California Assembly Bill AB2099 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2099INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Miller FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to amend Section 1656.3 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2099, as introduced, Miller. Vehicles: driver's handbook. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to include within the California Driver's Handbook language regarding rail transit safety, abandonment or dumping of an animal on a highway, and the importance of respecting the right-of-way of others. This bill would require the handbook to also contain language referring drivers to the Web site http://www.journeysafe.com, at the earliest opportunity when the handbook is otherwise revised or reprinted. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Zach Raffety Memorial Act. SEC. 2. Section 1656.3 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 1656.3. (a) The department shall include within the California Driver's Handbook, as specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1656, language regarding each of the following: (1) Rail transit safety. (2) Abandonment or dumping of  any   an  animal on a highway. (3) The importance of respecting the right-of-way of others, particularly pedestrians, bicycle riders, and motorcycle riders.  (4) Referring drivers to the Web site http://www.journeysafe.com.  (b) In order to minimize costs, the language referred to in paragraphs (2)  and   ,  (3)  , and (4)  of subdivision (a) shall be initially included at the earliest opportunity when the handbook is otherwise revised or reprinted.