BILL NUMBER: AB 23	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma

                        DECEMBER 4, 2006

   An act to add Section 21368.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 23, as introduced, Ma. Department of Transportation: marked
crosswalk: control signal.
   Existing law requires that whenever a marked pedestrian crosswalk
is established in a roadway contiguous to a school building or its
grounds, the crosswalk be painted or marked in yellow as shall be all
the marked pedestrian crosswalks at an intersection in case one of
the crosswalks is required to be marked in yellow.
   The bill would require the Department of Transportation to place
and maintain an official control signal that emits a count down
pedestrian display at a marked pedestrian crosswalk if that crosswalk
crosses a state highway and is within 2,000 feet of a school
building or the grounds of that school building or a senior center,
as defined.
   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 21368.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   21368.5.  (a) The Department of Transportation shall place and
maintain an official control signal that emits a count down
pedestrian display at a marked pedestrian crosswalk if that crosswalk
crosses a state highway and is within 2,000 feet of either of the
following:
   (1) A school building or the grounds of that school building.
   (2) A senior center.
   (b) As used in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), a "senior center"
is a community focal point on aging, where older individuals as
individuals or in groups regularly come together for services and
activities including, but not limited to, education, creative arts,
recreation, advocacy, leadership development, employment, health,
nutrition, social work, and other supportive services, that enhance
their dignity, support their independence, and encourage their
involvement in and with the community.