Bill Text: CA AB1047 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 1047 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Vehicles: motorcycle safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2012. [AB1047 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1047-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1047	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  89
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 13, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 13, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 30, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 12, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 2814.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1047, Jeffries. Vehicles: motorcycle safety.
   Existing law establishes the motorcyclist safety program in the
Department of the California Highway Patrol, to be administered by
the commissioner of the department. Existing law authorizes the
commissioner, through contracts with other public agencies or with
private entities, to fund projects to enhance motorcycle operation or
safety such as rider training programs, to sponsor and coordinate
efforts to increase motorists' awareness of motorcyclists, to sponsor
research on communicating motorcyclist safety to highway users, and
to adopt standards relating to a novice motorcyclist training
program.
   This bill would expressly prohibit state and local law enforcement
agencies from conducting motorcycle only checkpoints.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Other states have established motorcycle only checkpoints to
address the growing problem of increased motorcycle fatalities.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to prohibit the
establishment of motorcycle only checkpoints in California and that
this prohibition is in no way intended to affect the establishment or
conduct of other enforcement programs conducted by state or local
law enforcement agencies.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2814.1 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   2814.1.  (a) A board of supervisors of a county may, by ordinance,
establish, on highways under its jurisdiction, a vehicle inspection
checkpoint program to check for violations of Sections 27153 and
27153.5. The program shall be conducted by the local agency or
department with the primary responsibility for traffic law
enforcement.
   (b) A driver of a motor vehicle shall stop and submit to an
inspection conducted under subdivision (a) when signs and displays
are posted requiring that stop.
   (c) A county that elects to conduct the program described under
subdivision (a) may fund that program through fine proceeds deposited
with the county under Section 1463.15 of the Penal Code.
   (d) State and local law enforcement agencies shall not conduct
motorcycle only checkpoints.