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House passes recodification of public-safety code to align statute with practice
Summary
Senate Bill 19 recodifies Title 53 (public safety) to reflect current Department of Public Safety practice, statutoryize certain boards and allow fee-setting by rule; sponsors said it largely formalizes existing administrative practice and carries no substantial fiscal change, and the House approved it by voice/recorded votes.
Senate Bill 19, a recodification of public-safety statutes (Title 53), passed the House on Feb. 11, 1993. The sponsor described the measure as a housekeeping and recodification effort to bring the written code into line with current Department of Public Safety practice and to remove archaic or redundant provisions.
Key elements explained on the floor include adjusting required Highway Patrol staffing formulas, adding the director of the Department of Corrections to the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, statutorily recognizing several advisory boards, permitting the department to set certain permit fees by rule rather than statute, and making a Title-53 violation a class C misdemeanor unless otherwise specified.
Members asked whether the bill contains substantive policy changes and about the fiscal note. The sponsor and supporters emphasized that the interim study and transportation committee reviewed the recodification, that most of the changes reflect existing practice, and that fiscal impacts are expected to be handled within existing revenue and expenditure streams. The House passed the bill by recorded vote (267–0) and referred it back to the Senate for consideration of House amendments.
