BILL NUMBER: AB 1996	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 12810 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1996, as introduced, Huber. Vehicles: driver's record:
violation point counts.
   Existing law establishes that specified convictions and violations
under the Vehicle Code and traffic-related incidents count as points
against a driver's record for purposes of the suspension or
revocation of the privilege to drive and that certain other
violations do not result in a violation point count.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in those
provisions governing the allocation of point counts for specified
violations of the Vehicle Code.
   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 12810 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   12810.  In determining the violation point count, the following
shall apply:
   (a) A conviction of failure to stop in the event of an accident in
violation of Section 20001 or 20002 shall be given a value of two
points.
   (b) A conviction of a violation of Section 23152 or 23153 shall be
given a value of two points.
   (c) A conviction of reckless driving shall be given a value of two
points.
   (d) (1) A conviction of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section
191.5 or subdivision (c) of Section 192 of the Penal Code, or of
Section 2800.2 or 2800.3, subdivision (b) of Section 21651,
subdivision (b) of Section 22348, subdivision (a) or (c) of Section
23109, Section 23109.1, or Section 31602 of this code, shall be given
a value of two points.
   (2) A conviction of a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) of
Section 23140 shall be given a value of two points.
   (e) A conviction of a violation of Section 14601, 14601.1,
14601.2, 14601.3, or 14601.5 shall be given a value of two points.
   (f) Except as provided in subdivision (i), any other traffic
conviction  involving   that involves  the
safe operation of a motor vehicle upon the highway shall be given a
value of one point.
   (g) A traffic accident in which the operator is deemed by the
department to be responsible shall be given a value of one point.
   (h) A conviction of a violation of Section 27360 or 27360.5 shall
be given a value of one point.
   (i) (1) A violation of paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of
subdivision (b) of Section 40001 shall not result in a violation
point count being given to the driver if the driver is not the owner
of the vehicle.
   (2) A conviction of a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of
subdivision (b) of Section 12814.6, subdivision (a) of Section 21116,
Section 21207.5, 21708, 21710, 21716, 23120, 24800, or 26707 shall
not be given a violation point count.
   (3) A violation of subdivision (d) of Section 21712 shall not
result in a violation point count.
   (4) A violation of Section 23136 shall not result in a violation
point count.
   (5) A violation of Section 38301, 38301.3, 38301.5, 38304.1, or
38504.1 shall not result in a violation point count.
   (j) A conviction for only one violation arising from one occasion
of arrest or citation shall be counted in determining the violation
point count for the purposes of this section.