California Assembly Bill AB2729 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2729AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ammiano  (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member   Ma   )  FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to  amend Section 23100 of   add Section 21455.8 to  the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2729, as amended, Ammiano. Vehicles:  rules of the road: driving offenses.   automated traffic enforcement system: City and County of San Francisco.   Existing law authorizes the limit line, intersection, or other places where a driver is required to stop to be equipped with an automated traffic enforcement system if the system meets certain requirements. Existing law authorizes a governmental agency to contract out the operation of the system under certain circumstances, except for specified activities.   This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to utilize an automated traffic enforcement system to enforce a specified traffic offense from Market Street onto the Central Freeway located at the intersection of Market Street and Octavia Boulevard if the system meets the above-stated requirements.   This bill would state the findings and declarations of the Legislature concerning the need for special legislation.   Existing law establishes various driving offenses that apply to vehicles upon the highways and elsewhere throughout the state, unless expressly provided otherwise.   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that law.  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 21455.8 is added to the   Vehicle Code   , to read:   21455.8. The City and County of San Francisco may utilize an automated traffic enforcement system to enforce a violation of subdivision (d) of Section 22101, from Market Street onto the Central Freeway located at the intersection of Market Street and Octavia Boulevard, if the system meets the requirements of Section 21455.5.   SEC. 2.   Due to the unique circumstances concerning traffic enforcement in the City and County of San Francisco, the Legislature finds and declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution. Therefore, this special statute is necessary and applicable only to the City and County of San Francisco.   SECTION 1.   Section 23100 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 23100. This chapter applies to vehicles upon the highways and elsewhere throughout the state unless expressly provided otherwise.