Revises provisions concerning the increased penalty imposed for certain traffic violations occurring in work zones
SB134
Sponsored by: Sen. Coffin
BILL STATUS: Approved by the Governor, Chapter 186. Effective Oct. 1, 2009
Existing law requires the doubling of the penalty imposed against a person convicted of speeding or convicted of certain other traffic offenses that occur in a highway construction zone if: (1) workers are present; or (2) the effects of the offense are otherwise aggravated because of certain highway conditions that exist as a result of the highway construction.
This bill maintains the double penalty if such an offense occurs in a highway construction zone when workers are present. However, this bill provides that a court may, but is not required to, impose a reduced additional penalty of not more than one-half the penalty imposed for the primary offense if the offense occurs in a highway construction zone when workers are not present but where the effects of the offense are still otherwise aggravated because of certain highway conditions that exist as a result of the highway construction.
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