BILL NUMBER: AB 2682	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chang

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 38755 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2682, as amended, Chang. Autonomous vehicles.
   Existing law authorizes the operation of an autonomous vehicle on
public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the
proper class of license for the type of vehicle being operated if
specified requirements are satisfied. Existing law requires the
Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations no later than
January 1, 2015, setting forth requirements for the submission of
evidence of insurance, surety bond, or self-insurance, and for the
submission and approval of an application to operate an autonomous
vehicle.
   This bill would require the department, upon the development of a
model state policy on autonomous vehicles  or operational
guidance related to the deployment and operation of autonomous
vehicles  by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
to hold public hearings on the model policy and consider, to the
extent authorized by other law, conforming department regulations
with that policy.
   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 38755 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   38755.  Upon the development of a model state policy on autonomous
vehicles  or operational guidance related to the deployment and
operation of autonomous vehicles  by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, the department shall hold public
hearings on the model policy and shall consider, to the extent
authorized by other law, conforming department regulations with the
model  policy.   policy and operational
guidance.