BILL NUMBER: AB 2767	CHAPTERED  06/28/00

	CHAPTER   45
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 28, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JUNE 28, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 15, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   APRIL 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 30, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jackson
   (Coauthor: Senator O'Connell)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to amend Section 627 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2767, Jackson.  Vehicles:  engineering and traffic surveys.
   Existing law defines an engineering and traffic survey to be a
survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods
determined by the Department of Transportation, and lists factors
that must be included in a survey.
   This bill would authorize local authorities to, in addition to the
existing factors, consider residential density and pedestrian and
bicyclist safety in conducting surveys.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 627 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   627.  (a) "Engineering and traffic survey," as used in this code,
means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with
methods determined by the Department of Transportation for use by
state and local authorities.
   (b) An engineering and traffic survey shall include, among other
requirements deemed necessary by the department, consideration of all
of the following:
   (1) Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering
measurements.
   (2) Accident records.
   (3) Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent
to the driver.
   (c) When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, local
authorities, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraphs (1)
to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b) may consider all of the
following:
   (1) Residential density, if any of the following conditions exist
on the particular portion of highway and the property contiguous
thereto, other than a business district:
   (A) Upon one side of the highway, within a distance of a quarter
of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13
or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
   (B) Upon both sides of the highway, collectively, within a
distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting
thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or
business structures.
   (C) The portion of highway is longer than one-quarter of a mile
but has the ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures
to the length of the highway described in either subparagraph (A) or
(B).
   (2) Pedestrian and bicyclist safety.