Vermont H 895: An act relating to creating an Information Technology Development Initiative

Bill Text

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H.895 1
SHORT FORM 2
Introduced by Representatives Tomlinson of Winooski, Berbeco of Winooski, 3
Burke of Brattleboro, Cina of Burlington, Cole of Hartford, 4
Critchlow of Colchester, Dodge of Essex, Headrick of 5
Burlington, LaMont of Morristown, McGill of Bridport, and 6
Rachelson of Burlington 7
Referred to Committee on 8
Date: 9
Subject: Motor vehicles; secondary enforcement; searches 10
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to designate the 11
following motor vehicle violations as violations that may only be enforced if a 12
law enforcement officer has detained the operator of a vehicle for another 13
suspected violation: (1) failure to carry a registration certificate; (2) failure to 14
display unobstructed license plate numbers; (3) failure to display a license 15
plate on a trailer or semitrailer; (4) operation without a valid license under 16
certain circumstances; (5) operation by an individual with a learner’s permit 17
without a licensed driver in the vehicle; (6) operation on the right side of the 18
highway; (7) prolonged idling; (8) operation with an obstructed windshield or 19
windows; (9) operation of an uninspected motor vehicle; (10) operation with a 20
single broken taillight or brake light; (11) failure to signal a lane change or 21

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turn; (12) impeding traffic with a slow-moving vehicle; and (13) operating a 1
vehicle with an overly loud muffler. This bill also proposes to prohibit law 2
enforcement officers from requesting consent for a search of a vehicle or 3
vehicle operator or passenger following a stop for a moving violation. 4
An act relating to secondary enforcement of certain motor vehicle violations 5
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 6
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