BILL NUMBER: AB 2099	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Miller

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1656.3 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2099, as introduced, Miller. Vehicles: driver's handbook.
   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to include
within the California Driver's Handbook language regarding rail
transit safety, abandonment or dumping of an animal on a highway, and
the importance of respecting the right-of-way of others.
   This bill would require the handbook to also contain language
referring drivers to the Web site http://www.journeysafe.com, at the
earliest opportunity when the handbook is otherwise revised or
reprinted.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Zach
Raffety Memorial Act.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1656.3 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   1656.3.  (a) The department shall include within the California
Driver's Handbook, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1656,
language regarding each of the following:
   (1) Rail transit safety.
   (2) Abandonment or dumping of  any   an 
animal on a highway.
   (3) The importance of respecting the right-of-way of others,
particularly pedestrians, bicycle riders, and motorcycle riders. 

   (4) Referring drivers to the Web site http://www.journeysafe.com.

   (b) In order to minimize costs, the language referred to in
paragraphs (2)  and   ,  (3)  , and (4)
 of subdivision (a) shall be initially included at the earliest
opportunity when the handbook is otherwise revised or reprinted.