This bill addresses criminal penalties.
This bill:
- reduces the criminal offense of operating a vehicle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour in a school zone from a class C misdemeanor to an infraction if the person is operating the vehicle from 21 miles per hour to 29 miles per hour;
- repeals the criminal offense of operating a motor vehicle without an owner's or operator's security;
- increases the penalty for the criminal offense of failing to have evidence of an owner's or operator's security for the motor vehicle an individual is operating from an infraction to a class C misdemeanor;
- reduces the penalty for the criminal offense of careless driving from a class C misdemeanor to an infraction; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee

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