Rep. John E. Bradley

Filed: 3/31/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 865

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 865 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Cellular Phone Use and Automobile Accidents Reporting Act.
 
6    Section 5. Police reports to include information on cell
7phone use as cause of accident. State, county, and municipal
8law enforcement personnel shall include in their police reports
9of automobile accidents information pertaining to whether an
10accident involved the use of a cellular phone.
 
11    Section 10. Department of Transportation to report to
12General Assembly. The Department of Transportation shall
13request from State, county, and municipal law enforcement
14agencies statistics on the use of cellular phones leading to
15automobile accidents over a two-year period beginning January

 

 

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11, 2013 and ending December 31, 2014, and report the findings
2to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2015.".