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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0006
Light and high profile vehicle closures.
Sponsored by: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to highways; creating a penalty for
2 violating signs and markers for closures to light and high
3 profile vehicles; requiring fines imposed to be paid by the
4 driver of the vehicle at the time of the violation;
5 specifying that a violation of a closure to light and high
6 profile vehicles disqualifies a person from driving a
7 commercial vehicle as specified; providing that a violation
8 of a closure to light and high profile vehicles may result
9 in a mandatory revocation or suspension of a license or
10 nonresident operating privilege as specified; and providing
11 for an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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1 Section 1. W.S. 24-1-109(a) and by creating a new
2 subsection (d), 31-7-102(a)(xli)(H), (J) and by creating a
3 new subparagraph (K), 31-7-127(a) by creating a new
4 paragraph (viii) and 31-7-128 by creating a new subsection
5 (o) are amended to read:
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7 24-1-109. Closing or restricting use; failure to
8 observe signs and markers; exceptions.
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10 (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this
11 section, any person who willfully fails to observe any
12 sign, marker, warning, notice, or direction, placed or
13 given under W.S. 24-1-108 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and
14 upon conviction thereof by any court of competent
15 jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
16 seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or to imprisonment
17 for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or to both
18 such fine and imprisonment.
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20 (d) Any person who willfully fails to observe any
21 sign, marker, warning, notice or direction placed or given
22 under W.S. 24-1-108 for closure to light and high profile
23 vehicles is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction,
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1 shall be subject to a fine of two thousand five hundred
2 dollars ($2,500.00) and may be subject to imprisonment for
3 not more than thirty (30) days. The driver of the light and
4 high-profile vehicle at the time of the violation of this
5 subsection shall be liable, upon conviction, for any fine
6 imposed under this subsection. For purposes of 49 C.F.R. §
7 383.51, a conviction under this subsection shall be deemed
8 reckless driving.
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10 31-7-102. Definitions.
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12 (a) As used in this act:
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14 (xli) "Serious traffic violation" means:
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16 (H) Driving a commercial motor vehicle
17 without a commercial driver's license in the driver's
18 possession. An individual shall not be guilty of a
19 violation of this subparagraph if the individual provides
20 proof prior to or at a court or administrative hearing
21 establishing that the individual held a valid commercial
22 driver's license on the date of the citation; or
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1 (J) Driving a commercial motor vehicle
2 without the proper class of commercial driver's license or
3 endorsements for the specific vehicle group being operated
4 or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported;.
5 or
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7 (K) A violation of W.S. 24-1-109(d).
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9 31-7-127. Mandatory revocation of license for certain
10 violations.
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12 (a) The division shall revoke the license or
13 nonresident operating privilege of any person, upon receipt
14 of a record of conviction of the person of any of the
15 following violations:
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17 (viii) A conviction under W.S. 24-1-109(d), a
18 similar local ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance
19 in another jurisdiction, if the person has been previously
20 convicted two (2) or more times under W.S. 24-1-109(d), a
21 similar local ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance
22 in another jurisdiction within a five (5) year period
23 preceding:
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2 (A) The date of the offense upon which the
3 conviction is based; or
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5 (B) The date of the conviction at issue.
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7 31-7-128. Mandatory suspension of license or
8 nonresident operating privilege for certain violations;
9 suspension of registration.
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11 (o) The division shall suspend the license or
12 nonresident operating privilege of any driver upon
13 receiving a record of the driver's conviction under W.S.
14 24-1-109(d), a similar local ordinance or a similar statute
15 or ordinance in another jurisdiction for:
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17 (i) Ninety (90) days, for the first conviction;
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19 (ii) Six (6) months, if the person has been
20 previously convicted once under W.S. 24-1-109(d), a similar
21 ordinance or a similar statute or ordinance in another
22 jurisdiction within the five (5) year period preceding:
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1 (A) The date of the offense upon which the
2 conviction is based; or
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4 (B) The date of conviction at issue.
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6 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2024.
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8 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 24-1-109, 31-7-102, 31-7-127, 31-7-128