor (rather than a Class A infraction under current law).
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2019