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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE

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     Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Naughton, Solomon, Marshall, and Keable

     Date Introduced: April 17, 2015

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 24-8-4.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 24-8 entitled

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"Construction and Maintenance of State Roads" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     24-8-4.2. Use of truck mounted attenuator. -- (a) At any and all times during which

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When construction and/or maintenance work is being undertaken on any state highway and/or

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interstate connector, under the terms of either the highway or bridge contract in which an

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attenuator truck is required under federal and/or Rhode Island department of transportation

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guidelines, no attenuator truck shall be left unattended while work is actively being performed.

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Further, at all times while that work is actively being performed, an attenuator truck shall be

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deployed on the worksite. A minimum of one attenuator truck shall be equipped with a first-aid

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kit and two (2) fire extinguishers. The operator of the attenuator truck shall have completed

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appropriate training and be certified in both first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A

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copy of both first aid and CPR certifications shall be kept with the truck driver.

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      (b) The penalty for failure to comply with this section shall be as set forth in ยง 31-27-22.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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     This act would allow an attenuator truck to be left unattended during state construction

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and/or maintenance work, and would also remove the requirement that the operator of an

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attenuator truck be certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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