0001| HOUSE BILL 197
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0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| RICK MIERA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION; REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT
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0012| BICYCLE RIDERS USE SIDE PATHS ADJACENT TO ROADWAYS; AMENDING A
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0013| SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. Section 66-3-705 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
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0017| Chapter 35, Section 104) is amended to read:
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0018| "66-3-705. RIDING ON ROADWAYS AND BICYCLE PATHS.--
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0019| A. Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway
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0020| shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as
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0021| [praticable] practicable, exercising due care when passing
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0022| a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
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0023| B. [Person] Persons riding bicycles upon a
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0024| roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or
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0025| parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
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0001| [C. Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been
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provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such
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path and shall not use the roadway.]"
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0004| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0005| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
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0007| State of New Mexico
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0008| House of Representatives
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| February 18, 1997
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0017| Mr. Speaker:
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0019| Your TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0020| referred
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0022| HOUSE BILL 197
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0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0002| 1. On page 2, line 3, strike the closing quotation mark.
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0004| 2. On page 2, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following
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0005| new subsection:
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0007| "C. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, no
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0008| bicycle shall be operated on any roadway in a manner that would
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0009| create a public safety hazard."",
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0011| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0012| COMMITTEE.
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0014| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| Daniel P. Silva, Chairman
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0023| Adopted Not Adopted
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date
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0004| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0005| Yes: 7
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0006| Excused: Larranaga, W.C. Williams
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0007| Absent: Olguin, Watchman, Whitaker
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0011| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0197 State of New Mexico
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0012| House of Representatives
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0014| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0015| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0018| March 5, 1997
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0021| Mr. Speaker:
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0023| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0024| whom has been referred
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0001| HOUSE BILL 197, as amended
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0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0006| Respectfully submitted,
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0012| Max Coll, Chairman
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0015| Adopted Not Adopted
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0017| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0019| Date
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0021| The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against
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0022| Yes: 12
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0023| Excused: Bird, Marquardt, Picraux, Salazar, Watchman
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0024| Absent: None
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0004| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0005| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0008| March 12, 1997
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0010| Mr. President:
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0012| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0013| whom has been referred
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0015| HOUSE BILL 197, as amended
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0025| __________________________________
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0001| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman
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0005| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0006| Adopted_______________________
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0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0011| Date ________________________
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0014| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0015| Yes: 8
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0016| No: 0
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0017| Excused: Fidel, Robinson
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0018| Absent: None
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