Bill Text: OR SB129 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to failure to yield right of way within roundabout.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB129 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB129-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 514

                         Senate Bill 129

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber
  for Department of Transportation)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Modifies offense of failure to yield right of way within
roundabout.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to failure to yield right of way within roundabout;
  creating new provisions; and amending ORS 811.292.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 811.292 is amended to read:
  811.292. (1) A person commits the offense of failure to yield
right of way within a roundabout if the person operates a motor
vehicle upon a multilane circulatory roadway and { + :
  (a) Overtakes or passes a commercial motor vehicle;
  (b) Drives alongside a commercial motor vehicle; or
  (c) + } Does not yield the right of way to a second vehicle
lawfully exiting the roundabout from a position ahead and to the
left of the person's vehicle.
  (2) This section does not apply if a traffic control device
indicates that the operator of a motor vehicle should take other
action.
  (3) The offense described in this section, failure to yield
right of way within a roundabout, is a Class C traffic violation.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 811.292 by section 1 of
this 2011 Act apply to offenses committed on or after the
effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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