SB 219, as introduced, Yee. Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
Existing law requires that a state highway segment be designated as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone if, among other requirements, the segment is eligible for designation and the Director of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, certifies that the segment of state highway meets specified criteria. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, designates specific segments of State Highway Routes 1 and 101 in the City and County of San Francisco as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones, and requires a specified report from the department in that regard to be submitted to appropriate committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2013. Existing law requires fines for specified traffic violations cited in a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone to be doubled.
This bill would delete the language relating to the report and permanently extend the designation of those specific highway segments as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 97.5 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 97, the
2following segments shall be designated as Safety
3Enhancement-Double Fine Zones:
4(1) State Highway Route 1 between Junipero Serra Boulevard
5and Lake Street in the City and County of San Francisco.
6(2) State Highway Route 101 between Golden Gate Avenue
7and Lyon Street in the City and County of San Francisco.
8(b) The department shall conduct a Safety Enhancement-Double
9Fine Zone study on the segments identified in subdivision (a) that
10relates to pedestrian safety and that evaluates the appropriateness
11of adding additional criteria to subdivision
(a) of Section 97 and
12whether changes or additional criteria should be considered for
13adoption.
14(1) The study shall include, but not be limited to, all of the
15following:
16(A) A review of traffic volume, speed, the number and severity
17of collisions, the number and severity of pedestrian-related
18collisions, and contributing collision factors.
19(B) A before and after study on pedestrian and roadway
20facilities, including, but not limited to, those facilities that have
21been revised or updated.
22(C) A recommendation on whether the zones described in
23subdivision (a) should be reauthorized by the Legislature.
24(2) On or before January 1, 2013, the department shall submit
25its findings from the study in
a report to the appropriate committees
26of the Legislature.
27(c)
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28begin insert(b)end insert Subdivisions (e) to (h), inclusive, of Section 97 shall apply
29to the segments designated as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine
30Zones pursuant to subdivision (a).
31(d) This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2014 and
32as of that date is repealed, unless a later statute, that is enacted
33before January 1, 2014 deletes or extends that date.
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