Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 44

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-21-3-11.

Synopsis: Traffic signal outage or conflict. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor (rather than a Class C infraction under current law) if: (1) there is no indication or conflicting indications from a traffic signal at an intersection; and (2) a driver knowingly fails to stop before entering the intersection or fails to yield the right-of-way to traffic within the intersection.

Effective: July 1, 2006.





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    January 9, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)


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SENATE BILL No. 44



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-21-3-11; (06)IN0044.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-21-3-11 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who violates section 7, 8, 9, or 10 of this chapter commits a Class C infraction.
     (b) A person who knowingly violates section 7(b)(4) of this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor.