BILL NUMBER: SB 1203	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Section 23151 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1203, as introduced, Calderon. Vehicles: driving under the
influence: reward for reporting.
   Existing law prohibits any person who is under the influence of
any alcoholic beverage or drug, or under the combined influence of
any alcoholic beverage and drug, from driving a vehicle, or any
person who has 0.08% or more, by weight, of alcohol in his or her
blood from driving a vehicle.
   This bill would establish a reward of $100 for a person who
reports a drunk driver upon conviction of the driver. The bill would
require the court to order the offender to pay the reward.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 23151 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   23151.  A person who reports a driver who is convicted of a
violation of Section 23152 or 23153 and appropriately identifies
himself or herself for purposes of the law enforcement investigation
leading to the offender's conviction shall, upon conviction of the
offender, receive a reward of one hundred dollars ($100). The court
shall order that the driver pay the reward in addition to any other
penalty imposed by law for a violation of Section 23152 or 23153.