BILL NUMBER: AB 1192	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 22527 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1192, as introduced, Beth Gaines. Vehicles: parking:
motorcycles.
   Existing law establishes requirements regarding the parking of
motor vehicles. Existing law authorizes a local authority, by
ordinance or resolution, to establish parking requirements for motor
vehicles within the local authority's jurisdiction. Existing law,
except as otherwise specified, makes it unlawful and constitutes an
infraction for any person to violate, or fail to comply with any
provision of the Vehicle Code, or any local ordinance adopted
pursuant to the Vehicle Code.
   This bill would prohibit an owner or operator of a public or
private offstreet parking facility from prohibiting motorcycles from
using the facility. The bill would also prohibit a local authority
from prohibiting a motorcycle from parking at a location at which
other motor vehicles are authorized to park. Because a violation of
this provision is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22527 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   22527.  (a) An owner or operator of a public or private offstreet
parking facility shall not prohibit motorcycles from using the
parking facility.
   (b) A local authority shall not prohibit a motorcycle from parking
at a location at which other motor vehicles are authorized to park.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.