25.0700.01000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2132
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Rummel, Clemens, Davison, Boehm
Representatives Schauer, Novak
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 39-09-01 of the North Dakota Century Code,
2 relating to careless driving and causing injury to the operator of an authorized emergency
3 vehicle or damage to an authorized emergency vehicle; and to provide a penalty.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 39-09-01 of the North Dakota Century Code is
6 amended and reenacted as follows:
7 39-09-01. Basic rule - Penalty for violation.
8 No person
9 1. An individual may not drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and
10 prudent under the conditions and havingshall drive with regard to theexisting actual
11 and potential hazards then existing Consistent with the foregoing, every person. An
12 individual shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing
13 an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a
14 curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding
15 roadway, and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or, other traffic or
16 by reason of, weather, or highway conditions. Any personAn individual who drives a
17 vehicle upon a highway or private or public property open to the public for the
18 operation of motor vehicles without heed toin violation of the requirements or
19 restrictions of this section has committedis guilty of careless driving and must be
20 assessed a fee of thirty dollars.
21 Any person who, by reason of careless driving as herein defined, causes
22 2. An individual is guilty of an infraction if the individual violates subsection 1 of this
23 section and:
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1 a. Causes and inflicts injury uponon the person of an operator of snow removal
2 equipment engaged in snow removal operations or causes;
3 b. Causes and inflicts injury on the person of an operator of an authorized
4 emergency vehicle;
5 c. Causes damage in excess of one thousand dollars to snow removal equipment
6 engaged in snow removal is guilty of an infraction; or
7 d. Causes damage in excess of one thousand dollars to an authorized emergency
8 vehicle.
9 3. As used in this section, "snow removal equipment" means a vehicle that is operated
10 by a personan individual employed by or on behalf of an authority in charge of the
11 maintenance of the highway to perform winter maintenance snow and ice removal,
12 including plowing, hauling away, salting, and sanding.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 39-09-01