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Title: Increasing Fines for Certain Traffic Violations
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases fees for various traffic violations.
Highlights:
-Increases general moving violation fees from $20 to $30 (Sec. 1).
-Increases fees from $50 to $75 for the following violations (Sec. 1):
-failure to stop or yield for emergency or maintenance vehicles or permitting a driver of one's vehicle to engage in such failure;
-failure to stop at certain railroad crossings;
-overtaking and passing a stopped school bus; and
-failure to yield to a pedestrian.
-Increases child restraint violation fees from $25 to $40 (Sec. 1)
-Increases fees for violations related to excessive vehicle size and weight permit violations from $100 to $200 (Sec. 1)
-Increases careless driving fees from $30 to $50 (Sec. 1).
-Increases fees for safety belt violations from $20 to $30 (Sec. 1).
-Increases fees for unauthorized exhibition driving from $50 to $75 and increases fees for racing or drag racing from $100 to $200 (Sec. 2).
-Increases fees for failure to immediately notify local police when one is involved in an accident resulting in injury, death, or property damage to an apparent extent of at least $1,000 from $50 to $100 (Sec. 3).