Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION __. A. Section 56-1-720 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-1-720. There is established a point system for the evaluation of the operating record of persons to whom a license to operate motor vehicles has been granted and for the determination of the continuing qualifications of these persons for the privileges granted by the license to operate motor vehicles. The system shall have as its basic element a graduated scale of points assigning relative values to the various violations in accordance with the following schedule:
VIOLATION
POINTS
Reckless driving
6
Passing stopped school bus
6
Hit-and-run, property damages only
6
Driving too fast for conditions,
or speeding:
(1)
No more than 10 m.p.h. above
the posted limits
2
(2)
More than 10 m.p.h. but less
than 25 m.p.h. above
the
posted limits
4
(3)
25 m.p.h. or above the posted
limits
6
Disobedience of any official traffic
control device
4
Disobedience to officer
directing traffic
4
Failing to yield right of way
4
Driving on wrong side of road
4
Passing unlawfully
4
Turning unlawfully
4
Driving through or within safety
zone
4
Failing to give signal or giving
improper signal
for stopping, turning, or
suddenly decreased speed 4
Shifting lanes without safety
precaution
2
Improper dangerous parking
2
Following too closely
4
Failing to dim lights
2
Operating with improper lights
2
Operating with improper brakes
4
Operating a vehicle in unsafe
condition
2
Driving in improper lane
2"
B. Section 56-5-2150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-5-2150.
(a)(A) No
person shall turn a vehicle or move right or left upon a roadway
unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable
safety nor without giving an appropriate signal as provided for
in this section.
(b)(B)
A signal of intention to turn or move right or left
when required shall be given continuously during not less than
the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle before
turning.
(c)(C)
No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed
of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the
manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately
to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal.
(d)(D)
The signals required on vehicles by subsection
(b)(B) of Section 56-5-2180 shall not be
flashed on one side only on a disabled vehicle, flashed as a
courtesy or 'do pass' signal to operators of other vehicles
approaching from the rear, nor be flashed on one side only of a
parked vehicle except as may be necessary for compliance with
this section.
(E) A person
who violates the provisions of this section must be fined
twenty-five dollars, all or part of which may not be suspended.
In addition no court costs, assessments, surcharges, or points
may be assessed against the person or his driving
record."
C. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.