Speeding fines amendments.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0034
Numbered
1.3

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0012

Speeding fines simplification.

Sponsored by:
Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to regulation of traffic on highways; amending and reorganizing provisions relating to fines for speeding violations; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
1
.

W.S. 31
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5
‑
1201(d)(v), by creating new paragraphs (vi) through (viii), (e) and (g) is amended to read:

31
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5
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1201
.

Violation of provisions to constitute misdemeanor; penalties.

(d)

Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section:

(v)

Notwithstanding W.S. 5
‑
9
‑
107, court
fees and

costs for violations of W.S. 31
‑
5
‑
301(b)
(iii), (iv), (vi) or (vii)

or (c)
shall not be assessed for speeds
up to

through

five (5) miles per hour over the speed limits authorized by W.S. 31
‑
5
‑
301(b)
(iii), (iv), (vi) or (vii)
.

or (c)
;

(vi)

Except for violations in construction
or school
zones, e
very person convicted of a violation of W.S. 31
‑
5
‑
301(b)(iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or (c):

(A)

For speeds less than six (6) miles per hour over the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined f
our
dollars ($
4
.00) for each mile per hour in excess of the legal speed limit not to exceed twenty dollars ($2
0
.00);

(B)

For speeds six (6) through ten (10) miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
twenty
‑
eight
dollars ($
28
.00) plus
one dollar
($
1
.
0
0) for
each mile per hour in excess of
five (5) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit plus assessed court
fees and
costs;

(C)

For speeds
eleven (11
)
through twenty (20)
miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
f
ort
y
dollars ($
4
0.00) plus f
our
dollars ($
4
.00) for each mile per hour in excess of
ten (10) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit plus assessed court
fees and
costs
;

(D)

For speeds more than twenty (20) miles per hour over the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
eighty dollars ($8
0.00) plus
four
dollars ($
4
.00) for each mile per hour in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour over the legal speed limit plus assessed court fees and costs.

(vii)

Every person convicted of a violation of W.S. 31
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5
‑
301(b)(ii) or speeding in a construction zone:

(A)

For speeds less than six (6) miles per hour over the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
fifty
‑
six

dollars ($
56
.00) plus
one dollar ($1.0
0) for each mile per hour in excess of the legal speed limit;

(B)

For speeds six (6) through ten (10) miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined f
orty dollars ($4
0.00) plus
five
dollars

($
5
.
0
0) for each mile per hour in excess of
five (5) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit plus assessed court
fees and
costs;

(C)

For speeds eleven (11) through twenty (20) miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
eighty dollars ($8
0.00) plus
five
dollars

($
5.0
0) for each mile per hour in excess of
ten (10) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit plus assessed
court fees and costs
;

(D)

For speeds more than twenty (20) miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
one
hundred
sixty dollars ($16
0.00) plus
five
dollars ($
5.0
0) for each mile per hour in excess of
twenty (20) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit plus assessed court
fees and
costs.

(viii)

Every person convicted of a violation of

speeding in a school zone under W.S. 31
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5
‑
301(b)(i):

(A)

For speeds less than six (6) miles per hour over the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
forty
‑
four
dollars ($
44
.00) plus
one dollar
(
$1.
0
0
) for each mile per hour in excess of the legal speed limit;

(B)

For speeds six (6) through ten (10) miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
eighty
dollars ($
8
0.00) plus
eight dollars ($8
.00) for each mile per hour in excess of
five (5) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit plus assessed court
fees and
costs;

(C)

F
or speeds more than ten (10) miles per hour
over
the
legal
speed limit, shall be fined
one
hundred
sixty
dollars ($
16
0.00) plus
eight dollars ($8
.00) for each mile per hour in excess of
ten (10) miles per hour over
the legal speed limit
plus assessed court
fees and
costs
;

(D)

Up
on any subsequent conviction
of exceeding the legal speed limit in a school zone as provided in W.S. 31
‑
5
‑
301(b)(i) by more than ten (10) miles per hour within one (1) year, a person shall be fined not less than three hundred twenty dollars ($320.00) nor more than eight hundred dollars ($800.00)
.

(e)

Any person convicted of a violation of W.S. 31
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5
‑
507(a)
or convicted of exceeding the posted speed limit in a school zone as provided in W.S. 31
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5
‑
301(b)(i) by more than ten (10) miles per hour
shall be fined not less than
two hundred dollars ($200.00)

one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00)
nor more than
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00)

six hundred dollars ($600.00)
. Upon any subsequent conviction of
either
a violation of W.S. 31
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5
‑
507(a)
or a conviction of exceeding the posted speed limit in a school zone as provided in W.S. 31
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5
‑
301(b)(i) by more than ten (10) miles per hour
within one (1) year, a person shall be fined not less than
four hundred dollars ($400.00)

three hundred twenty dollars ($320.00)

nor more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00
)
eight hundred dollars ($800.00)
.

(g)

In addition to any other penalty, every person convicted of violating W.S. 31
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5
‑
301(b)
,

(iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or

(c) or 31
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5
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302 by exceeding the
posted
legal

speed limit by six (6) or more miles per hour
,
while operating a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle weight rating exceeding thirty
‑
nine thousand (39,000) pounds shall be fined
three hundred dollars ($300.00)

two hundred forty dollars ($240.00)
.

Section 2
.

W.S. 31
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5
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1201(d)(i) through (iii) is repealed.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 201
8
.

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