Bill Text: IN SB0141 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Texting while driving.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0141 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0141-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 141

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 9-13-2; IC 9-21-8-59; IC 9-24-11-0.5.

Synopsis: Texting while driving. Makes it a Class C infraction for a person to use a telecommunications device to transmit a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Defines "telecommunications device" as an electronic or a digital telecommunications device, including a wireless telephone, personal digital assistant, pager, or text messaging device. Repeals the current definition of "telecommunications device".

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Randolph

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    January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 141

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-13-2-177.3; (11)IN0141.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-13-2-177.3, AS ADDED BY P.L.101-2009, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 177.3. (a) "Telecommunications device", for purposes of IC 9-21-8 and IC 9-24-11-3.3, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-24-11-0.5. means an electronic or a digital telecommunications device.
    (b) The term includes the following:
        (1) A wireless telephone.
        (2) A personal digital assistant.
        (3) A pager.
        (4) A text messaging device.

SOURCE: IC 9-13-2-177.4; (11)IN0141.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-13-2-177.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 177.4. "Text message", for purposes of IC 9-21-8, means a communication in the form of electronic text sent from a telecommunications device.

SOURCE: IC 9-21-8-59; (11)IN0141.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 9-21-8-59 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE

AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 59. A person may not use a telecommunications device to transmit:
        (1) a text message; or
        (2) an electronic mail message;
while operating a moving motor vehicle.

SOURCE: IC 9-24-11-0.5; (11)IN0141.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 9-24-11-0.5 IS REPEALED [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011].