What: SB88 to be heard before the Montana House Transportation Committee
When: Monday, Feb. 2 at 3:00pm in room #455 - Montana State Capitol
Senate Bill 88, which if passed, will define a school zone in Montana State Code.
When: Monday, Feb. 2 at 3:00pm in room #455 - Montana State Capitol
Senate Bill 88, which if passed, will define a school zone in Montana State Code.
Aaron Weissman of Neighborhood Council 7 is asking for your support of this bill:
Friends;
SB-88, the School Zone Definition Bill being carried by our neighbor Sen. Mitch Tropila, will be heard before the Montana House Transportation Committee on Monday, February 2 at 3 p.m. in Room 455. For one, I think that this bill is worthy of your support.
SB-88 would add a definition of a "School Zone" to Montana Code. Shockingly, no such definition currently exists in the law. This oversight makes it more difficult for municipalities to control speed near our schools, as the vagueness in the law could make it possible for courts to throw out tickets for school zone violations.
I suspect (but am not sure) that defining a school zone in the law would also make it possible for the City to better control speeds on 9th Street across for Longfellow and Whittier.
Anyway, if you can travel to Helena on Monday, I ask you to voice your support for this legislation. If not, can you please find the time to send Senator Tropila a letter of support that he can present to the committee? His email address is tropila@mt.net.
Yours,
SB-88 would add a definition of a "School Zone" to Montana Code. Shockingly, no such definition currently exists in the law. This oversight makes it more difficult for municipalities to control speed near our schools, as the vagueness in the law could make it possible for courts to throw out tickets for school zone violations.
I suspect (but am not sure) that defining a school zone in the law would also make it possible for the City to better control speeds on 9th Street across for Longfellow and Whittier.
Anyway, if you can travel to Helena on Monday, I ask you to voice your support for this legislation. If not, can you please find the time to send Senator Tropila a letter of support that he can present to the committee? His email address is tropila@mt.net.
Yours,
Aaron
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