LC00 0 -- H 0 S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 0 A N A C T RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS Introduced By: Representative Lauren H. Carson Date Introduced: June 0, 0 Referred To: House Judiciary It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 0 SECTION. Chapter - of the General Laws entitled "Stopping, Standing, and Parking Restrictions" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: --. Electric vehicle charging station parking restrictions. (a) For the purposes of this section, "electric vehicle charging station" means a public or private parking space that is served by charging equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle. (b) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any electric vehicle charging station provided on any public or private parking space if the vehicle is not connected to the charging equipment and where the electric vehicle charging station is indicated by signage identifying the station as an electric vehicle charging station and indicating that it is only for electric vehicle charging and subject to a parking violation. (c) Enforcement of the parking provisions of this section shall be enforced by the local or state authorities on public or private property when the location of the parking spaces is within the purview of the state building code, chapter. of title. (d) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in -.-. SECTION. Section -.- of the General Laws in Chapter -. entitled "Adjudication of Traffic Offenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: -.-. Schedule of violations.
0 (a) The penalties for violations of the enumerated sections, listed in numerical order, correspond to the fines described. However, those s for which punishments may vary according to the severity of the, or punishment that require the violator to perform a service, shall be heard and decided by the traffic tribunal or municipal court. The following violations may be handled administratively through the method prescribed in this chapter. This list is not exclusive and jurisdiction may be conferred on the traffic tribunal with regard to other violations. VIOLATIONS SCHEDULE Sections of General Laws -.- DOT, DEM, or other agency and department Total Fine 0 0 Violations $.00-0- Soliciting rides in motor vehicles.00-0- Backing up prohibited.00-0-0 Park and ride lots.00 -- Nonpayment of toll 00.00 -- Visibility of plates.00 -- Display of plates.00 -- Driving with expired registration.00 -- Failure to notify division of change of address.00 -- Notice of change of name.00 --0 Temporary plates - dealer issued.00 -- Temporary registration - twenty (0) day bill of sale.00-0-0 Rules as to armed forces license.00-0-0 Driving on expired license.00-0- Notice of change of address.00-0.- No motorcycle helmet (operator).00-0.- Motorcycle handlebar violation.00-0.- No motorcycle helmet (passenger).00-0.- Inspection of motorcycle required.00 -- Local motor vehicle ordinance.00 --0 Obedience to devices.00 --()(i) Eluding traffic light.00 LC00 - Page of
0 0 0 --0 Flashing signals.00 -- Injury to signs or devices.00 -- Reasonable and prudent speed.00 --0 Condition requiring reduced speed.00 --0 Below minimum speed.00 -- Speed limit on bridges and structures.00 -- Leaving lane of travel.00 -- Slow traffic to right.00 -- Operator left of center.00 -- Overtaking on left.00 --(a) Overtaking on right.00 -- Clearance for overtaking.00 -- Places where overtaking prohibited.00 -- No passing zone.00 -- One way highways.00 --0 Rotary traffic islands.00 -- Laned roadway violation.00 -- Following too closely.00 --. Entering intersection 00.00 -- Crossing center section of divided highway.00 -- Entering or leaving limited access roadways.00 -- Use of emergency break-down lane for travel.00 -- Crossing bicycle lane.00 -- Unsafe passing of person operating a bicycle.00 -- Care in starting from stop.00 -- Manner of turning at intersection.00 -- U turn where prohibited.00 -- Turn signal required.00 -- Time of signaling turn.00 -- Failure to give stop signal.00 -- Method of giving signals.00 -.- Diesel vehicle idling rules first not to exceed 00.00 second and subsequent not to LC00 - Page of
0 0 0 exceed 00.00 -- Failure to yield right of way.00 -- Vehicle turning left.00 -- Yield right of way (intersection).00 -- Obedience to stop signs.00 -- Entering from private road or driveway.00 -- Vehicle within right of way, rotary.00 -- Yielding to bicycles on bicycle lane.00 -- Right of way in crosswalks.00 first violation $00.00 second violation or any subsequent violation -- Crossing other than at crosswalks.00 -- Due care by drivers.00 -- Hitchhiking.00 -- Right of way on sidewalks.00 -- Traffic laws applied to bicycles.00 --0 Sale of new bicycles.00 -- Sale of used bicycles.00 -.- Operating motorized bicycle on an interstate highway.00 -.- Operating motorized tricycle on an interstate highway.00-0- Failure to stop at railroad crossing.00-0- Driving through railroad gate.00-0- Obedience to stop sign.00 -- Places where parking or stopping prohibited.00 -- Opening of vehicle doors.00 -- Electric vehicle charging station restriction.00 -- Improper backing up.00 -- Overloading vehicle.00 -- Violation of safety zone.00 -- Coasting.00 LC00 - Page of
-- Following fire apparatus.00 -- Crossing fire hose.00 -- Throwing debris on highway - snow removal.00 --. Improper use of school bus - not to exceed five hundred dollars ($00) for each day of improper use --(a) No child restraint.00 0 --(a) Child restraint/seat belt but not in any rear seating position.00 --(b), (f) No seat belt passenger 0.00 --(g) No seat belt operator 0.00 -- Tow trucks - proper identification.00 -- Operation of interior lights.00 --(b)() U.S. department of transportation motor carrier safety 0 rules and regulations Not less than $.00 or more than $00.00 --(e)() Removal of an "out of service vehicle" Sticker.00 --(e)() Operation of an "out of service vehicle" 00.00 --(b) Installation or adjustment of unsafe or prohibited parts, equipment, or (first ) 0 accessories: 0.00 (second ) 00.00 (third and subsequent s),000.00 -- Brake equipment required.00 LC00 - Page of
0 0 -- Horn required.00 --0 Sirens prohibited.00 -- Muffler required.00 --. Altering height or operating a motor vehicle with an altered height.00 -- Prevention of excessive fumes or smoke.00 -- Windshield and window stickers (visibility).00 -- Windshield wipers.00 -- Metal tires prohibited.00 --0 Protuberances on tires.00 -- Fenders and wheel flaps required.00 -- Rear wheel flaps on buses, trucks and trailer.00 -- Flares or red flag required over four thousand pounds (,000 lbs.).00 --0 Approved types of seat belt requirements.00 --. Special mirror - school bus.00 -- Chocks required ( pair) over four thousand pounds (,000 lbs.).00 -- Tire treads - defective tires.00 -- Slow moving emblem required.00 -- Transportation of gasoline passenger Vehicle.00 -- Operating bike or motor vehicle 0 wearing ear phones.00 (first ).00 second 0.00 for the third and each subsequent LC00 - Page of
0 0 -- Times when lights required.00 through -- --0 Maximum width of one hundred and two inches (0") exceeded.00 --0 Maximum height of one hundred sixty-two inches (") exceeded.00 --0 Maximum number and length of coupled vehicles 00.00 --0 Load extending three feet (') front, six feet (') rear exceeded.00 -- Leaking load.00 -- Connections between coupled vehicles.00 -- Towing chain, twelve inch (") square flag required.00 --. Tow truck - use of lanes (first ).00 second.00 00.00 for the third and each subsequent --(d)() Maximum weight and tandem axles.00 --(d)() Maximum weight and tandem axles.00 --(d)() Maximum weight and tandem axles.00 --(c)() Maximum weight shown in 0 Registration.00 per thousand lbs. overweight or portion thereof. --(c)() Maximum weight shown in Registration.00 per thousand lbs. overweight or LC00 - Page of
portion thereof. --(c)() Maximum weight shown in 0 Registration -- Identification of trucks and truck-,0.00 plus $.00 per thousand pounds overweight or portion thereof. 0 tractors (first ).00 (second ).00.00 for the third and subsequent s -- Carrying and inspection of excess load limit.00 --(c) Maximum axle,000.00 (first ) not to exceed,000.00 for each and every subsequent --0 Maximum axle Pawtucket River,000.00 (first 0 Bridge and Sakonnet River Bridge ) not to exceed,000.00 for each and every subsequent --. Refusal to take preliminary breath test.00 LC00 - Page of
--(d) --(f) --.(e) Wrongful use of handicapped parking Placard 00.00 Handicapped parking space violation: First 00.00 Second.00 Third and subsequent s.00 Wrongful use of institutional handicapped parking placard.00 0 0 -- Failure to file accident report.00 -.- No fuel tax stamp (out-of-state).00 and not exceeding ($00) for subsequent -- No inspection sticker.00 -- Violation of inspection laws.00 -.-0 Heavy-duty vehicle emission inspections: First.00 Second.00 Third and subsequent s,0.00 -- Littering not less than.00 not more than five hundred dollars ($00) -- Public carriers violation 00.00 SPEEDING Fine 0 SPEEDING. One to ten miles per hour (-0 mph) Fine in excess of posted speed limit $.00. Eleven miles per hour ( mph) in excess of posted speed limit with a fine of ten dollars ($0.00) per mile in excess 0.00 LC00 - Page of
of speed limit shall be assessed. minimum 0 (b) In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a judge may impose the following penalties for speeding: () For speeds up to and including ten miles per hour (0 mph) over the posted speed limit on public highways, a fine as provided for in subsection (a) of this section for the first ; ten dollars ($0.00) per mile for each mile in excess of the speed limit for the second if within twelve () months of the first ; and fifteen dollars ($.00) per mile for each mile in excess of the speed limit for the third and any subsequent if within twelve () months of the first. In addition, the license may be suspended up to thirty (0) days. () For speeds in excess of ten miles per hour (0 mph) over the posted speed limit on public highways, a mandatory fine of ten dollars ($0.00) for each mile over the speed limit for the first ; fifteen dollars ($.00) per mile for each mile in excess of the speed limit for the second if within twelve () months of the first ; and twenty dollars ($0.00) per mile for each mile in excess of the speed limit for the third and subsequent if within twelve () months of the first. In addition, the license may be suspended up to sixty (0) days. (c) Except for a technology surcharge assessed in accordance with --, any person charged with a violation who pays the fine administratively pursuant to chapter. of title shall not be subject to any additional costs or assessments, including, but not limited to, the hearing fee established in --. SECTION. This act shall take effect upon passage. LC00 LC00 - Page 0 of
EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS *** This act would create a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus. This act would take effect upon passage. LC00 LC00 - Page of