California Assembly Bill AB1047 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1047AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jeffries FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to  amend Section 2933 of   add Section 2933.5 to  the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1047, as amended, Jeffries. Vehicles: motorcycle safety. Existing law establishes the motorcyclist safety program in the California Department of Highway Patrol, to be administered by the commissioner.  Existing law specifies that the commissioner is prohibited from directly managing or providing program services. Existing law requires program services financed under the law to be provided under contractual arrangements or grant funding.   Existing law authorizes the commissioner, through contracts with other public agencies or with private entities, to fund projects to enhance motorcycle operation or safety such as rider training programs, to sponsor and coordinate efforts to increase motorists' awareness of motorcyclists, to sponsor research on communicating motorcyclist safety to highway users, and to adopt standards relating to a novice motorcyclist   training program.  This bill would  make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that law   expressly prohibit a local law enforcement agency receiving grant money for a motorcyclist safety program from using that money for the implementation of motorcycle only checkpoints  . 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 2933.5 is added to the   Vehicle Code   , to read:   2933.5. A local law enforcement agency receiving grant money for a motorcycle safety program pursuant to this article shall not use the money for the implementation of motorcycle only checkpoints.   SECTION 1.   Section 2933 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 2933. The commissioner shall not directly manage or provide program services. A program service financed under this article shall be provided under contractual arrangements or grant funding. All public agencies assisting or providing program services under this article shall be fully reimbursed for their costs by the commissioner. The commissioner shall monitor and evaluate any contracts or grants executed pursuant to this article to ensure that the provisions of the contracts or grants are adhered to by the recipients.