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Senate passes student-led bill to expand parking ban near crosswalks

Utah State Senate · February 13, 1998
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Summary

Senators unanimously approved SB 106 after a third-grade class from Dilworth School urged removing the phrase “at an intersection” so parking would be banned within 20 feet of any crosswalk, citing a classmate’s injury; the bill passed by unanimous recorded vote and will go to the House.

Senator Bueller said Senate Bill 106 was prompted by a third-grade class at Dilworth School after a classmate was hit while crossing a mid-block crosswalk. She described how the students surveyed Salt Lake elementary schools and proposed striking the words “at an intersection” so the law would prohibit parking within 20 feet of any crosswalk, not only crosswalks at…

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