BILL NUMBER: AB 2224	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 25258 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2224, as introduced, Achadjian. Emergency vehicles: blue
warning lights.
   Under existing law, specified peace officers, including, but not
limited to, police officers, members of the University of California
Police Department, and members of the California National Guard, are
authorized to display a specified blue warning light on their
emergency vehicles.
   This bill would authorize additional peace officers, including,
but not limited to, parole officers and correctional officers, to
display a specified blue warning light on their emergency vehicles.
   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 25258 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   25258.  (a) An authorized emergency vehicle operating under the
conditions specified in Section 21055 may display a flashing white
light from a gaseous discharge lamp designed and used for the purpose
of controlling official traffic control signals.
   (b) An authorized emergency vehicle used by a peace officer, as
defined in Section 830.1 of, subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (g), or (i) of Section 830.2 of, subdivision (n) of Section
830.3 of, subdivision (b) of Section 830.31 of, subdivision (a) or
(b) of Section 830.32 of, Section 830.33 of, subdivision (a) of
Section 830.36 of, subdivision (a) of Section 830.4 of,  Section
830.5 of,  or Section 830.6 of, the Penal Code, in the
performance of the peace officer's duties, may, in addition, display
a steady or flashing blue warning light visible from the front,
sides, or rear of the vehicle.
   (c) Except as provided in subdivision (a), a vehicle shall not be
equipped with a device that emits any illumination or radiation that
is designed or used for the purpose of controlling official traffic
control signals.