73rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2005 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1104
 
                         House Bill 2365
 
Sponsored by Representatives ANDERSON, AVAKIAN, BARKER, BERGER,
  DALTO; Representatives ACKERMAN, BARNHART, BOONE, BOQUIST,
  BRUUN, BUCKLEY, BURLEY, DALLUM, ESQUIVEL, FARR, GALIZIO,
  GARRARD, GREENLICK, HASS, HOLVEY, JENSON, JOHNSON, KITTS,
  KRIEGER, KRUMMEL, LIM, MACPHERSON, MERKLEY, MORGAN, NOLAN,
  OLSON, RICHARDSON, ROBLAN, ROSENBAUM, SCHAUFLER, SCOTT, P
  SMITH, SUMNER, THATCHER, WHISNANT, WIRTH, Senators FERRIOLI,
  GEORGE, KRUSE, MONNES ANDERSON, MORSE, PROZANSKI, RINGO,
  WESTLUND, WINTERS
 
 
                             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 violating speed limit by requiring driver
to drive 20 miles per hour or less in school zones when children
are present or flashing light is in operation.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2005.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school zones; amending ORS 811.111; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 811.111 is amended to read:
  811.111. (1) A person commits the offense of violating a speed
limit if the person:
  (a) Drives a vehicle on an interstate highway at a speed
greater than 65 miles per hour or, if a different speed is posted
under ORS 810.180 (3), at a speed greater than the posted speed.
  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, drives
any of the following vehicles at a speed greater than 55 miles
per hour on any highway or, if a different speed is posted under
ORS 810.180 (3), at a speed greater than the posted speed:
  (A) A motor truck or truck tractor with a gross vehicle weight
rating of more than 8,000 pounds.
  (B) A school bus.
  (C) A school activity vehicle.
  (D) A worker transport bus.
  (E) A bus operated for transporting children to and from church
or an activity or function authorized by a church.
  (F) Any vehicle used in the transportation of persons for hire
by a nonprofit entity as provided in ORS 825.017 (9).
  (c) Drives a vehicle or conveyance on any part of the ocean
shore in this state at a speed greater than any of the following:
  (A) Any designated speed for ocean shores that is established
and posted under ORS 810.180.
 
  (B) If no designated speed is posted under ORS 810.180, 25
miles per hour.
  (d) Drives a vehicle upon a highway in any city at a speed
greater than a speed posted by authority granted under ORS
810.180 or, if no speed is posted, the following:
  (A) Fifteen miles per hour when driving on an alley.
  (B) Twenty miles per hour in a business district.
  (C) Twenty-five miles per hour in a public park.
  (D) Twenty-five miles per hour on a highway in a residence
district if the highway is not an arterial highway.
  (E) Sixty-five miles per hour on an interstate highway.
  (F) Fifty-five miles per hour in locations not otherwise
described in this paragraph.
    { - (e) Drives a vehicle in a school zone at a speed greater
than 20 miles per hour: - }
    { - (A) At any time, if the school zone is a segment of
highway described in ORS 801.462 (1)(a) that is contiguous to a
segment of highway on which: - }
    { - (i) There is a posted speed of 30 miles per hour or
less; - }
    { - (ii) There is a speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less;
or - }
    { - (iii) A speed of 30 miles per hour or less is prima facie
evidence of violation of the basic speed rule under ORS
811.105. - }
    { - (B) At any time that a flashing light described in ORS
811.106 is operating or at any time posted on signs in the school
zone, if the school zone is a segment of highway described in ORS
801.462 (1)(a) that is contiguous to a segment of highway on
which: - }
    { - (i) There is a posted speed greater than 30 miles per
hour; - }
    { - (ii) There is a speed limit greater than 30 miles per
hour; or - }
    { - (iii) A speed greater than 30 miles per hour is prima
facie evidence of violation of the basic speed rule under ORS
811.105. - }
    { - (C) At any time that a flashing light described in ORS
811.106 is operating, at any time posted on signs in the school
zone or at any time that children are present, if the school zone
is a crosswalk described in ORS 801.462 (1)(b). - }
   { +  (e) Drives a vehicle in a school zone at a speed greater
than 20 miles per hour when children are present, as described in
ORS 811.124, or when a flashing light used as a traffic control
device and operated under ORS 811.106 indicates that children may
be arriving at or leaving school. + }
  (2) The offense described in this section, violating a speed
limit, is punishable as provided in ORS 811.109.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2005 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2005 Act takes effect July 1,
2005. + }
                         ----------