BILL NUMBER: SB 998 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wieckowski
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
An act to amend Sections 21655.7 and 22500 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 998, as introduced, Wieckowski. Vehicles: mass transit
guideways.
Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to stop or park a
motor vehicle in specified places, including an area designated as a
fire lane by the fire department or fire district, as specified. A
violation of these provisions is an infraction.
Existing law authorizes a local authority to permit a portion of
the highway under its jurisdiction to be used exclusively for a
public mass transit guideway.
This bill would prohibit a person from operating a motor vehicle,
or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing, on a public mass
transit guideway, subject to specified exceptions. Because a
violation of these provisions would be a crime, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
The 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.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 21655.7 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
21655.7. (a) A local authority, with
respect to any highway under its jurisdiction, may authorize or
permit a portion of the highway to be used exclusively for a public
mass transit guideway.
(b) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a portion of a
highway designated by local authority to be exclusively used as a
public mass transit guideway, except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace
officer or official traffic control device.
SEC. 2. Section 22500 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
22500. No A person shall not
stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle whether attended or
unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or
official traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(a) Within an intersection, except adjacent to curbs as may be
permitted by local ordinance.
(b) On a crosswalk, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier
or a taxicab may stop in an unmarked crosswalk to load or unload
passengers when authorized by the legislative body of any
a city pursuant to an ordinance.
(c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent right-hand curb or
within the area between the zone and the curb as may be indicated by
a sign or red paint on the curb, which sign or paint was erected or
placed by local authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
(d) Within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any
a fire station. This subdivision does not apply
to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire department and clearly
marked as a fire department vehicle.
(e) (1) In front of a public or private
driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, schoolbus,
or a taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers when authorized by
local authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
In
(2) In unincorporated territory,
where the entrance of a private road or driveway is not delineated by
an opening in a curb or by other curb construction, so much of the
surface of the ground as is paved, surfaced, or otherwise plainly
marked by vehicle use as a private road or driveway entrance, shall
constitute a driveway.
(f) On any a portion of a sidewalk,
or with the body of the vehicle extending over any
a portion of a sidewalk, except electric carts when
authorized by local ordinance, as specified in Section 21114.5.
Lights, mirrors, or devices that are required to be mounted upon a
vehicle under this code may extend from the body of the vehicle over
the sidewalk to a distance of not more than 10 inches.
(g) Alongside or opposite any a
street or highway excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing,
or parking would obstruct traffic.
(h) On the roadway side of any a
vehicle stopped, parked, or standing at the curb or edge of a
highway, except for a schoolbus when stopped to load or unload pupils
in a business or residence district where the speed limit is 25
miles per hour or less.
(i) Except as provided under Section 22500.5, alongside curb space
authorized for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus
engaged as a common carrier in local transportation when indicated by
a sign or red paint on the curb erected or painted by local
authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
(j) In a tube or tunnel, except vehicles of the authorities in
charge, being used in the repair, maintenance, or inspection of the
facility.
(k) Upon a bridge, except vehicles of the authorities in charge,
being used in the repair, maintenance, or inspection of the facility,
and except that buses engaged as a common carrier in local
transportation may stop to load or unload passengers upon a bridge
where sidewalks are provided, when authorized by local authorities
pursuant to an ordinance, and except that local authorities pursuant
to an ordinance or the Department of Transportation pursuant to an
order, within their respective jurisdictions, may permit parking on
bridges having sidewalks and shoulders of sufficient width to permit
parking without interfering with the normal movement of traffic on
the roadway. Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may
permit parking on these bridges on state highways in their respective
jurisdictions if the ordinance or resolution is first approved in
writing by the Department of Transportation. Parking shall not be
permitted unless there are signs in place, as may be necessary, to
indicate the provisions of local ordinances or the order of the
Department of Transportation.
( l ) In front of or upon that portion of a curb that
has been cut down, lowered, or constructed to provide wheelchair
accessibility to the sidewalk.
(m) In a portion of a highway under the jurisdiction of a local
authority that has been designated by that authority to be used
exclusively for a public mass transit guideway pursuant to Section
21655.7.
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.