Bill Text: CA SB1184 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vehicles: City of Sacramento shared autonomous vehicle pilot project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-11 - June 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. [SB1184 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB1184-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Senate  March 22, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1184

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Introduced by Senator Pan

February 15, 2018

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An act to amend Section 13202.6 add and repeal Section 38757 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1184, as amended, Pan. Vehicles: driving privileges: vandalism. City of Sacramento shared autonomous vehicle pilot project.

Existing law permits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes if, among other requirements, a driver is seated in the driver’s seat and is capable of taking immediate manual control of the vehicle in the event of an autonomous technology failure or other emergency. Existing law, notwithstanding the above provision, until 180 days after the operative date of regulations promulgated by the Department of Motor Vehicles to allow testing of autonomous vehicles without a driver in the vehicle, authorizes the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority to conduct pilot projects to test autonomous vehicles that do not have a driver seated in the driver’s seat and are not equipped with a steering wheel, a brake pedal, or an accelerator if the testing is conducted only at specified locations and the autonomous vehicle operates at speeds of less than 35 miles per hour.

Existing regulations require a manufacturer testing an autonomous vehicle on public roads to comply with specified requirements, including applying for and receiving a Manufacturer’s Testing Permit or a Manufacturer’s Testing Permit—Driverless Vehicles from the Department of Motor Vehicles, providing proof to the department of the manufacturer’s ability to respond to a judgment for damages up to $5,000,000, and providing written identification of an autonomous vehicle to the department. Existing regulations prohibit a manufacturer from allowing an autonomous test vehicle to be operated on a public road if, among other things, the manufacturer receives compensation for providing a ride to a member of the public.

This bill would authorize the City of Sacramento to conduct a shared autonomous vehicle pilot project to test autonomous vehicles that do not have a driver seated in the driver’s seat and are not equipped with a steering wheel, a brake pedal, or an accelerator, as specified. The bill would exempt the city and a manufacturer participating in the pilot project from specified Department of Motor Vehicles regulations, and would allow a manufacturer to receive compensation for allowing a member of the public to ride in an autonomous vehicle.

This bill would make these provisions inoperative on June 1, 2020, and would repeal it as of January 1, 2021.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Sacramento.

Existing law requires a court to suspend or delay a person’s driving privilege if that person committed an act of vandalism while the person was 13 years of age or older, except as specified. Existing law authorizes the person whose driving privilege was suspended or delayed due to an act of vandalism to reduce the period of suspension or delay by performing community service, as specified.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions and would delete an obsolete reference.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 38757 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

38757.

 (a) Notwithstanding Section 38750, the City of Sacramento is authorized to conduct a shared autonomous vehicle (SAV) pilot project for the testing of autonomous vehicles that do not have a driver seated in the driver’s seat and are not equipped with a steering wheel, a brake pedal, or an accelerator, provided the following requirements are met:

(1) The testing shall be conducted only within the City of Sacramento, and a vehicle may traverse roads publicly maintained and open to the use of the public within the area of the pilot project.

(2) An autonomous vehicle shall operate at speeds of less than 35 miles per hour.

(3) A vehicle manufacturer participating in the pilot program shall possess a Manufacturer’s Testing Permit—Driverless Vehicles or a Permit to Deploy Autonomous Vehicles on Public Streets from the department.

(b) The City of Sacramento and an autonomous vehicle manufacturer participating in the pilot project shall comply with Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 227.02) of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, except for subdivision (f) of Section 227.26 of the California Code of Regulation and any other provision that prohibits a manufacturer from receiving compensation for allowing a member of the public to ride as a passenger in an autonomous vehicle.

(c) This section shall become inoperative on June 1, 2020, and, as of January 1, 2021, is repealed.

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 needs of the City of Sacramento regarding an SAV pilot project.

SECTION 1.Section 13202.6 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

13202.6.

(a)(1)For a conviction of a person for a violation of Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the Penal Code, committed while the person was 13 years of age or older, the court shall suspend the person’s driving privilege for not more than two years, except when the court finds that a personal or family hardship exists that requires the person to have a driver’s license for his or her own, or a member of his or her family’s, employment, school, or medically related purposes. If the person convicted does not yet have the privilege to drive, the court shall order the department to delay issuing the privilege to drive for not less than one year nor more than three years subsequent to the time the person becomes legally eligible to drive. However, if there is no further conviction for violating Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the Penal Code in a 12-month period after the conviction, the court, upon petition of the person affected, may modify the order imposing the delay of the privilege. For each successive offense, the court shall suspend the person’s driving privilege for those possessing a driver’s license or delay the eligibility for those not in possession of a driver’s license at the time of their conviction for one additional year.

(2)A person whose driving privilege is suspended or delayed for an act involving vandalism in violation of Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the Penal Code, may elect to reduce the period of suspension or delay imposed by the court by performing community service under the supervision of the probation department. The period of suspension or delay ordered under paragraph (1) shall be reduced at the rate of one day for each hour of community service performed. The period of suspension or delay ordered under paragraph (1) shall be reduced at the rate of one day for each day of community service performed when the defendant and his or her parents or legal guardians are responsible for keeping a specified property in the community free of graffiti for a specified period of time. The suspension shall be reduced only when the specified period of participation has been completed. Participation of a parent or legal guardian is not required under this paragraph if the court deems this participation to be detrimental to the defendant, or if the parent or legal guardian is a single parent who must care for young children. For purposes of this paragraph, “community service” means cleaning up graffiti from any public property, including public transit vehicles.

(3)As used in this section, the term “conviction” includes the findings in juvenile proceedings specified in Section 13105.

(b)(1)When the court suspends driving privileges pursuant to subdivision (a), the court in which the conviction occurred shall require all driver’s licenses held by the person to be surrendered to the court. The court shall, within 10 days following the conviction, transmit a certified abstract of the conviction, together with any driver’s licenses surrendered, to the department.

(2)Violations of restrictions imposed pursuant to this section are subject to Section 14603.

(c)The suspension, restriction, or delay of driving privileges pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed upon conviction of a violation of Section 594, 594.3, or 594.4 of the Penal Code.