BILL NUMBER: SB 527	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Ashburn   Kehoe 

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act relating to high-speed rail.   An act
to amend Section 21204 of the Vehicle Code, relating to bicycles.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 527, as amended,  Ashburn   Kehoe  .
 High-speed rail.   Bicycles.  
   Existing law prohibits a person from operating a bicycle on a
highway if that person is riding other than upon or astride a
permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle.  
   This bill would prohibit a person from operating a bicycle on a
highway if that person is riding other than upon or astride a
permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle, unless the
bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a seat.
 
   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified
powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of
an intercity high-speed rail system.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to reorganize
the High-Speed Rail Authority to ensure greater oversight and
accountability for the high-speed rail project. 
   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 21204 of the   Vehicle
Code   is amended to read: 
   21204.  (a)  No   A  person operating a
bicycle upon a highway shall  not  ride other than upon or
astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto  , unless
the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a
seat  .
   (b)  No   An  operator shall  not
 allow a person riding as a passenger, and  no 
 a  person shall  not  ride as a passenger, on a
bicycle upon a highway other than upon or astride a separate seat
attached thereto. If the passenger is four years of age or younger,
or weighs 40 pounds or less, the seat shall have adequate provision
for retaining the passenger in place and for protecting the passenger
from the moving parts of the bicycle. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to reorganize the High-Speed Rail Authority to ensure greater
oversight and accountability for the high-speed rail project.