BILL NUMBER: AB 2258	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fox

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 38751 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2258, as introduced, Fox. Autonomous vehicles.
   Existing law provides for the operation of autonomous vehicles, as
defined, on public roads for testing purposes under specified
circumstances, and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt
regulations no later than January 1, 2015, setting forth various
requirements in that regard.
   This bill would authorize the City of Lancaster to research and
develop autonomous public buses.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the City of Lancaster.
   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.  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Rex
Parris Act.
  SEC. 2.  Section 38751 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   38751.  The City of Lancaster may research and develop autonomous
public buses.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that 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
because of the unique need to develop autonomous public buses in the
City of Lancaster.