1st Sub. H.B. 258
LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL
6 Approved for Filing: B. Hess 6
6 01-30-23 1:33 PM 6
H.B. 258
1st Sub. (Buff)
Representative Judy Weeks Rohner proposes the following substitute bill:
1 MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHT AMENDMENTS
2 2023 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: Judy Weeks Rohner
5 Senate Sponsor: Ann Millner
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7LONG TITLE
8General Description:
9 This bill requires a vehicle operator to have the vehicle's lights or lamps illuminated
10while the vehicle is being operated during certain times of day and driving conditions.
11Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 <requires a vehicle operator to ensure the vehicle headlights are illuminated while the
14vehicle is being operated on a highway any time:
15 Cfrom sunset to sunrise; and
16 Cwhen persons and vehicles are not clearly discernible at 1,000 feet ahead; and
17 <makes technical changes.
18Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20Other Special Clauses:
21 None
22Utah Code Sections Affected:
23AMENDS:
24 41-6a-1603, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 412
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26Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 41-6a-1603 is amended to read:
28 41-6a-1603. Lights and illuminating devices -- Duty to display -- Time.
29 (1) (a) The operator of a vehicle shall [turn on] ensure the lamps or lights of the vehicle
30are illuminated while the vehicle is being operated on a highway at any time [from a half hour
31after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when, due to]:
32 (i) from sunset to sunrise; or
33 (ii) [insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,] when persons and
34vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead[.] due to:
35 (A) insufficient light; or
36 (B) unfavorable atmospheric conditions.
37 (b) The lights, lighted lamps, and other lamps and illuminating devices under
38Subsection (1)(a) shall be lighted as respectively required for different classes of vehicles,
39subject to the exceptions for parked vehicles under Section 41-6a-1607.
40 (2) Whenever a requirement is made as to distance from which certain lamps and
41devices shall render objects visible or within which the lamps or devices shall be visible, the
42provisions apply during the times specified under Subsection (1)(a) for a vehicle without load
43on a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions, unless a different
44time or condition is expressly stated.
45 (3) Whenever a requirement is made as to the mounted height of lamps or devices it
46shall mean from the center of the lamp or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle
47stands when the vehicle is without a load.
48 (4) A violation of this section is an infraction.