Bill Text: CA AB174 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Vehicles.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2021. [AB174 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB174-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
September 05, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
February 17, 2021 |
Introduced by Committee on Budget (Assembly Members Ting (Chair), Arambula, Bennett, Bloom, Carrillo, Chiu, Cooper, Frazier, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Jones-Sawyer, Lee, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, O’Donnell, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Stone, and Wood) |
January 08, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes, relating to the Budget Act of 2021.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1656 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:(a)The department shall publish the complete text of the California Vehicle Code together with other laws relating to the use of highways or the operation of motor vehicles once every two years. The department, upon written request of any state or local governmental officer or agency, any federal agency, any public secondary school in this state, or any other person, shall distribute the California Vehicle Code at a charge sufficient to pay the entire cost of publishing and distributing the code. With regard to public secondary schools, the quantities shall be sufficient to provide one copy for each driver training and education instructor and one copy for each public secondary school library. In determining the amount of the charge, a fraction of a dollar shall be disregarded, unless it exceeds fifty cents ($0.50), in which case it shall be treated as one full dollar ($1). The receipts from the sale of such publications shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account, with the intent to reimburse the department for the entire cost to print and distribute the Vehicle Code.
(b)
1656.
The department shall publish a synopsis or summary of the laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of the highways and may deliver a copySEC. 2.
Section 1663 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:1663.
(a) The department shall, in the synopsis or summary of laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of the highways published underSEC. 3.
Section 1666 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:1666.
The department shall do all of the following:SEC. 4.
Section 12800 of the Vehicle Code, as added by Section 18 of Chapter 853 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:12800.
Each application for an original or a renewal of a driver’s license shall contain all of the following information:(l)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.
(m)
SEC. 5.
Section 12802 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:12802.
Every original application shall be signed and verified by the applicantSEC. 6.
Section 12814.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:12814.5.
(a) The director may establish a program to evaluate the traffic safety and other effects of renewing driver’s licenses by mail. Pursuant to that program, the department may renew by mail driver’s licenses for licensees not holding a probationary license, and whose records, for the two years immediately preceding the determination of eligibility for the renewal, show no notification of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 40509, a total violation point count not greater than one as determined in accordance with Section 12810, no suspension of the driving privilege pursuant to Section 13353.2, and no refusal to submit to or complete chemical testing pursuant to Section 13353 or 13353.1.(c)No renewal by mail shall be granted to any person who is 70 years of age or older.
(d)
(e)
SEC. 7.
Section 12814.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:12814.5.
(a) The director may establish a program to evaluate the traffic safety and other effects of renewing driver’s licenses by mail. Pursuant to that program, the department may renew by mail driver’s licenses for licensees not holding a probationary license, and whose records, for the two years immediately preceding the determination of eligibility for the renewal, show no notification of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 40509, a total violation point count not greater than one as determined in accordance with Section 12810, no suspension of the driving privilege pursuant to Section 13353.2, and no refusal to submit to or complete chemical testing pursuant to Section 13353 or 13353.1.SEC. 8.
Section 13000 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:13000.
(a) (1) The department may issue an identification card to any person attesting to the true full name, correct age, and other identifying data as certified by the applicant for the identification card.(d)
(e)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2018.
SEC. 9.
Section 15632 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:15632.
(a) The department shall include information concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles, including, but not limited to, the effect of solar heat on the temperature of vehicle interiors and the penalties for noncompliance with Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15620), in the following materials distributed by the department:SEC. 10.
Section 16058 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:16058.
(a)SEC. 11.
Section 34507.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:34507.5.
(a) A motor carrier, as defined in Section 408, whose principal place of business is in this state, who operates from a terminal in this state, or who is required to be licensed pursuant to Section 32000.5, a motor carrier of property, and a for-hire motor carrier of property, as defined in Section 34601, shall obtain a carrier identification number from the department. Application for a carrier identification number shall be on a form furnished by the department. The department may furnish the form online and require the form to be completed and submitted electronically via the department’sSEC. 12.
The sum of one million six hundred thirty thousand ($1,630,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Transportation Agency, to be allocated to the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Fulton Street Safety and Transit Project west of Arguello Street. The funds appropriated shall be available for expenditure or encumbrance until June 30, 2024, and unencumbered funds after that date shall revert to the General Fund.SEC. 13.
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.SEC. 14.
This act is a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill within the meaning of subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution, has been identified as related to the budget in the Budget Bill, and shall take effect immediately.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes, relating to the Budget Act of 2021.