| Chapter 292 |
| 2025 -- H 5640 AS AMENDED Enacted 06/26/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD |
Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Slater, Fogarty, Fascia, and Sanchez |
| Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-15-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-15 entitled "Passing, Use |
| of Lanes, and Rules of the Road" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-15-9. One way highways. |
| (a) The state traffic commission may designate any highway or any separate roadway under |
| its jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of one-way traffic. |
| (b) Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic a vehicle shall be driven |
| only in the direction designated. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31- |
| 41.1-4. |
| (c) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4 If a motorist |
| violates this section on an interstate highway or on an entrance or exit ramp connected to an |
| interstate highway, the motorist may be subject to a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500) or |
| license suspension of up to six (6) months, or both. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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