Light and high profile vehicle closures.

24LSO-0085
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0085
Introduced
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0006

Light and high profile vehicle closures.

Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to highways; creating a penalty for violating signs and markers for closures to light and high profile vehicles; requiring fines imposed to be paid by the driver of the vehicle at the time of the violation; specifying that a violation of a closure to light and high profile vehicles disqualifies a person from driving a commercial vehicle as specified; providing that a violation of a closure to light and high profile vehicles may result in a mandatory revocation or suspension of a license or nonresident operating privilege as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 24
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109(a) and by creating a new subsection (d), 31
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102(a)(xli)(H), (J) and by creating a new subparagraph (K), 31
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127(a) by creating a new paragraph (viii) and 31
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128 by creating a new subsection (o) are amended to read:

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109.

Closing or restricting use; failure to observe signs and markers; exceptions.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a
ny person who willfully fails to observe any sign, marker, warning, notice
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or direction, placed or given under W.S. 24
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108 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or to imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(d)

Any person who willfully fails to observe any sign, marker, warning, notice or direction placed or given under W.S. 24
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108 for closure to light and high profile vehicles is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) and may be subject to imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days. The driver of the light and high
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profile vehicle at the time of the violation of this subsection shall be liable, upon conviction, for any fine imposed under this subsection. For purposes of 49 C.F.R. § 383.51, a conviction under this subsection shall be deemed reckless driving.

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102.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(xli)

"Serious traffic violation" means:

(H)

Driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license in the driver's possession. An individual shall not be guilty of a violation of this subparagraph if the individual provides proof prior to or at a court or administrative hearing establishing that the individual held a valid commercial driver's license on the date of the citation;
or

(J)

Driving a commercial motor vehicle without the proper class of commercial driver's license or endorsements for the specific vehicle group being operated or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported
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or

(K)

A violation of W.S. 24
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109(d).

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127.

Mandatory revocation of license for certain violations.

(a)

The division shall revoke the license or nonresident operating privilege of any person, upon receipt of a record of conviction of the person of any of the following violations:

(viii)

A conviction under W.S. 24
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109(d), a similar local ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance in another jurisdiction, if the person has been previously convicted two (2) or more times under W.S. 24
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109(d), a similar local ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance in another jurisdiction within a five (5) year period preceding:

(A)

The date of the offense upon which the conviction is based; or

(B)

The date of the conviction at issue.

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128.

Mandatory suspension of license or nonresident operating privilege for certain violations; suspension of registration.

(o)

The division shall suspend the license or nonresident operating privilege of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction under W.S. 24
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109(d), a similar local ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance in another jurisdiction for:

(i)

Ninety (90) days, for the first conviction;

(ii)

Six (6) months, if the person has been previously convicted once under W.S. 24
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109(d), a similar ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance in another jurisdiction within the five (5) year period preceding:

(A)

The date of the offense upon which the conviction is based; or

(B)

The date of conviction at issue.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(END)

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