Bill Text: CA AB2071 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles: distracted driving awareness grant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2071 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2071-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2071
| Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson |
February 14, 2022 |
An act to add Section 2912 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2071, as introduced, Patterson.
Vehicles: distracted driving awareness grant.
Existing law provides for a California Traffic Safety Program in state government consisting of specified components to improve driver, bicyclist, and pedestrian performance. The California Traffic Safety Program, upon a delegation of authority by the Governor, is administered by a highway safety representative, who serves in the Transportation Agency, and includes state and local programs, as specified.
This bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require the Office of Traffic Safety to administer a grant program to combat distracted driving. The bill would require that grants be awarded to qualifying law enforcement agencies, such as the Department of the California Highway Patrol. The bill would require that grant funds be used to increase public awareness of the dangers of distracted driving.
