2007 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Drivers License & Traffic Safety Division
Traffic Safety Partners
*This information is merely a brief update
of the law. For complete copies of the bills, please visit www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/60-2007/leginfo/bills-res-jour/index.html.
These law changes are effective August 1, 2007.
HB 1082 - Makes the selling, purchasing, or
possessing of an alcohol without liquid (AWOL) device a Class B misdemeanor,
punishable by a maximum penalty of 30 days imprisonment, a fine of
$1,000, or both.
HB 1346 -Allows the removal of a partially-consumed
bottle of wine from a restaurant provided the licensee recorks the
bottle, seals the bottle with a seal that must be made conspicuously
inoperative to reopen the bottle, and places the receipt of sale with
the bottle.
SB 2204 - Gives a person under 21 years of
age immunity from prosecution for minor- in- possession/consumption
if they report another individual under 21 in need of medical assistance
due to alcohol consumption.
SB 2329 - Requires the court to sentence a
violator convicted of MIP/MIC to drug and alcohol education.
HB 1069 - Changes the language a peace officer
is required to give to a driver who refuses an alcohol test and explains
that a refusal will result in a revocation for up to four years of
the person’s driving privileges.
HB 1445 - Requires off-highway vehicles that
are operated on a roadway to be equipped with: mirror, horn, speedometer,
odometer, brake light, lighted headlamp, and a motor of at least 350
cubic centimeters.
Allows the operation of an off-highway vehicle
on a paved highway designated and posted at a speed not exceeding
55 MPH. A licensed driver over 16 years of age may operate a registered
Class III off-highway vehicle on a paved highway designated and posted
at a speed not exceeding 65 MPH.
HB 1476 - Cities may allow, by ordinance,
the use of golf carts on city streets. However, the ordinance may
not allow golf carts on federal, state, or county highways in the
city, except for perpendicular crossing of these highways. Operation
is only allowed during daylight hours, and only to and from the operator’s
place of residence and a golf course.
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