BILL NUMBER: AB 2644	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 12804.8 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2644, as introduced, Fuller. Vehicles: drivers' licenses:
competency.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
conduct studies to develop and identify examinations and tests, to
more accurately identify persons who, due to physical or mental
factors, or both, are not competent or qualified to safely operate a
motor vehicle.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12804.8 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   12804.8.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
department may conduct studies to develop and identify examinations
and tests, to more accurately identify persons who, due to physical
or mental factors, or both, are not competent or qualified to safely
operate a motor vehicle.
   (b) In addition to any other tests or examinations required under
this code, the department may require  any   a
 person applying for an original driver's license or renewal of
a driver's license, or  any   a  person
subject to reexamination under Section 13801, to submit to one or
more tests or examinations which are part of a study.
   (c) The results and information obtained during the study, through
the tests and examinations specified in subdivision (a), shall be
used only to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the tests and
examinations and to select tests and examinations for use by the
department, and for no other purpose. The results of the tests are
confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person.
   (d)  No   A  public entity or employee
shall  not  be liable for any loss, detriment, or injury
resulting directly or indirectly from the department's acts or
failure to act on information received through the studies.