Amended in Assembly April 1, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1669

Introduced by Assembly Member Wagner

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Linder)

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February 12, 2014

An act to add Section 22353.5 begin delete of end delete begin insert to end insert the Vehicle Code, relating to speed limits.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1669, as amended, Wagner. Speed begin delete limits: Unincorporated City of end delete begin insert limits: end insert Orange Park Acres: equestrian begin delete trials. end delete begin insert trails. end insert

Existing law prohibits any person from driving a vehicle at a speed greater than the speed limit. Existing law generally sets forth prima facie speed limits begin insert , end insert unless changed or otherwise authorized by law. Existing law permits local authorities to set prima facie speed limits on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, as defined, if the different speed limit is necessary to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. Existing law authorizes the City of Norco, when conducting an engineering and traffic survey, to consider equestrian safety begin insert , end insert in addition to the specified factors set forth.

This bill would authorize the County of Orange, when conducting an engineering and traffic survey within the unincorporated begin delete City end delete begin insert community end insert of Orange Park Acres, to consider equestrian safety, in addition to the specified factors set forth. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the unincorporated begin delete City end delete begin insert community end insert of Orange Park Acres.

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 22353.5 is added to the Vehicle Code,
to read:

22353.5.  

When conducting an engineering and traffic survey
within the unincorporated begin delete City end delete begin insert community end insert of Orange Park Acres,
in addition to the factors set forth in Section 627, the County of
Orange may also consider equestrian safety.

SEC. 2.  

The Legislature finds and declares that, because of the
unique circumstances applicable only to the unincorporated begin delete City end delete
begin insert community end insert of Orange Park Acres and the equestrian begin delete trial end delete begin insert trails end insert
there, a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be
made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV
of the California Constitution.