BILL NUMBER: SB 986	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill
   (Coauthor: Senator Allen)

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 21453 and 42001.15 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 986, as introduced, Hill. Vehicles: right turn violations.
   Existing law requires a driver facing a steady circular red signal
alone to stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before entering
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then
before entering the intersection, and to remain stopped until an
indication to proceed is shown, except as specified. A violation of
this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of $100.
   This bill would recast those provisions, and instead would require
that a violation of this provision for a right turn or a left turn
from a one-way street onto a one-way street is punishable by a fine
of $35.
   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 21453 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   21453.  (a) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone
shall stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before entering the
crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then
before entering the intersection, and shall  remain stopped
  not proceed straight through the intersection 
 , turn left, except from a one-way street onto a one-way street,
or turn in a manner prohibited by a sign,  until an indication
to proceed is  shown, except as provided in subdivision (b).
  shown.  
   (b) (1) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone shall,
prior to turning right or turning left from a one-way street onto a
one-way street, stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before
entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if
none, before entering the intersection.  
   (b)  Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn, a driver,
after stopping as required by subdivision (a), facing a steady
circular red signal, may turn right, or turn left from a one-way
street onto a one-way street. A 
    (2)     A  driver making  that
  a  turn  pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an
adjacent crosswalk and to any vehicle that has approached or is
approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard to the
driver, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to that vehicle
until the driver can proceed with reasonable safety.
   (c) A driver facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the
intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another
signal, shall stop at a clearly marked limit line, but if none,
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain
stopped until an indication permitting movement is shown.
   (d) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as
provided in Section 21456, a pedestrian facing a steady circular red
or red arrow signal shall not enter the roadway.
  SEC. 2.  Section 42001.15 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   42001.15.   (a)    Every person convicted of an
infraction for a violation of subdivision (a) or (c) of Section
21453, subdivision (c) of Section 21454, or subdivision (a) of
Section 21457 shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars
($100). 
   (b) Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 21453 shall be punished
by a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35).