BILL NUMBER: SB 988	CHAPTERED  09/29/06

	CHAPTER  593
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 17, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 14, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 21, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Migden

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Sections 97.01 and 97.1 to the Streets and Highways
Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 988, Migden  Safety Awareness Zones: Golden Gate Bridge.
   Existing law makes the Department of Transportation responsible
for improving and maintaining the state highway system. Existing law
does not provide for the designation of a specified segment of a
highway as a Safety Awareness Zone.
   This bill would designate the Golden Gate Bridge as a Safety
Awareness Zone, upon the satisfaction of specified requirements that
the bill would also establish for a designation of a highway segment
as a Safety Awareness Zone. The bill would authorize a Safety
Awareness Zone to be in effect for 3 years and would authorize
renewal of a Safety Awareness Zone for an additional 3 years. The
bill would require the approval of the Director of Transportation and
the Commissioner of the Department of the California Highway Patrol
for a 3-year renewal of the Safety Awareness Zone that is a state
highway. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to
develop and place signs to notify motorists of the presence of a
Safety Awareness Zone. The bill would enact related provisions
applicable to the establishment of Safety Awareness Zones.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 97.01 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   97.01.  The following segments are eligible for designation as
Safety Awareness Zones pursuant to Section 97.1:
   (a) The Golden Gate Bridge.
  SEC. 2.  Section 97.1 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to
read:
   97.1.  (a) A highway segment shall be designated as a Safety
Awareness Zone if the all the following conditions have been met:
   (1) The highway segment is eligible for designation under Section
97.01.
   (2) Each local governing body or bodies, with jurisdiction over
the area or areas in which the eligible segment is located, has
adopted a resolution indicating its support for the designation as
well as a Safety Awareness Zone Plan addressing education,
enforcement, and engineering measures intended to support the
designation.
   (3) If the highway segment is a state highway, the Safety
Awareness Zone Plan has been approved by the Director of
Transportation and the Commissioner of the Department of the
California Highway Patrol.
   (b) A Safety Awareness Zone designation shall be deemed effective
immediately upon satisfaction of all requirements pursuant to
subdivision (a) and may remain in effect for a period not to exceed
three years from the effective date. The designation may be renewed
for a period not to exceed three years. Renewal of a designation for
a highway segment that is a state highway shall require the approval
by the Director of Transportation and the Commissioner of the
Department of the California Highway Patrol of an updated Safety
Awareness Zone Plan.
   (c) The department shall develop a sign to notify motorists of the
presence of a Safety Awareness Zone, and shall place and maintain
the signs for as long as the designation is in effect pursuant to
this section.
   (d) Presence of a Safety Awareness Zone does not increase the
civil liability of the state or local authority having jurisdiction
over the highway segment under Division 3.6 (commencing with Section
810) of Title 1 of the Government Code or any other provision of law
relating to civil liability.
   (e) Projects on a highway segment specified as a Safety Awareness
Zone shall not be elevated in priority for state funding purposes.
   (f) For purposes of this section, "highway" has the meaning set
forth in Section 360 of the Vehicle Code.