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                                                                  AB 1155
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          Date of Hearing:   January 21, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                 AB 1155 (Strickland) - As Amended:  January 5, 2010

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  7-0 
                        Transportation                       Consent

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes additional traffic laws enforceable on offstreet  
          private parking facilities upon enactment of an ordinance or  
          resolution by a city or county. The additional traffic laws that  
          would be enforceable in privately owned and maintained offstreet  
          parking facilities are:

          1)Failure to obey a traffic control sign.

          2)Throwing a substance at a vehicle. 

          3)Drinking an alcoholic beverage while driving.

          4)Possession of an open container containing an alcoholic  
            beverage while driving.  

          5)Operating a vehicle with a sound system that can be heard from  
            50 or more feet.  

          6)Permitting a child under the age of six, or under 60 pounds,  
            to be transported in a vehicle without properly using a child  
            passenger restraint system. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)Potential, likely negligible, state trial court costs. 

          2)Unknown, likely minor, local revenue increase, to the extent  
            persons are cited and fined as a result of this bill.  









                                                                  AB 1155
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           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  . The author's intent is to make several additional  
            existing traffic laws enforceable in private off-street  
            parking areas.  

           2)Current law  provides that a city or county may declare there  
            are privately owned and maintained offstreet parking  
            facilities that may be used by the public. Upon enactment by  
            of a local ordinance, specified Vehicle Code Sections -  
            currently limited to speed laws - may apply to these  
            facilities.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081