BILL NUMBER: SB 404	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 40800 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 404, as introduced, De León. Vehicles: traffic officers.
   Existing law requires a traffic officer on duty for the exclusive
or main purpose of enforcing specified provisions of the Vehicle Code
relating to accidents and accident reports and rules of the road to
wear a full distinctive uniform, and if the officer while on duty
uses a motor vehicle, requires the vehicle to be painted a
distinctive color specified by the Commissioner of the California
Highway Patrol.
   This bill would delete the requirement that the motor vehicle be
painted, but would continue to require the vehicle be a distinctive
color.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 40800 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   40800.  (a) A traffic officer on duty for the exclusive or main
purpose of enforcing the provisions of Division 10 (commencing with
Section 20000) or  division  11 (commencing with Section
21000) shall wear a full distinctive uniform, and if the officer
while on duty uses a motor vehicle, it  must  
shall  be  painted  a distinctive color
specified by the commissioner.
   (b) This section does not apply to an officer assigned exclusively
to the duty of investigating and securing evidence in reference to
the theft of a vehicle  or   ,  failure of
a person to stop in the event of an accident  ,  or
violation of Section 23109 or 23109.1  ,  or in reference to
a felony charge, or to an officer engaged in serving a warrant when
the officer is not engaged in patrolling the highways for the purpose
of enforcing the traffic laws.