Bill Text: CA AB633 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 633 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: City of Laguna Woods: golf cart crossing zones.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB633 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB633-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 30, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 633

Introduced by Assembly Member Harper

February 14, 2017

An act to amend ~~Section 21350~~ Section 21115.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to ~~vehicles.~~ golf carts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 633, as amended, Harper. ~~Traffic control devices.~~ City of Laguna Woods: golf cart crossing zones.

Existing law authorizes a local authority to establish, by ordinance or resolution, crossing zones for use by golf carts, as defined, at any time other than darkness, on any street, other than a state highway, that has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less and that is immediately adjacent to a golf course. Existing law specifies that the ordinance or resolution is not effective until the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction over the street determines, as specified, that the conditions of the street will permit the establishment of a golf cart crossing zone with reasonable safety. A violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.
This bill would authorize the City of Laguna Woods to establish crossing zones for use by golf carts, pursuant to all of the above-described requirements except for the requirement that the crossing zone must be immediately adjacent to a golf course, at 2 specified intersections.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Laguna Woods.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to place and maintain appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control devices along highways under its jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the department, with the consent of local authorities, to place and maintain appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control devices along city streets and county roads as may be necessary or desirable to control or direct traffic, or to facilitate traffic flow, to or from state highways.
~~This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 21115.1 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

21115.1.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 21115, a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, establish crossing zones, for use by golf carts at any time other than during darkness, on any street, other than a state highway, that has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less and that is is, except as provided for in subdivision (d), located immediately adjacent to a golf course. The crossing zones shall be at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the direction of the roadway. The ordinance or resolution shall not become effective until submitted to the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the street, the law enforcement agency finds and determines that the conditions pertaining to that street, with the addition of proper signs, markers, or lighting, or any combination of those, will permit the establishment of a golf cart crossing with reasonable safety, and the signs, markers, or lighting specified by the law enforcement agency are in place.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not constitute precedent for the operation of golf carts on any street or highway other than in a crossing zone established pursuant to ~~subdivision (a).~~ this section.

(d) The City of Laguna Woods may, pursuant to subdivision (a), establish crossing zones for use by golf carts located at the following intersections:
(1) Paseo De Valencia and Calle De La Plata.
(2) Paseo de Valencia and Health Center Drive.

SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances regarding the location of the two intersections in the City of Laguna Woods described in Section 21115.1 of the Vehicle Code.

SECTION 1.Section 21350 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
21350.
(a)The Department of Transportation shall place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control devices as required under this article, and may place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, appropriate signs, signals, or other traffic control devices as may be authorized under this article, or as may be necessary properly to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this code, or to warn or guide traffic upon the highways.
(b)The Department of Transportation may, with the consent of the local authorities, also place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, in or along city streets and county roads, appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control devices, or may perform, or cause to be performed, any other work on city streets and county roads, as may be necessary or desirable to control or direct traffic, or to facilitate traffic flow, to or from or on state highways.