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1998 SESSION
SB 70 Traffic light violations; enforcement.
Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Traffic light violations; enforcement. Authorizes law-enforcement officers who have not observed a traffic light violation to arrest a violator, provided that another law-enforcement officer who has observed the violation immediately sends a radio message to the arresting officer positively identifying the vehicle the violator was driving.
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HISTORY
- 01/14/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 984348685
- 01/14/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/22/98 Senate: Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/98 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/04/98 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/98 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/09/98 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- 02/09/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (34-Y 5-N)
- 02/09/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/10/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/98 House: Read first time
- 02/11/98 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/24/98 House: Reported from Tra. (26-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/98 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/25/98 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 03/09/98 House: Continued to 1999 in Courts of Justice (24-Y 0-N)