AB 2682,
as amended, Chang. begin deleteAutonomous vehicles. end deletebegin insertRegistered sex offenders: interactive video games: meeting with minors.end insert
Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, last amended by Proposition 35, as approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, requires a person convicted of certain crimes, as specified, to register with law enforcement as a sex offender for the rest of his or her life while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified.
end insertbegin insertExisting law makes it a crime for a person who is motivated by an unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in children to arrange a meeting with a minor or a person he or she believes to be a minor for the purpose of exposing his or her genitals or pubic or rectal area, having the child expose his or her genitals or pubic or rectal area, or engaging in lewd or lascivious behavior. Existing law makes the crime punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would make it a crime, punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000, by imprisonment in a state prison not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment, for a registered sex offender to use an interactive video game to encourage another user of the interactive video game who is a minor to physically travel to a specified location for the purpose of meeting the minor.
end insertbegin insertBy creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
end insertbegin insertThe California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
end insertExisting 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.
end deleteThis 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.
end deleteVote: begin deletemajority end deletebegin insert2⁄3end insert.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 290.96 is added to the end insertbegin insertPenal Codeend insertbegin insert, to
2read:end insert
A person required to register under Section 290 who
4uses an interactive video game to encourage another user of the
5interactive video game who is a minor to physically travel to a
P3 1specified location for the purpose of meeting the minor shall be
2punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000),
3by imprisonment in a state prison not exceeding one year, or by
4both the fine and imprisonment.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
6Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
7the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
8district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
9infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
10for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
11the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
12the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
13Constitution.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
15immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
16the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
17immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
18
In order to ensure the health and safety of minors across
19California, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
Section 38755 is added to the Vehicle Code, to
21read:
Upon the development of a model state policy on
23autonomous vehicles or operational guidance related to the
24deployment and operation of autonomous vehicles by the National
25Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the department shall hold
26public hearings on the model policy and shall consider, to the
27extent authorized by other law, conforming department regulations
28with the model policy and operational guidance.
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