Bill Text: CA SB672 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Traffic-actuated signals: motorcycles and bicycles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 432, Statutes of 2017. [SB672 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB672-Chaptered.html
| Senate Bill No. 672 |
| CHAPTER 432 |
An act to amend Section 21450.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic-actuated signals.
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Approved by
Governor
October 02, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 02, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 672, Fuller.
Traffic-actuated signals: motorcycles and bicycles.
Existing law, until January 1, 2018, includes among traffic control devices, a traffic-actuated signal that displays one or more of its indications in response to the presence of traffic by mechanical, visual, electrical, or other means, and requires, upon the first placement of a traffic-actuated signal or replacement of the loop detector of a traffic-actuated signal, that the signal be installed and maintained, to the extent feasible and in conformance with professional engineering practices, so as to detect lawful bicycle or motorcycle traffic on the roadway.
This bill would extend the operation of this requirement indefinitely.
By extending indefinitely requirements regarding traffic-actuated signals applicable to local governments, this 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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 21450.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:21450.5.
(a) A traffic-actuated signal is an official traffic control signal, as specified in Section 445, that displays one or more of its indications in response to the presence of traffic detected by mechanical, visual, electrical, or other means.(b) Upon the first placement of a traffic-actuated signal or replacement of the loop detector of a traffic-actuated signal, the traffic-actuated signal shall, to the extent feasible and in conformance with professional traffic engineering practice, be installed and maintained so as to detect lawful bicycle or motorcycle traffic on the roadway.
(c) Cities, counties, and cities and counties shall not be required to comply
with the provisions contained in subdivision (b) until the Department of Transportation, in consultation with these entities, has established uniform standards, specifications, and guidelines for the detection of bicycles and motorcycles by traffic-actuated signals and related signal timing.
