Bill Text: CA SB1143 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Automated license plate recognition systems: use of data.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-25 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. [SB1143 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB1143-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1143

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Introduced by Senator Wiener

February 19, 2020

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An act to amend Section 21201 of the Vehicle Code, relating to bicycles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1143, as introduced, Wiener. Operation of bicycles: safe and complete stop.

The Vehicle Code regulates the safe operation of bicycles on highways and roadways. Existing law prohibits a person from operating a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid, as described, and from operating on the highway a bicycle equipped with handlebars raised in a specified manner or a bicycle that is of a size that prevents the operator from safely stopping the bicycle, as specified. A violation of the Vehicle Code provisions regulating the operation of a bicycle is an infraction.

This bill would delete those prohibitions and would instead prohibit a person from operating a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make a safe and complete stop. By revising the definition of a crime, 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: YES  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 21201 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

21201.

 (a) No person shall A person shall not operate a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement. a safe and complete stop.

(b)No person shall operate on the highway a bicycle equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate his or her hands above the level of his or her shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.

(c)No person shall operate upon a highway a bicycle that is of a size that prevents the operator from safely stopping the bicycle, supporting it in an upright position with at least one foot on the ground, and restarting it in a safe manner.

(d)

(b) A bicycle operated during darkness upon on a highway, a sidewalk where bicycle operation is not prohibited by the local jurisdiction, or a bikeway, as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, shall be equipped with all of the following:

(1) A lamp emitting a white light that, while the bicycle is in motion, illuminates the highway, sidewalk, or bikeway in front of the bicyclist and is visible from a distance of 300 feet in front and from the sides of the bicycle.

(2) A red reflector or a solid or flashing red light with a built-in reflector on the rear that shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle.

(3) A white or yellow reflector on each pedal, shoe, or ankle visible from the front and rear of the bicycle from a distance of 200 feet.

(4) (A) A white or yellow reflector on each side forward of the center of the bicycle, and a white or red reflector on each side to the rear of the center of the bicycle, except that bicycles that are equipped with reflectorized tires on the front and the rear need not be equipped with these side reflectors.

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(B) The reflectors and reflectorized tires shall be of a type meeting requirements established by the department.

(e)

(c) A lamp or lamp combination, emitting a white light, attached to the operator and visible from a distance of 300 feet in front and from the sides of the bicycle, may be used in lieu of the lamp required by paragraph (1) of subdivision (d). (b).

SEC. 2.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.