BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                      



           ------------------------------------------------------------ 
          |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE            |                  AB 1266|
          |Office of Senate Floor Analyses   |                         |
          |1020 N Street, Suite 524          |                         |
          |(916) 651-1520         Fax: (916) |                         |
          |327-4478                          |                         |
           ------------------------------------------------------------ 
           
                                         
                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1266
          Author:   Nielsen (R), et al.
          Amended:  8/23/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
          PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT


           SUBJECT  :    Vehicles:  recreational off-highway vehicles

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill delays the implementation, from 
          January 1, 2013 until July 1, 2013, of the provision of AB 
          1595 (Cook, Chapter 165, Statutes of 2012), which defined 
          recreational off-highway vehicles (ROHVs) and prescribed 
          safety regulations for their use in California.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law, commencing January 1, 2013, 
          establishes rules for the operation of, and requirements 
          for equipment of, an off-highway vehicle, including 
          prohibiting a person who is operating an ROHV from allowing 
          a passenger to occupy a separate seat location not designed 
          and provided by the manufacturer for a passenger. 

          Existing law, commencing January 1, 2013, prohibits a 
          person operating an ROHV from riding with a passenger, 
          unless the passenger, among other things, have both feet 
          flat on the floorboard.

          This bill:
                                                           CONTINUED





                                                               AB 1266
                                                                Page 
          2


          1. Delays AB 1595's requirement that all passengers must 
             occupy seats provided by the vehicle manufacturer from 
             January 1, 2013, until July 1, 2013 in order to give 
             ROHV owners additional time to comply with this new 
             requirement and for additional legislation to define 
             what sort of after-market seats could be added to an 
             ROHV.

          2. Deletes AB 1595's requirement that an ROHV passenger 
             must be able to put both feet flat on the floorboard 
             when grasping the handhold with the safety harnessed 
             fastened and seated upright.  This change is in order to 
             continue to allow children to ride as passengers in 
             ROHVs.

           FISCAL EFFECT :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   
          Local:  No


          JJA:m  8/24/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

                                ****  END  ****