BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 27, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
1932 (Obernolte) - As Amended April 5, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill authorizes a person who is ordered or permitted to
complete traffic school as a result of an offense committed
while operating a motorcycle to instead complete an
advanced-level motorcyclist safety training course, which the
bill authorizes the CHP to establish.
FISCAL EFFECT:
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Based on experience with existing motorcycle safety course, CHP
will incur minor special fund costs (around $60,000) for a
half-time position to develop curriculum and establish the
curriculum in regulations, certify education providers, and
approve new licensing applications for driving school
instructors. All other CHP costs will be absorbable. [Motor
Vehicle Account]
COMMENTS:
1)Background. The CHP currently administers the California
Motorcyclist Safety Program (CMSP). The program includes two
courses: the Motorcyclist Training Course, a basic course with
5 hours of classroom instruction and 10 hours of actual
riding, which is mandatory for persons under the age of 21 and
recommended for others seeking a motorcycle endorsement; and
the optional Premier Program consisting of 7.5 hours of
classroom instruction and 13.5 hours of riding.
2)Purpose. This bill allows a person, whose violation occurred
while operating a motorcycle, to complete an advanced CHP
motorcycle safety training course established in lieu of
traffic school. The program established by the CHP pursuant to
this bill would have a curriculum consistent with DMV's
curriculum for traffic violator schools.
The author argues that courses offered through a licensed
traffic violator school are generally applicable to the safe
operation of automobiles, but not necessarily motorcycles.
Thus, if a person commits a violation while operating a
motorcycle, he or she must complete a traffic school course
that might not apply directly to the mode of transportation
that person most frequently uses.
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Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081