California Assembly Bill AB2729 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2729AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ammiano (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ma) FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to  add Section 21455.8 to   add and repeal Section 21455.8 of  the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2729, as amended, Ammiano. Vehicles: 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.  The bill would require the City and County of San Francisco to report to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing and the Assembly Committee on Transportation prior to January 1, 2014, on the safety and traffic flow impacts that may have resulted if the above provisions are implemented.  This bill would state the findings and declarations of the Legislature concerning the need for special legislation  and would require that these provisions remain in effect only until January 1, 2014  . 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.  (a)    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.  (b) If the City and County of San Francisco implements subdivision (a), it shall report to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing and the Assembly Committee on Transportation prior to January 1, 2014, on the safety and traffic flow impacts that have resulted from the use of an automated traffic enforcement system authorized pursuant to subdivision (a).   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.  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.