Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 373 (2015GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Knotwell, J.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/27/2015

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• authorizes the Department of Transportation to conduct a connected vehicle technology testing program outside of an urbanized boundary as defined by the United States Census Bureau;
• requires the Department of Transportation to report the results of the testing program to the Transportation Interim Committee by no later than October 30 in any year that a testing program is conducted; and
• makes technical corrections.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

CONNECTED VEHICLE TESTING
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: John Knotwell
Senate Sponsor: 
Aaron Osmond
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies the Motor Vehicles Act by authorizing the Department of
Transportation to conduct a connected vehicle technology testing program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ authorizes the Department of Transportation to conduct a connected vehicle
technology testing program outside of an urbanized boundary as defined by the
United States Census Bureau;
▸ requires the Department of Transportation to report the results of the testing
program to the Transportation Interim Committee by no later than October 30 in any
year that a testing program is conducted; and
▸ makes technical corrections.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
41-6a-711
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 52
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
41-6a-711
 is amended to read:
41-6a-711.
Following another vehicle -- Safe distance -- Exceptions.
(1) The operator of a vehicle:
(a) may not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having
regard for the:
(i) speed of the vehicles;
(ii) traffic upon the highway; and
(iii) condition of the highway; and
(b) shall follow at a distance so that at least two seconds elapse before reaching the
location of the vehicle directly in front of the operator's vehicle.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to
:
(a)
 funeral processions or to congested traffic conditions resulting in prevailing vehicle
speeds of less than 35 miles per hour[
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]
; or
(b) a connected vehicle technology testing program that uses networked wireless
communication among vehicles, infrastructure, or communication devices that is:
(i) approved by the Department of Transportation in consultation with the Department
of Public Safety; and
(ii) conducted outside of an urbanized boundary as defined by the United States Census
Bureau.
(3) The Department of Transportation shall report the results of the testing program
conducted under Subsection (2)(b) to the Transportation Interim Committee by no later than
October 30 of any year that a testing program is conducted.