Bill Text: CA AB623 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Autonomous vehicles: accident and incident reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. [AB623 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB623-Amended.html
Bill Title: Autonomous vehicles: accident and incident reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. [AB623 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB623-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 623 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez |
February 14, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 16000 of, and to add Section 2407.5 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to autonomous vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 623, as amended, Rodriguez.
Autonomous vehicles: accident reporting.
Existing law requires the driver of every motor vehicle who is involved in an accident that results in damage to the property of any one person in excess of $1,000, or in bodily injury, or in the death of a person, to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles within 10 days after the accident, as specified. Under existing law, it is unlawful and constitutes an infraction for any person to violate, or fail to comply with, any provision of the Vehicle Code, unless otherwise specified.
This bill would also require the operator of an autonomous vehicle who is involved in an accident that results in damage to the property of any one person in excess of $1,000, or in bodily injury, or in the death of a person, to make that report. The bill would require a traffic collision report prepared by a member of the Department of the California
Highway Patrol or any other peace officer to specify if an autonomous vehicle was involved in the traffic collision in any manner. Because a violation of the bill’s reporting requirement would be an infraction, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2407.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:2407.5.
A traffic collision report prepared by a member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or any other peace officer shall specify if an autonomous vehicle was involved in the traffic collision in any manner.SEC. 2.
Section 16000 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:16000.
(a) The driver of a motor vehicle or the operator of an autonomous vehicle who is in any manner involved in an accident originating from the operation of the motor vehicle or autonomous vehicle on a street or highway, or is involved in a reportable off-highway accident, as defined in Section 16000.1, that has resulted in damage to the property of any one person in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or in bodily injury, or in the death of any person shall report the accident, within 10 days after the accident, either personally or through an insurance agent, broker, or legal representative, on a form approved by the department, to the office of the department at Sacramento, subject to this chapter. The driver or the operator of an autonomous vehicle shall identify on the form, by name and current residence address, if available, any person involved in the accident complaining of bodily injury.(b) A report is not required under subdivision (a) if the motor vehicle involved in the accident was owned or leased by, or under the direction of, the United States, this state, another state, or a local agency.
(c) If none of the parties involved in an accident has reported the accident to the department under this section within one year following the date of the accident, the department is not required to file a report on the accident and the driver’s license suspension requirements of Section 16004 or 16070 do not apply.
(d)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.
(d) For purposes of this section, “autonomous vehicle” and “operator” have the same meanings as defined in Section 38750.
