BILL NUMBER: AB 2729 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 2, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ammiano
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ma)
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add and repeal Section 21455.8 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2729, as amended, Ammiano. Vehicles: automated traffic
enforcement system: City and County of San Francisco.
Existing law authorizes a local authority to place an official
traffic control device at an intersection to regulate or prohibit
turning movements at that intersection and requires that when a
right- or left-hand turn is prohibited at an intersection that notice
be given by erection of a sign.
Existing law authorizes the limit line, intersection, or other
places where a driver is required to stop to be equipped with an
automated traffic enforcement system to enforce specified
violations, including turning in violation of an official traffic
control device, if the system meets certain requirements.
Existing law authorizes a governmental agency to contract out the
operation of the system under certain circumstances, except for
specified activities.
This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to
utilize an automated traffic enforcement system to enforce a
specified traffic offense involving prohibited turning movements
from Market Street onto the Central Freeway located at the
intersection of Market Street and Octavia Boulevard if the system
meets the above-stated requirements.
The bill would require the City and County of San Francisco to
compile prescribed data, and report to the Senate
Committee on Transportation and Housing and the Assembly Committee on
Transportation prior to January 1, 2014, on
specified topics related to the safety and traffic flow impacts
that may have resulted if the above provisions are implemented.
This bill would state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation ,
and would require that these provisions remain in effect only until
January 1, 2014 2013 .
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 21455.8 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
21455.8. (a) The City and County of San Francisco may utilize an
automated traffic enforcement system to enforce a violation of
subdivision (d) of Section 22101, from Market Street onto the Central
Freeway located at the intersection of Market Street and Octavia
Boulevard, if the system meets the requirements of Section 21455.5.
(b) If the City and County of San Francisco implements subdivision
(a), it shall report to the Senate Committee on Transportation and
Housing and the Assembly Committee on Transportation prior to January
1, 2014, on the safety and traffic flow impacts that have resulted
from the use of an automated traffic enforcement system authorized
pursuant to subdivision (a).
(b) (1) If the City and County of San Francisco implements an
automated traffic enforcement system pursuant to subdivision (a), it
shall conduct an evaluation of the system to assess its effectiveness
in reducing the number of right-turn violations and collisions
between motor vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists. The evaluation
shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following elements:
(A) The City and County of San Francisco shall, for not less than
60 days prior to installing the automated traffic enforcement system
authorized in subdivision (a), count the total number of right turns
that occur from Market Street onto the Central Freeway. The automated
traffic enforcement system or other automated equipment may be used
during this 60-day period for the sole purpose of counting the number
of right-turn violations and collisions that occur, provided no
personally identifiable information, including photographs, is
collected or stored.
(B) Following this 60-day period, the City and County of San
Francisco may implement the automated traffic enforcement system
provided all of the requirements in Section 21455.5 are met,
including installing signage indicating the presence of the system
and issuing warning notices for the first 30 days pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 21455.5.
(2) The City and County of San Francisco shall report to the
Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing and the Assembly
Committee on Transportation on the safety and traffic flow impacts
that have resulted from the use of the automated traffic enforcement
system authorized pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall
include, but is not limited to, all of the following elements:
(A) The total number of right-turn violations and collisions
between motor vehicles and pedestrians and bicyclists that occur each
month from the time the City and County of San Francisco commences
the initial 60-day period to December 31, 2012.
(B) An analysis of whether any changes in the number of right-turn
violations and collisions are statistically significant.
(C) A comparison of the number of right-turn violations and
collisions that occur at the intersection specified in subdivision
(a) and other comparable intersections during this same time period.
(D) A description of any other measures that were taken to reduce
the number of right-turn violations and collisions from January 1,
2011, to December 31, 2012, inclusive.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014 2013 , and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1, 2014 2013 , deletes or
extends that date.
SEC. 2. Due to the unique circumstances concerning traffic
enforcement in the City and County of San Francisco, the Legislature
finds and declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable
within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution. Therefore, this special statute is necessary and
applicable only to the City and County of San Francisco.