2017 -- H 5767

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- BREAK-DOWN LANE USE

     Introduced By: Representative Robert B. Jacquard

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2017

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-15-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-15 entitled "Passing,

Use of Lanes, and Rules of the Road" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-15-16. Use of emergency break-down lane for travel.

     No person shall operate a motor vehicle for travel on the emergency break-down lane of

any highway. The state traffic commission may, by resolution or order, designate times and

locations where, due to traffic conditions, operation of a vehicle is permitted in the break-down

lane. The commission shall cause the erection of signs indicating when use of the break-down

lane for travel is permitted. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-

4.

     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 MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- BREAK-DOWN LANE USE

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     This act would authorize the state traffic commission to permit the use of break-down

lanes for travel and would erect signs indicating when and where travel is permitted.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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