BILL NUMBER: AB 1024	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 11102.6 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1024, as amended, Beth Gaines. Driving schools.
   Existing law requires a person who is licensed as a driving school
operator by the Department of Motor Vehicles to meet specified
requirements, and provides for disciplinary action against those
licensees who commit certain acts. Existing law specifies certain
requirements that a driving school operator must satisfy, including,
among others, passing an examination, within 3 attempts, on traffic
laws, safe driving practices, the operation of motor vehicles, and
other topics. Existing law requires the operator to have worked as a
driving instructor for a specified number of hours, as provided.
   This bill would require driving school operators who are first
licensed on or after July 1, 2016, and who  operate Internet
driving schools with   offer  no behind-the-wheel
driver training, to successfully complete  an 8-hour
  a 60-hour  educational program acceptable to the
department with specified content, including operator
responsibilities and current laws, instead of meeting the requirement
of having worked as a driving instructor for a specified number of
hours.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11102.6 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   11102.6.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11102.5, a driving school
operator who is first licensed to operate a driving school on or
after July 1, 2016,  whose sole method of instruction is
Internet-based driver education,  and who offers no
behind-the-wheel driver training, shall meet all of the following
requirements:
   (1) Within three attempts, pass an examination that the department
requires on traffic laws, safe driving practices, operation of motor
vehicles, teaching methods and techniques, driving school statutes
and regulations, and office procedures and recordkeeping.
   (2) Pay the department a fee for each examination taken, not to
exceed the reasonable cost of administering the examination.
   (3) Be 21 years of age or older.
   (4) Have successfully completed an educational program of not less
than  eight   60  hours that is acceptable
to the department.  The program shall include a minimum of 40
hours of classroom instruction and 20 hours of behind the wheel
instruction.  The program shall include, but not be limited to,
driving school operator responsibilities, current vehicle laws, and
regulations in Article 4.6 of Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the California
Code of Regulations. The instruction may be provided by generally
accredited educational institutions, private vocational schools, and
education programs and seminars offered by professional societies,
organizations, trade associations, and other educational and
technical programs that meet the requirements of this section.
   (b) The qualifying requirements referred to in this section shall
be met within one year from the date of application for a license, or
a new application, examination, and a fee for the examination not to
exceed the reasonable cost of administering the examination shall be
required.