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HB0068 • 2023

School zone crosswalks.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians in school zone crosswalks as specified; authorizing video systems within school zones; providing for the use of video obtained from the video systems; providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Education
Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Representative Henderson
Last action
2023-02-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was marked inactive and did not pass in its current session.

School Zone Crosswalk Safety

The bill requires vehicles to stop for pedestrians in school zone crosswalks and allows the use of video systems to monitor safety, with penalties for violations.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires vehicles to stop when pedestrians are crossing in marked school zones during specified hours (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) on days that schools are in session.
  • Allows traffic control devices in school zones to be equipped with video cameras to monitor pedestrian safety, operating only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days when schools are in session.
  • Makes recorded images from these cameras admissible as evidence in legal proceedings if a driver violates the law.
  • Imposes fines on vehicle owners for violations, but does not count this as a moving violation or conviction unless the driver is known.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Drivers and pedestrians near school zones during specified hours (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) on days that schools are in session.
  • School zone traffic control device operators who can install video systems operating only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on days when schools are in session.
  • Law enforcement agencies that use recorded images for legal actions.

Terms To Know

Prima facie evidence
Evidence that is accepted as true until proven otherwise in a court of law.
Moving violation
A traffic offense related to the movement or operation of a vehicle, such as speeding or running a red light.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill specifies that recorded images must be destroyed within one year after they are made.
  • The bill was marked inactive and did not pass in its current session.

Bill History

  1. 2023-02-07 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2023-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2023-01-16 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation

  4. 2023-01-06 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2023-01-03 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0330
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0330
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0068

School zone crosswalks.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Henderson and Northrup and Senator(s) Schuler

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians in school zone crosswalks as specified; authorizing video systems within school zones; providing for the use of video obtained from the video systems; providing a penalty; 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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602 by creating a new subsection (f) is amended to read:

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602.

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way in crosswalks.

(f)

The following shall apply to crosswalks in school zones:

(i)

Official traffic control devices located in marked school zones may be equipped with a video system for the purpose of monitoring pedestrian safety, provided that the video system shall only operate:

(A)

Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and

(B)

On days that the school is in session.

(ii)

A recording of images produced by a video system equipped under paragraph (i) of this subsection shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it. A recorded image evidencing a violation of this section shall be admissible in a judicial or administrative proceeding to adjudicate liability for the violation of this section and may be discoverable for other criminal actions. If the identity of the driver violating this section is known, the penalty for the violation shall be as provided in W.S. 31
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104. If the identity of the driver of a vehicle that violates this section is unknown, the registered owner of the vehicle recorded by a video system as provided in this subsection shall be fined one hundred ninety
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five dollars ($195.00) provided that:

(A)

A fine issued to a registered owner of a vehicle operated by an unknown driver shall not be considered a moving violation for the purpose of suspending a driver's license under W.S. 31
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129 and shall not be considered a conviction under W.S. 31
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1201 or as a prior conviction for any other purpose; and

(B)

It shall be a defense to enforcement of a fine issued to a registered owner of a vehicle operated by an unknown driver that the registered owner of the vehicle:

(I)

Did not provide express or implied consent to the person who was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation; or

(II)

Transferred ownership of the vehicle to a new owner prior to the observed violation.

(iii)

Recordings or images from a video system installed under this subsection shall not be a public record under the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16
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201 through 16
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205. Recordings or images made from a video system under this subsection shall be destroyed within one (1) year of the date the recording was made.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

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