BILL NUMBER: AB 2322	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chu

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 12510 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2322, as introduced, Chu. Vehicles: instruction permits:
decals.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to
issue an instruction permit to a person who is at least 15 years and
6 months of age and who has, among other qualifications, successfully
completed an approved course in automobile driver education.
   This bill would require the DMV to provide the recipient of an
instruction permit with a removable and transferrable decal that
reads "student driver." The bill would authorize the holder of the
instruction permit to affix the decal to the rear or side window of
the vehicle when operating the vehicle.
   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 12510 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   12510.  (a) Upon issuing an instruction permit pursuant to Section
12509, the department shall provide the recipient of the permit with
a removable and transferrable decal that reads "student driver."
When the holder of the instruction permit operates a motor vehicle,
the decal may be affixed to the motor vehicle to inform other drivers
that the vehicle is being operated by the holder of an instruction
permit.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 26708, the decal may be displayed on a
side window or the rear window of the vehicle.
   (c) The department shall determine the size of the decal, which
shall not exceed four inches in height and 12 inches in length.