Bill Text: CA SB953 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Vehicles: parking: public grounds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-15 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 192, Statutes of 2014. [SB953 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB953-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 953 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 192
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 15, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 15, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE MAY 23, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 7, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 1, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 21, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Roth
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
An act to amend Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 953, Roth. Vehicles: parking: public grounds.
Existing law prohibits a person from driving a vehicle or animal,
or stopping, parking, or leaving standing a vehicle or animal,
whether attended or unattended, upon the driveways, paths, parking
facilities, or grounds of specified public entities, including a
transit district and a public transportation agency, except with the
permission of, and upon and subject to any condition or regulation
that may be imposed by, the governing body of the specified public
entity. A violation of these provisions is an infraction.
This bill would include county transportation commissions in the
Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino within
the listed public entities for these purposes. By expanding the
scope of a crime, the bill would create 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.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
21113. (a) A person shall not drive a vehicle or animal, or stop,
park, or leave standing a vehicle or animal, whether attended or
unattended, upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or the
grounds of any public school, state university, state college, unit
of the state park system, county park, municipal airport, rapid
transit district, transit development board, transit district, public
transportation agency, county transportation commission created
pursuant to Section 130050 of the Public Utilities Code, joint powers
agency operating or managing a commuter rail system, or any property
under the direct control of the legislative body of a municipality,
or a state, county, or hospital district institution or building, or
an educational institution exempted, in whole or in part, from
taxation, or any harbor improvement district or harbor district
formed pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5800) or Part 3
(commencing with Section 6000) of Division 8 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, a district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing
with Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code,
or state grounds served by the Department of the California Highway
Patrol, or any property under the possession or control of a housing
authority formed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section
34240) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety
Code, except with the permission of, and upon and subject to any
condition or regulation that may be imposed by, the legislative body
of the municipality, or the governing board or officer of the public
school, state university, state college, county park, municipal
airport, rapid transit district, transit development board, transit
district, public transportation agency, county transportation
commission, joint powers agency operating or managing a commuter rail
system, or state, county, or hospital district institution or
building, or educational institution, or harbor district, or a
district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000)
of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code, or housing
authority, or the Director of Parks and Recreation regarding units of
the state park system or the state agency with jurisdiction over the
grounds served by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(b) A governing board, legislative body, or officer shall erect or
place appropriate signs giving notice of any special conditions or
regulations that are imposed under this section and the governing
board, legislative body, or officer shall also prepare and keep
available at the principal administrative office of the governing
board, legislative body, or officer, for examination by all
interested persons, a written statement of all those special
conditions and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(c) When a governing board, legislative body, or officer permits
public traffic upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or
grounds under their control then, except for those conditions imposed
or regulations enacted by the governing board, legislative body, or
officer applicable to the traffic, all the provisions of this code
relating to traffic upon the highways shall be applicable to the
traffic upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or grounds.
(d) A public transportation agency that imposes any condition or
regulation upon a person who parks or leaves standing a vehicle,
pursuant to subdivision (a), is authorized to do either of the
following:
(1) Enforce that condition or regulation in the manner provided in
Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of Chapter 1 of Division
17 of this code. The public transportation agency shall be considered
the issuing agency for that purpose.
(2) Designate regularly employed and salaried employees, who are
engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and
regulations, for the purpose of removing any vehicle in the same
manner as a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency pursuant
to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 22650) of Division 11 of this
code.
(e) With respect to the permitted use of vehicles or animals on
property under the direct control of the legislative body of a
municipality, no change in the use of vehicles or animals on the
property, that had been permitted on January 1, 1976, shall be
effective unless and until the legislative body, at a meeting open to
the general public, determines that the use of vehicles or animals
on the property should be prohibited or regulated.
(f) A transit development board may adopt ordinances, rules, or
regulations to restrict, or specify the conditions for, the use of
bicycles, motorized bicycles, skateboards, and roller skates on
property under the control of, or any portion of property used by,
the board.
(g) A public agency, including, but not limited to, the Regents of
the University of California and the Trustees of the California
State University, may adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or
specify the conditions for, the use of bicycles, motorized bicycles,
skateboards, and roller skates on public property under the
jurisdiction of that agency.
(h) "Housing authority," for the purposes of this section, means a
housing authority located within a county with a population of over
six million people, and any other housing authority that complies
with the requirements of this section.
(i) "Public transportation agency," for purposes of this section,
means a public agency that provides public transportation as defined
in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 1 of Article XIX A of
the California Constitution.
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.
