AB 1532, as amended, Gatto. Vehicle: accidents.
Existing law requires a driver involved in an accident resulting only in damage to property to, among other things, immediately stop the vehicle at the nearest location that will not impede traffic or otherwise jeopardize the safety of other motorists. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.
This bill would provide that a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident where a person is struck but not injured, shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and provide specified information including, but not limited to, his or her name and current residence address. A violation of these provisions would be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both, and the Department of Motor Vehicles would be required to immediately suspend the driver’s license of a convicted driver for 6 months.
Because these changes would have the effect of expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local programbegin insert.end insert
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Sectionbegin delete 20002.5end deletebegin insert 20005end insert is added to the Vehicle
2Code, to read:
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident
5where a person is struck but not injured shall immediately stop the
6vehicle at the scene of the accident, and shall also give his or her
7name, current residence address, the names and current residence
8addresses of any occupant of the driver’s vehicle injured in the
9accident, the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving,
10and the name and current residence address of the owner to the
11person struck and the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided
12with, and shall give the information to any
traffic or police officer
13at the scene of the accident.
14(b) A driver or injured occupant of a driver’s vehicle subject to
15the provisions of subdivision (a) shall also, upon being requested,
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exhibit his or her driver’s license, if available, or, in the case of
17an injured occupant, any other available identification, to the person
18struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and
19to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident.
20(c) A person failing to comply with all the requirements of this
21section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
22shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding
23six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars
24($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
25(d) In addition to the punishment in subdivision (c), the
26Department of Motor Vehicles shall immediately suspend the
27driver’s license of the convicted driver for six
months.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
2Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
3the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
4district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
5infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
6for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
7the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
8the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
9Constitution.
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