Vermont H 304: An act relating to creating the crime of extortion by introducing ransomware

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H.304 1
Introduced by Representatives Morgan, L. of Milton and Morgan, M. of 2
Milton 3
Referred to Committee on 4
Date: 5
Subject: Motor vehicles; school buses; stop-arm violations; traffic cameras 6
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require traffic 7
cameras on all Types I and II school buses and allow for the issuance of a civil 8
traffic violation for illegally passing a school bus based on an image of a 9
violation from a traffic camera on a school bus. 10
An act relating to traffic cameras and traffic violations for illegally passing 11
a school bus 12
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 13
Sec. 1. 23 V.S.A. § 4(44) is amended to read: 14
(44) “Moving violation” means any violation of any provision of this 15
title, while the motor vehicle is being operated on a public highway, over 16
which operation the operator has discretion as to commission of the act, except 17
for offenses pertaining to: 18
(A) a parked vehicle, equipment, size, weight, inspection, or 19
registration of the vehicle; 20

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(B) child restraint or safety belt systems or seat belts as required in 1
section 1258 or 1259 of this title; or 2
(C) motorcycle headgear under section 1256 of this title; or 3
(D) passing a school bus under section 1075 of this title. 4
Sec. 2. 23 V.S.A. § 1075 is amended to read: 5
§ 1075. PASSING SCHOOL BUS 6
(a) The operator of a motor vehicle, including authorized emergency 7
vehicles under section 1015 of this title, upon meeting or overtaking a vehicle 8
marked and equipped as provided in section 1283 of this title that has stopped 9
on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging public or private 10
schoolchildren, shall stop his or her the operator’s vehicle immediately and 11
shall keep it stationary while the flashing red signal lights are in operation. 12
(b) The driver of a vehicle need not stop upon a highway with separate 13
roadways upon meeting or overtaking a school bus that is on a different 14
roadway, or upon a controlled access highway where the school bus is stopped 15
in a loading zone that is a part of or adjacent to the highway at a point where 16
pedestrians are not permitted to cross the roadway. 17
(c) A law enforcement officer shall issue a Vermont Civil Violation 18
Complaint for a traffic violation for the violation of subsection (a) of this 19
section to the registered owner of a motor vehicle identified by number plate 20
within 10 days after a school bus operator attests in a writing made under the 21

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penalty of perjury that the motor vehicle bearing that number plate passed a 1
stopped school bus in violation of subsection (a) of this section, provided that 2
the writing also includes the date, time, and location of the violation; the 3
writing is made within five days after the date of the violation; and one or more 4
images clearly showing the motor vehicle bearing that number plate passing a 5
stopped school bus in violation of subsection (a) of this section are attached to 6
the writing. 7
Sec. 3. 23 V.S.A. § 1283 is amended to read: 8
§ 1283. IDENTIFICATION AND EQUIPMENT OF SCHOOL BUSES 9
(a) Types I and II school buses shall be: 10
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(4) Equipped with a system of signal lamps approved by the 12
Commissioner, including an eight-light system on any new or used school bus 13
ordered on and after July 1, 1976. The driver of a Type I or a Type II school 14
bus shall keep the alternately flashing red signal lamps lighted whenever 15
school children are being received or discharged, and they shall be used only 16
for that purpose. A school bus driver found in violation of this subdivision 17
shall be guilty of a traffic violation. 18
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(6) Equipped with a live digital video school bus passing violation 20
detection monitoring system that: 21

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(A) is operational whenever the school bus is on, even if the school 1
bus is idling; 2
(B) includes one or more camera sensors and computers that produce 3
live digital and recorded video images of motor vehicles operated in violation 4
of section 1075 of this title with the date, time, and location of the violation; 5
(C) only records images of the number plates of motor vehicles 6
operated in violation of section 1075 of this title and does not record images of 7
the occupants of motor vehicles or any other individuals; and 8
(D) only preserves video or images for up to 90 days, whether on the 9
monitoring system or otherwise, unless the school bus operator attests to a 10
violation under subsection 1075(c) of this title, in which case the video or 11
image or images shall be preserved until the traffic violation is dismissed or the 12
applicable civil penalty is collected and then destroyed. 13
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