Bill Text: CA AB410 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 410

Bill Title: Shared mobility devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 36, Statutes of 2023. [AB410 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB410-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 410

CHAPTER 36

An act to repeal and add Section 2506 of the Civil Code, relating to mobility devices, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

[ Approved by Governor July 06, 2023. Filed with Secretary of State July 06, 2023. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 410, Jones-Sawyer. Shared mobility devices.

Existing law defines shared mobility device to mean an electrically motorized board, motorized scooter, electric bicycle, bicycle, or other similar personal transportation device, except as provided. Existing law requires a shared mobility service provider to affix to each shared mobility device a tactile sign containing raised characters and accompanying braille, as specified, to identify the device for the purpose of reporting illegal or negligent activity. Existing law requires the sign to include the company name, email address, and telephone number of the service provider.

This bill would repeal the requirements relating to tactile signs described above until January 1, 2024. The bill, commencing January 1, 2024, would add to those tactile sign requirements that the raised characters be at minimum ¹/₂ inch high and in a color that contrasts with the signage background, and would delete the requirement that the sign contain the email address of the service provider.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 2506 of the Civil Code is repealed.

SEC. 2.

Section 2506 is added to the Civil Code, to read:

2506.

(a) A shared mobility service provider shall affix to each shared mobility device a readily accessible, single, and clearly displayed tactile sign containing raised characters and accompanying braille that complies with Section 11B-703 of the California Building Code, except that the raised characters shall be, at minimum, one-half inch high and in a color that contrasts with the signage background, in order to identify the device for the purpose of reporting illegal or negligent activity. The sign shall minimally consist of the company name and telephone number of the service provider that is visible from a minimum of five feet and not obfuscated by branding or other markings.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2024.

SEC. 3.

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to ensure accessibility for individuals who are blind or have visual impairments and to ensure changes to previously enacted tactile signage requirements for shared mobility devices are reflected, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.