BILL NUMBER: AB 707	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 707, Ting. Vehicles.
   Existing law provides that the prima facie speed limit is 25 miles
per hour when passing a senior center or other facility primarily
used by senior citizens that is next to a street other than a state
highway and posted with a standard "SENIOR" warning sign. Existing
law provides that a local authority is not required to erect the
standard "SENIOR" warning sign until it receives donations from a
private source to cover the costs of erecting the signage and the
local authority determines that the proposed signing should be
implemented. Existing law provides, however, that a local authority
may pay for the cost of erecting the signs with any other funds
available to it.
   This bill would instead permit a local authority to erect a
standard "SENIOR" warning sign when it determines that the proposed
signing should be implemented. The bill would also authorize a local
authority to request grant funding to pay for the erection of those
warning signs from the Pedestrian Safety Account or from any other
source of grant funding.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   22352.  The prima facie limits are as follows and shall be
applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if so
changed, only when signs have been erected giving notice thereof:
   (a) Fifteen miles per hour:
   (1) When traversing a railway grade crossing, if during the last
100 feet of the approach to the crossing the driver does not have a
clear and unobstructed view of the crossing and of any traffic on the
railway for a distance of 400 feet in both directions along the
railway. This subdivision does not apply in the case of any railway
grade crossing where a human flagman is on duty or a clearly visible
electrical or mechanical railway crossing signal device is installed
but does not then indicate the immediate approach of a railway train
or car.
   (2) When traversing any intersection of highways if during the
last 100 feet of the driver's approach to the intersection the driver
does not have a clear and unobstructed view of the intersection and
of any traffic upon all of the highways entering the intersection for
a distance of 100 feet along all those highways, except at an
intersection protected by stop signs or yield right-of-way signs or
controlled by official traffic control signals.
   (3) On any alley.
   (b) Twenty-five miles per hour:
   (1) On any highway other than a state highway, in any business or
residence district unless a different speed is determined by local
authority under procedures set forth in this code.
   (2) When approaching or passing a school building or the grounds
thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a standard "SCHOOL"
warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school
either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The
prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching or passing any
school grounds which are not separated from the highway by a fence,
gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by
children and the highway is posted with a standard "SCHOOL" warning
sign. For purposes of this subparagraph, standard "SCHOOL" warning
signs may be placed at any distance up to 500 feet away from school
grounds.
   (3) When passing a senior center or other facility primarily used
by senior citizens, contiguous to a street other than a state highway
and posted with a standard "SENIOR" warning sign. A local authority
may erect a sign pursuant to this paragraph when the local agency
makes a determination that the proposed signing should be
implemented. A local authority may request grant funding from the
Pedestrian Safety Account pursuant to Section 894.7 of the Streets
and Highways Code, or any other grant funding available to it, and
use that grant funding to pay for the erection of those signs, or may
utilize any other funds available to it to pay for the erection of
those signs, including, but not limited to, donations from private
sources.