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BILL #

CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

AB 100

60

Traffic Safety

Relates to the requirement that motor vehicles be equipped with safety glass; amends provisions regarding a recreational vehicle other than a 5th wheel recreational vehicle. Effective date: March 5, 2008.

AB 501

169

Producer Licensing

Relates to insurance agent license requirements, revocations, reinstatement and re-licensing requirements; grants rule-making authority; requires fingerprinting as an additional condition of licensing; provides for mailing of notice regarding compliance. Effective date: March 25, 2008.

AB 591

134

Teen Drivers

Relates to suspending the operating privilege of an underage person who operates a vehicle while having an intoxicant in the vehicle. Effective date: March 21, 2008.

AB 593

136

Traffic Offenses

Relates to the issuance of motor vehicle occupational licenses after certain operating privilege suspensions related to drugs or alcohol. Effective date: March 21, 2008.

AB 594

137

Traffic Offenses

Relates to the operation of unregistered motor vehicles on highways; provides for exemptions to registration and inspection requirements. Effective date: March 21, 2008.

AB 595

138

Auto Titles

Relates to certificates of title for vehicles that have been damaged by hail; requires a statement of hail damage on the certificate of title of a hail-damaged vehicle. Effective date: March 21, 2008.

AB 864

173

Fire Suppression Systems

Relates to requirements for automatic fire suppression systems and exhaust hoods in mobile kitchens; provides for exemptions. Effective date: March 26, 2008.

SB 116

111

DUI

Relates to repeat drunken driving offenders and providing a penalty; relates to a driver improvement surcharge. Effective date: March 19, 2008.

SB 344

148

Fire Suppression Rules

Relates to fire detection, prevention, and suppression rules governing places of employment and public buildings that are under 60 feet in height. Effective date: March 21, 2008.

SB 345

149

Fire Sprinklers

Relates to variances in rules concerning automatic fire sprinklers in places of employment and public buildings under 60 feet in height. Effective date: March 21, 2008.

SB 430

185

Workers’ Compensation

Relates to changes in the worker's compensation law; provides exceptions regarding private rehabilitative counseling and rehabilitative training; relates to maximum compensation rates and permanent partial disability; relates to a health service provider, insurers or a self-insured employer; provides that the department may obtain the opinion of an expert before determining the necessity of treating an injured employee. Effective date: March 26, 2008.

SB 186

33

Low-Speed Vehicles

Relates to neighborhood electric vehicles of a specified speed limit per hour; amends provision relating to municipal licensing of vehicles used within the municipality; requires registration with the Department of Transportation; provides for biennial registration fees; exempts certificates of title from supplemental and environmental impact fees. Effective date: November 16, 2007.

SB 289

205

Carbon Monoxide Detectors

Relates to the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain lodging and tourist buildings, requires approval by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.; provides an exemption from emergency rule procedures, grants rule-making authority; provides penalties. Effective date: October 1, 2008.

SB 368

93

Commercial Vehicles

Relates to the operation of certain 3-vehicle combinations on designated highways without a permit; relates to semi trailers and trailers operated as part of a double bottom, which is a combination of three vehicles consisting of a truck tractor, semi trailer and a trailer; includes a truck tractor and two semi trailers; regulates length and weight; provides for additional highways by rule. Effective date: March 13, 2008.

SB 386

170

State Regulation

Relates to a definition of late enrollee; makes group insurance certificates available electronically; prohibits a lender from requiring property insurance exceeding the replacement value of improvements; provides for premium tax statute of limitations; amends the insurance security fund; exempts the fund for liability for payment after an order of liquidation; provides for reinsurers, insurance pools, subrogation and underwriting associations; relates to the local government property insurance fund. Effective date: March 26, 2008.

SB 509

68

Driver’s Licenses

Relates to driver education instruction and driver's license examinations; adds knowledge of laws related to passing stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks and highway machinery equipment to the list of requirements imposed on applicants for a motor vehicle operator’s license. Effective date: September 1, 2008.