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HOUSE BILL NO. 49
INTRODUCED BY B. LAKE
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT RESTRICTING USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES IN DEFINED AREAS."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Restricted use of electronic communication device -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person may not use an electronic communication device, including a cellular phone or a device used to send text messages, or perform any other activity that causes the driver to become inattentive to the immediate roadway or to pedestrians or other motorists while driving:
(a) on a public highway within a first- or second-class city, as defined in 7-1-4111;
(b) in an area near a school pursuant to 61-8-310(1)(d) regardless of the city population classification.
(2) A person who is driving on a public highway that is part of the federal-aid interstate system is exempt from the provisions in subsection (1).
(3) A person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to the penalties provided in 61-8-711. A person who violates the provisions of this section within a special speed zone near a school shall be fined double the amount of fines provided in 61-8-711.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 61, chapter 8, part 3, and the provisions of Title 61, chapter 8, part 3, apply to [section 1].
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