First Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 23-0108.01 Yelana Love x2295
HOUSE BILL 23-1014
House Committees Senate Committees
Transportation, Housing & Local Government
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING YIELDING TO LARG ER VEHICLES IN ROUNDABOUTS .101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/
.)
Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The bill
requires a driver to yield the right-of-way to a driver of a vehicle having
a total length of at least 40 feet or a total width of at least 10 feet (large
vehicle) when driving through a roundabout. The bill also requires that
when 2 drivers of large vehicles approach or drive through a roundabout
at the same time, the driver on the right must yield the right-of-way to the
driver on the left.
A person who fails to yield commits a class A traffic infraction and
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Boesenecker, Lindsay
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Winter F., Sullivan
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. is subject to a fine of $70 and an $11 surcharge.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 42-4-715 as2
follows:3
42-4-715. Yielding right-of-way in roundabouts - definition.4
(1) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, "ROUNDABOUT" MEANS A CIRCULAR5
INTERSECTION OR JUNCTION IN WHICH ROAD TRAFFIC FLOWS ALMOST6
CONTINUOUSLY IN ONE DIRECTION AROUND A CENTRAL ISLAND .7
(2) (a) W
HEN APPROACHING OR DRIVING THROUGH A8
ROUNDABOUT, A PERSON DRIVING A VEHICLE SHALL:9
(I) Y
IELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WITH10
A TOTAL LENGTH OF FORTY FEET OR GREATER OR A TOTAL WIDTH OF TEN11
FEET OR GREATER THAT IS DRIVING THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT AT THE12
SAME TIME OR SO CLOSELY AS TO PRESENT AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD ; AND13
(II) S
LOW DOWN OR STOP IF NECESSARY TO YIELD TO THE OTHER14
VEHICLE AS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (2)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION.15
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) DOES NOT REQUIRE A PERSON WHO IS16
DRIVING A VEHICLE THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT TO YIELD THE17
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF18
FORTY FEET OR GREATER OR A TOTAL WIDTH OF TEN FEET OR GREATER19
THAT IS APPROACHING, BUT HAS NOT YET ENTERED, THE ROUNDABOUT.20
(3) I
F TWO VEHICLES EACH HAVING A TOTAL LENGTH OF FORTY21
FEET OR GREATER OR A TOTAL WIDTH OF TEN FEET OR GREATER APPROACH22
OR DRIVE THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT AT THE SAME TIME OR SO CLOSELY AS23
TO PRESENT AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD , THE DRIVER ON THE RIGHT SHALL24
YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE DRIVER ON THE LEFT AND SHALL SLOW25
HB23-1014-2- DOWN OR STOP IF NECESSARY TO YIELD TO THE DRIVER ON THE LEFT .1
(4) A
PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION COMMITS A CLASS A2
TRAFFIC INFRACTION.3
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-4-1701, amend4
(4)(a)(I)(H) as follows:5
42-4-1701. Traffic offenses and infractions classified -6
penalties - penalty and surcharge schedule - repeal. (4) (a) (I) Except7
as provided in subsection (5)(c) of this section, every person who is8
convicted of, who admits liability for, or against whom a judgment is9
entered for a violation of this title 42 to which subsection (5)(a) or (5)(b)10
of this section applies shall be fined or penalized and have a surcharge11
levied in accordance with sections 24-4.1-119 (1)(f) and 24-4.2-10412
(1)(b)(I), in accordance with the penalty and surcharge schedule set forth13
in subsections (4)(a)(I)(A) to (4)(a)(I)(S) of this section; or, if no penalty14
or surcharge is specified in the schedule, the penalty for class A and class15
B traffic infractions is fifteen dollars, and the surcharge is four dollars.16
These penalties and surcharges apply whether the defendant17
acknowledges the defendant's guilt or liability in accordance with the18
procedure set forth by subsection (5)(a) of this section, is found guilty by19
a court of competent jurisdiction, or has judgment entered against the20
defendant by a county court magistrate. Penalties and surcharges for21
violating specific sections are as follows:22
Section Violated Penalty Surcharge23
(H) Rights-of-way violations:24
42-4-701 $ 70.00 $ 10.0025
42-4-702 70.00 10.0026
42-4-703 70.00 10.0027
HB23-1014
-3- 42-4-704 70.00 10.001
42-4-705 70.00 16.002
42-4-706 70.00 10.003
42-4-707 70.00 10.004
42-4-708 35.00 10.005
42-4-709 70.00 10.006
42-4-710 70.00 10.007
42-4-711 100.00 10.008
42-4-712 70.00 10.009
42-4-714 70.00 10.0010
42-4-715 70.00 11.0011
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date -12
applicability. (1) This act takes effect October 1, 2023; except that, if a13
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the14
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act15
within the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general16
assembly, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless17
approved by the people at the general election to be held in November18
2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official19
declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.20
(2) This act applies to offenses committed on or after the21
applicable effective date of this act.22
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