Amended in Senate August 3, 2016

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Amended in Assembly April 5, 2016

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California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1932

Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte

February 12, 2016

An act to add Section 11223 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1932, as amended, Obernolte. Vehicles: motorcycle safety training.

Existing law provides for the licensing and administration by the Department of Motor Vehicles of traffic violator schools, operators, and instructors. Existing law authorizes the Director of Motor Vehicles to prescribe rules and regulations for traffic violator schools regarding the conduct of courses of education, including curriculum, facilities, and equipment.

Existing law establishes a motorcyclist safety program, administered by the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to adopt standards for course content, contact hours, curriculum, instructor training and testing, and instructional quality control for a novice rider training course and a premier motorcyclist safety training program.

This bill would authorize a motorcyclist safety training program that is licensed as a traffic violator school to administer begin delete an advanced-level end delete begin insert a end insert motorcyclist training course, and would authorize the course to include instruction specific to the safe and lawful operation of motorcycles in addition to the curriculum prescribed by the department for traffic violator schools.

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 11223 is added to the Vehicle Code, to
read:

11223.  

A motorcyclist safety training program established
pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 2930) of Chapter
5 of Division begin delete 2 end delete begin insert 2, end insert that is licensed by the department as a traffic
violator begin delete school end delete begin insert school, end insert may administer begin delete an advanced-level end delete begin insert a end insert
motorcyclist training course. In addition to the curriculum
prescribed by the department pursuant to Section 11219, the
begin delete advanced-level end delete motorcyclist training course may include instruction
specific to the safe and lawful operation of motorcycles in
accordance with Section 2932.