Bill Text: CA SB998 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vehicles: public transit bus lanes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 716, Statutes of 2016. [SB998 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB998-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 998	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 3, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2016

   An act to amend Section 22500 of, and to add Section 
21655.10   21655.1  to, the Vehicle Code, relating
to vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 998, as amended, Wieckowski. Vehicles: mass transit guideways.
   Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to stop or park a
motor vehicle in specified places, including an area designated as a
fire lane by the fire department or fire district, as specified. A
violation of these provisions is an infraction.
   This bill would prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle,
or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing, on a portion of
the highway designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses,
subject to specified exceptions. Because a violation of these
provisions would be a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 21655.10 is added to the
Vehicle Code, immediately following Section 21655.9, to read:
   21655.10.  A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a portion
of a highway that has been designated for the exclusive use of
public transit buses, except in compliance with the directions of a
peace officer or official traffic control device. 
   SECTION 1.    Section 21655.1 is added to the 
 Vehicle Code   , to read:  
   21655.1.  A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a portion
of a highway that has been designated for the exclusive use of public
transit buses, except in compliance with the directions of a peace
officer or official traffic control device. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 22500 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   22500.  A person shall not stop, park, or leave standing any
vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to
avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the
directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, in
any of the following places:
   (a) Within an intersection, except adjacent to curbs as may be
permitted by local ordinance.
   (b) On a crosswalk, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier
or a taxicab may stop in an unmarked crosswalk to load or unload
passengers when authorized by the legislative body of a city pursuant
to an ordinance.
   (c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent right-hand curb or
within the area between the zone and the curb as may be indicated by
a sign or red paint on the curb, which sign or paint was erected or
placed by local authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
   (d) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station.
This subdivision does not apply to any vehicle owned or operated by a
fire department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle.
   (e) (1) In front of a public or private driveway, except that a
bus engaged as a common carrier, schoolbus, or a taxicab may stop to
load or unload passengers when authorized by local authorities
pursuant to an ordinance.
   (2) In unincorporated territory, where the entrance of a private
road or driveway is not delineated by an opening in a curb or by
other curb construction, so much of the surface of the ground as is
paved, surfaced, or otherwise plainly marked by vehicle use as a
private road or driveway entrance, shall constitute a driveway.
   (f) On a portion of a sidewalk, or with the body of the vehicle
extending over a portion of a sidewalk, except electric carts when
authorized by local ordinance, as specified in Section 21114.5.
Lights, mirrors, or devices that are required to be mounted upon a
vehicle under this code may extend from the body of the vehicle over
the sidewalk to a distance of not more than 10 inches.
   (g) Alongside or opposite a street or highway excavation or
obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct
traffic.
   (h) On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped, parked, or standing
at the curb or edge of a highway, except for a schoolbus when stopped
to load or unload pupils in a business or residence district where
the speed limit is 25 miles per hour or less.
   (i) Except as provided under Section 22500.5, alongside curb space
authorized for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus
engaged as a common carrier in local transportation when indicated by
a sign or red paint on the curb erected or painted by local
authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
   (j) In a tube or tunnel, except vehicles of the authorities in
charge, being used in the repair, maintenance, or inspection of the
facility.
   (k) Upon a bridge, except vehicles of the authorities in charge,
being used in the repair, maintenance, or inspection of the facility,
and except that buses engaged as a common carrier in local
transportation may stop to load or unload passengers upon a bridge
where sidewalks are provided, when authorized by local authorities
pursuant to an ordinance, and except that local authorities pursuant
to an ordinance or the Department of Transportation pursuant to an
order, within their respective jurisdictions, may permit parking on
bridges having sidewalks and shoulders of sufficient width to permit
parking without interfering with the normal movement of traffic on
the roadway. Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may
permit parking on these bridges on state highways in their respective
jurisdictions if the ordinance or resolution is first approved in
writing by the Department of Transportation. Parking shall not be
permitted unless there are signs in place, as may be necessary, to
indicate the provisions of local ordinances or the order of the
Department of Transportation.
   (  l  ) In front of or upon that portion of a curb that
has been cut down, lowered, or constructed to provide wheelchair
accessibility to the sidewalk.
   (m) In a portion of a highway that has been designated for the
exclusive use of public transit buses.
  SEC. 3.  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.