BILL NUMBER: AB 402	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   877
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 5, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 18, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Romero and Ashburn
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Campbell and Keeley)

                        FEBRUARY 12, 1999

   An act to add and repeal Section 14601.10 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 402, Romero.  Vehicles:  driver's license violations pilot
program.
   Chapter 122 of the Statutes of 1999 (AB 1311), effective January
1, 2000, and until January 1, 2004, authorizes the district attorneys
of certain counties, with the approval of the board of supervisors,
to establish a described pilot program for persons who plead guilty
or no contest or are convicted of violations of specified provisions
prohibiting driving without a valid driver's license.
   This bill would add the County of Santa Cruz to those counties
authorized to establish, until January 1, 2004, the described pilot
program.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14601.10 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

   14601.10.  (a) In addition to the district attorneys of the
counties listed in subdivision (a) of Section 14601.9, the district
attorney of the County of Santa Cruz may establish a pilot program
under Section 14601.9, subject to all of the conditions and terms set
forth in that section.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2004, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2004, deletes or extends that
date.