Bill Text: CA AB1024 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Driving schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2015. [AB1024 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1024-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1024	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  523
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 6, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 6, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 11102.6 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1024, Beth Gaines. Driving schools.
   Existing law requires a person who is licensed as a driving school
operator by the Department of Motor Vehicles to meet specified
requirements, and provides for disciplinary action against those
licensees who commit certain acts. Existing law specifies certain
requirements that a driving school operator must satisfy, including,
among others, passing an examination, within 3 attempts, on traffic
laws, safe driving practices, the operation of motor vehicles, and
other topics. Existing law requires the operator to have worked as a
driving instructor for a specified number of hours, as provided.
   This bill would require driving school operators who are first
licensed on or after July 1, 2016, and who offer no behind-the-wheel
driver training, to successfully complete a 60-hour educational
program acceptable to the department with specified content,
including operator responsibilities and current laws, instead of
meeting the requirement of having worked as a driving instructor for
a specified number of hours.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11102.6 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   11102.6.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11102.5, a driving school
operator who is first licensed to operate a driving school on or
after July 1, 2016, and who offers no behind-the-wheel driver
training, shall meet all of the following requirements:
   (1) Within three attempts, pass an examination that the department
requires on traffic laws, safe driving practices, operation of motor
vehicles, teaching methods and techniques, driving school statutes
and regulations, and office procedures and recordkeeping.
   (2) Pay the department a fee for each examination taken, not to
exceed the reasonable cost of administering the examination.
   (3) Be 21 years of age or older.
   (4) Have successfully completed an educational program of not less
than 60 hours that is acceptable to the department. The program
shall include a minimum of 40 hours of classroom instruction and 20
hours of behind the wheel instruction. The program shall include, but
not be limited to, driving school operator responsibilities, current
vehicle laws, and regulations in Article 4.6 of Chapter 1 of Title
13 of the California Code of Regulations. The instruction may be
provided by generally accredited educational institutions, private
vocational schools, and education programs and seminars offered by
professional societies, organizations, trade associations, and other
educational and technical programs that meet the requirements of this
section.
   (b) The qualifying requirements referred to in this section shall
be met within one year from the date of application for a license, or
a new application, examination, and a fee for the examination not to
exceed the reasonable cost of administering the examination shall be
required.