BILL NUMBER: SB 527	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 18, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 21204 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
bicycles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 527, Kehoe.  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.



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)  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)  An operator shall not allow a person riding as a passenger,
and 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.