HB 79

Abstract

Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle, and the accompanying the exclusionary provisions.

Issuing citations; marijuana and certain trafficoffenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcementofficer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) withouta light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafeequipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light,(iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusuallevels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tintingfilms, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle, and the accompanying the exclusionary provisions. The bill also repealsthe provision that provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfullystop, search, or seize any person, place, or thing solely on thebasis of the odor of marijuana and that no evidence discovered or obtained as a result of such unlawful search or seizure shall beadmissible in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding.