BILL NUMBER: AB 2402	CHAPTERED  07/15/02

	CHAPTER  186
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 15, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 13, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Rod Pacheco

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to add Section 22353 to the Vehicle Code, relating to speed
limits.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2402, Rod Pacheco.  Speed limits:  City of Norco:  pedestrian
and equestrian trails.
   Existing law prohibits any person from driving a vehicle at a
speed greater than the speed limit. Existing law generally sets forth
prima facie speed limits unless changed or otherwise authorized by
law.  Existing law permits local authorities to set prima facie speed
limits higher or lower than the established prima facie speed limits
on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, as defined, if
the different speed limit is necessary to facilitate the orderly
movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe.
   This bill would authorize the City of Norco, when conducting an
engineering and traffic survey, to consider equestrian safety in
addition to the specified factors set forth.
   The bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 22353 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   22353.  When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, the
City of Norco, in addition to the factors set forth in Section 627,
may also consider equestrian safety.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that, because of the
unique circumstances applicable only to the City of Norco and the
equestrian trails there, a statute of general applicability cannot be
enacted within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 16 of
Article IV of the California Constitution.  Therefore, this special
statute is necessary.