Bill Text: CA SB219 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB219 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB219-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 219	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to amend Section 97.5 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 219, as introduced, Yee. Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
   Existing law requires that a state highway segment be designated
as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone if, among other
requirements, the segment is eligible for designation and the
Director of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of
the California Highway Patrol, certifies that the segment of state
highway meets specified criteria. Existing law, until January 1,
2014, designates specific segments of State Highway Routes 1 and 101
in the City and County of San Francisco as Safety Enhancement-Double
Fine Zones, and requires a specified report from the department in
that regard to be submitted to appropriate committees of the
Legislature by January 1, 2013. Existing law requires fines for
specified traffic violations cited in a Safety Enhancement-Double
Fine Zone to be doubled.
   This bill would delete the language relating to the report and
permanently extend the designation of those specific highway segments
as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 97.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
   97.5.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 97, the
following segments shall be designated as Safety Enhancement-Double
Fine Zones:
   (1) State Highway Route 1 between Junipero Serra Boulevard and
Lake Street in the City and County of San Francisco.
   (2) State Highway Route 101 between Golden Gate Avenue and Lyon
Street in the City and County of San Francisco. 
   (b) The department shall conduct a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine
Zone study on the segments identified in subdivision (a) that relates
to pedestrian safety and that evaluates the appropriateness of
adding additional criteria to subdivision (a) of Section 97 and
whether changes or additional criteria should be considered for
adoption.  
   (1) The study shall include, but not be limited to, all of the
following:  
   (A) A review of traffic volume, speed, the number and severity of
collisions, the number and severity of pedestrian-related collisions,
and contributing collision factors.  
   (B) A before and after study on pedestrian and roadway facilities,
including, but not limited to, those facilities that have been
revised or updated.  
   (C) A recommendation on whether the zones described in subdivision
(a) should be reauthorized by the Legislature.  
   (2) On or before January 1, 2013, the department shall submit its
findings from the study in a report to the appropriate committees of
the Legislature.  
   (c) 
    (b)  Subdivisions (e) to (h), inclusive, of Section 97
shall apply to the segments designated as Safety Enhancement-Double
Fine Zones pursuant to subdivision (a). 
   (d) This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2014 and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2014 deletes or extends that date.