Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Commercial Vehicles topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee advances statutory fixes for commercial vehicle enforcement, lowers some penalties
Summary
The committee adopted ODOT's amendment to Senate Bill 839 that narrows enforcement language for commercial vehicles and reduces certain failures to comply from class B misdemeanors to class A traffic violations; the amended bill passed committee and will go to the floor.
Senate Bill 839 would make multiple changes to the commercial vehicle code, including clarifying when a commercial vehicle must stop for enforcement, revising penalties in some cases and adjusting provisions relating to for-hire household goods transport without a valid certificate.
An ODOT-proposed dash-2 amendment clarifies that a commercial vehicle must stop and submit to enforcement when directed by specified signs and reduces the penalty for some failures to comply from a class B misdemeanor to a class A traffic violation. Committee staff reported the amendment would have a minimal fiscal and revenue impact and would not require a referral to Ways and Means.
Mister Brennan, presenting the measure for ODOT, and other staff said the changes are intended to resolve repeated questions about compliance triggers and to align state penalties with federal motor-carrier safety regulations in certain instances. Committee members adopted the dash-2 amendment on roll call and later voted to send SB 839, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Ending — The committee recorded roll-call votes on the amendment and the referral; members agreed to carry the bill to the Senate first (per committee procedure) and to make it available for floor scheduling.
