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2002 SESSION

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HB 934 Violations committed at railroad/highway grade crossings.

Introduced by: Leo C. Wardrup, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Commercial motor vehicles; alcohol and grade crossing violations; civil penalties. Provides for disqualification of a person holding a commercial driver's license for certain alcohol-related offenses committed in other states where disqualification was imposed through a civil or administrative hearing without any court proceedings. The bill further provides for disqualification of a commercial driver's license holder for 60 days for violations committed at railroad/highway grade crossings. Longer disqualifications are authorized for repeat offenses. In addition, the bill authorizes imposition of civil penalties up to $10,000 for employers who allow or require an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any law or regulation pertaining to railroad/highway grade crossings and provides that no court may reduce, dismiss, or defer the conviction of a person charged with any offense committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle because the person has attended a driver improvement clinic.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 023508220  pdf | impact statement
• 02/11/02  House: Printed as engrossed 023508220-E  pdf
• 03/13/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB934ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/09/02 023508220
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/09/02  House: Reported from Tra. w/amd (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/02  House: Read first time
• 02/11/02  House: Read second time
• 02/11/02  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/11/02  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/11/02  House: Printed as engrossed 023508220-E
• 02/12/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/12/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/28/02  Senate: Pursuant to S.Rule 20(j),rerefer. by Trans. (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/02  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 03/04/02  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/02  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 03/06/02  Senate: Read third time
• 03/06/02  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
• 03/06/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 2-N)
• 03/13/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB934ER)
• 03/18/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/06/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 724 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/08/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0724)