CSHB 268(JUD)-OVERTAKING/PASSING STATIONARY VEHICLES                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:52:13 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR RALPH SEEKINS announced HB 268 to be up for consideration.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JAY RAMRAS  introduced  HB 268.  He asserted  tow                                                               
truck drivers  should be offered  the same courtesy  as emergency                                                               
service vehicles.  The public relies  on the tow  truck community                                                               
to serve stranded motorists therefore  providing for safer roads.                                                               
Once a week in America a tow truck driver is killed.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:54:56 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR SEEKINS closed public testimony.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HOLLIS  FRENCH asked whether  violation of the  law would                                                               
be a moving violation.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RAMRAS replied  yes unless  someone was  injured,                                                               
which would be a different situation.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR CHARLIE HUGGINS commented  HB 268 could create difficulty                                                               
in traffic flow.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
8:56:41 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GENE  THERRIAULT moved CSHB 268(JUD)  from committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  attached  fiscal note(s).  There                                                               
being no objection, the motion carried.