Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/bills/intro/S-133.HTM
Timestamp: 2018-06-23 16:15:36
Document Index: 598558148

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 607', '§ 614', '§ 1258', '§ 1258', '§ 571', '§ 1259', '§ 1259']

Subject: Motor vehicles; junior operator’s license; learner’s permit; cellular telephones; hand-held electronic device
(1) Require that a person applying for a junior operator's license operate with a learner's permit for at least six months.
(2) Repeal the provision of the junior operator’s law which authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to recall a learner’s permit or junior operator’s license for 90 days following a single speeding violation resulting in a
three-point assessment, and provide that a recall take place when a total of five points have been accumulated.
(3) Provide that a junior operator may not transport siblings and
stepbrothers and stepsisters during the first 30 days of operation, and that during the following 60 days, siblings and stepbrothers and stepsisters may be transported with written permission from a parent or guardian, and the signature has been witnessed.
(4) Prohibit persons under the age of 18 who are operating a motor vehicle on a highway from using a hand-held electronic device.
(5) Provide that primary enforcement of the safety belt law applies to persons under 18 years of age.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY JUNIOR OPERATORS AND PRIMARY SAFETY BELT ENFORCEMENT
(A) possessed and operated with a learner's permit for not less than one year six months;
(ii) have maintained a driving record without a learner's permit suspension, revocation, or recall for six consecutive months prior to licensure.
Sec. 2. 23 V.S.A. § 607a(a) is amended to read:
(a) A learner’s permit or junior operator’s license shall contain an admonition that it is recallable and that the later procurement of an operator’s license is conditional on the establishment of a record which is satisfactory to the commissioner and showing compliance with the motor vehicle laws of this and other states. The commissioner may recall any license issued to a minor whenever he or she is satisfied, from information provided by a credible person and upon investigation, that the operator is mentally or physically unfit or, because of his or her habits or record as to accidents or convictions, is unsafe to be trusted with the operation of motor vehicles. On recommendation of a diversion or reparative board, the commissioner may recall the learner’s permit or junior operator’s license of a person in a diversion or reparative program for up to 30 days. The commissioner shall also recall any learner’s permit or junior operator’s license for 90 days following a single speeding violation resulting in a three-point assessment or when a total of six five points has been accumulated, or when an operator is convicted for a violation of section 678 of this title. When a learner’s permit or junior operator’s license is so recalled, it shall be reinstated upon expiration of a specific term, and, if required by the commissioner, when the person has passed a reexamination approved by the commissioner.
Sec. 3. 23 V.S.A. § 614(a) is amended to read:
(a) An operator’s license shall entitle the holder to operate a registered motor vehicle with the consent of the owner whether employed to do so or not. A junior operator’s license shall entitle the holder to operate a registered motor vehicle, with the consent of the owner, but shall not entitle him or her to operate a motor vehicle in the course of his or her employment or for direct or indirect compensation for one year following issuance of the license. A junior operator’s license shall not entitle the holder to carry passengers for hire. During the first three months 30 days of operation, the holder of a junior operator’s license is restricted to driving alone, or with a licensed parent or guardian, licensed or certified driver education instructor or licensed person at least 25 years of age. During the following three months 60 days, a junior operator may additionally transport family members brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, and stepsisters, provided that written permission signed by a parent or guardian, and witnessed, is present in the vehicle. After 90 days, a junior operator may transport the above family members without permission. No person operating with a junior operator’s license shall transport more passengers than there are safety belts unless he or she is operating a vehicle that has not been manufactured with a federally approved safety belt system.
(c) A person under the age of 18 who is operating a motor vehicle shall not use any hand-held electronic device while the vehicle is in motion on a highway.
Sec. 5. 23 V.S.A. § 1258 is amended to read:
§ 1258. CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; PERSONS UNDER AGE 16 18
(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than a type I school bus, in this state upon a public highway unless every occupant under age 16 18 is properly restrained in a federally-approved child passenger restraining system as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213 (1993) or a federally-approved safety belt, as follows:
(3) a child eight through 15 17 years of age shall be restrained in a safety belt system or a child passenger restraining system.
Sec. 6. 23 V.S.A. § 1259 is amended to read:
§ 1259. SAFETY BELTS; PERSONS AGE 16 18 AND OVER
(a) The operator of a motor vehicle shall be guilty of a violation of this section if any person required to be restrained under this section 18 years of age and older is occupying a seating position which has been manufactured with a federally-approved safety belt system and is not restrained by the safety belt system while the motor vehicle is in motion on a public highway.