BILL NUMBER: SB 767	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 2909.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 767, as introduced, Harman. Vehicles: radio frequency
identification (RFID) technology.
   Existing law authorizes any local political subdivision of this
state, including, but not limited to, a city, a county, a city and
county, a district, or a special district, to participate in a local
traffic safety program within its jurisdiction if the local program
is approved by the Governor.
   This bill would authorize a local political subdivision of this
state, including, but not limited to, a city, a county, a city and
county, a district, or a special district, to participate in a local
traffic safety program that uses radio frequency identification
(RFID) technology in order to aid law enforcement efforts, promote
environmental initiatives, including congestion mitigation, and
enhance revenue collections of unpaid fines and penalties.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2909.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   2909.5.  A local political subdivision of this state, including,
but not limited to, a city, a county, a city and county, a district,
or a special district, is authorized to participate in a local
traffic safety program that uses radio frequency identification
(RFID) technology in order to aid law enforcement efforts, promote
environmental initiatives, including congestion mitigation, and
enhance revenue collections of unpaid fines and penalties.