S0868

	2015 -- S 0868
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE
	ROADS

	Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, and Raptakis
	Date Introduced: April 28, 2015
	Referred To: Senate Labor
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 24-8-4.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-8 entitled
2	"Construction and Maintenance of State Roads" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	24-8-4.2. Use of truck mounted attenuator. -- (a) At any and all times during which
4	When construction and/or maintenance work is being undertaken on any state highway and/or
5	interstate connector, under the terms of either the highway or bridge contract in which an
6	attenuator truck is required under federal and/or Rhode Island department of transportation
7	guidelines, no attenuator truck shall be left unattended while work is actively being performed.
8	Further, at all times while that work is actively being performed, an attenuator truck shall be
9	deployed on the worksite. A minimum of one attenuator truck shall be equipped with a first-aid
10	kit and two (2) fire extinguishers. The operator of the attenuator truck shall have completed
11	appropriate training and be certified in both first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A
12	copy of both first aid and CPR certifications shall be kept with the truck driver.
13	(b) The penalty for failure to comply with this section shall be as set forth in § 31-27-22.
14	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE
	ROADS
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1	This act would allow an attenuator truck to be left unattended during state construction
2	and/or maintenance work, and would also remove the requirement that the operator of an
3	attenuator truck be certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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