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House transportation panel keeps worker-presence language and advances higher construction-zone fine
Summary
The House Transportation Committee voted to retain language requiring workers to be present for construction-zone penalties and approved a due-pass on Senate Bill 21-83 as amended, including a raised minimum fine for certain construction-zone speeding violations.
House Transportation Committee Chairman Ruby opened discussion of Senate Bill 21-83 by asking the committee whether to move forward with the item and noting the importance of preserving specific language on lines 11 and 12.
The bill, as amended by Representative Koppelman, removes overstruck text on lines 11 and 12 while keeping a requirement that people be working on the roadway surface for the higher penalty to apply. "I move that we amend Senate Bill 21 83 and remove the overstrikes on lines 11 and…
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