Bill Text: CA AB47 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Emergency services: hit-and-run incidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB47 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB47-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 47	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 13, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        DECEMBER 19, 2012

   An act to add Section 8594.15 to the Government Code, relating to
emergency services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 47, Gatto. Emergency services: hit-and-run incidents.
   Existing law authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to
inform the public of local, state, and national emergencies. Existing
law requires a law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency
Alert System within the appropriate area if that agency determines
that a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a
proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted and is in
imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death, and there is
information available that, if disseminated to the general public,
could assist in the safe recovery of that person. Existing law also
authorizes the issuance and coordination of a Blue Alert following an
attack upon a law enforcement officer or a Silver Alert relating to
a person who is 65 years of age or older who is reported missing.
   This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to issue a
Yellow Alert if a person has been killed or has suffered serious
bodily injury due to a hit-and-run incident and the law enforcement
agency has specified information concerning the suspect or the
suspect's vehicle. The bill would require the California Highway
Patrol to activate a Yellow Alert within the requested geographic
area upon request if it concurs with the law enforcement agency that
specified requirements are met.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8594.15 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   8594.15.  (a) For purposes of this section, "Yellow Alert" means a
notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed
to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to a hit-and-run
incident resulting in the death or injury of a person as described in
Section 20001 of the Vehicle Code.
   (b) (1) If a hit-and-run incident is reported to a law enforcement
agency, and that agency determines that the requirements of
subdivision (c) are met, the agency may request the California
Highway Patrol to activate a Yellow Alert. If the California Highway
Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (c) are met, it
shall activate a Yellow Alert within the geographic area requested by
the investigating law enforcement agency.
   (2) Radio, television, and cable and satellite systems are
encouraged, but are not required, to cooperate with disseminating the
information contained in a Yellow Alert.
   (3) Upon activation of a Yellow Alert, the California Highway
Patrol shall assist the investigating law enforcement agency by
issuing the Yellow Alert via a local digital sign.
   (c) A law enforcement agency may request that a Yellow Alert be
activated if that agency determines that the following conditions are
met in regard to the investigation of the hit-and-run incident:
   (1) A person has been killed or has suffered serious bodily injury
due to a hit-and-run incident.
   (2) The investigating law enforcement agency has additional
information concerning the suspect or the suspect's vehicle,
including, but not limited to, any of the following:
   (A) The complete license plate number of the suspect's vehicle.
   (B) A partial license plate number and the make, model, and color
of the suspect's vehicle.
   (C) The identity of the suspect.
   (3) Public dissemination of available information could either
help avert further harm or accelerate apprehension of the suspect.

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