BILL NUMBER: AB 2906	CHAPTERED  06/06/08

	CHAPTER  27
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 6, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 6, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 22, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Tran and Huff
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Duvall, Solorio, and
Walters)
   (Principal coauthors: Senators Correa and Harman)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members DeVore, Silva, and Spitzer)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wyland)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to repeal Section 21655.3 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2906, Tran. Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lane: buffer area.

   (1) Existing law requires specified high-occupancy vehicle lanes
to be separated from adjacent mixed-flow lanes by a buffer area of at
least 4 feet in width.
   This bill would repeal these provisions.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 21655.3 of the Vehicle Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to alleviate ongoing traffic congestion and
transportation difficulties as soon as possible, it is necessary for
this act to go into effect immediately.