California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB708 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/19/2019

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 708Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 19, 2019 An act to amend Sections 11205 and 42005 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic violator school. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 708, as introduced, Frazier. Traffic violator schools.Existing law provides for the licensing of traffic violator school owners, operators, and instructors by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law authorizes the court, after a deposit of bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, to order persons who hold a specified noncommercial drivers license, or certain persons who hold a specified commercial drivers license, to attend a licensed traffic violator school. Existing law requires the department to provide a list of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website. Existing law authorizes a person ordered to attend a traffic violator school to choose the traffic violator school the person will attend, and requires the court to provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools.This bill would instead require the department by June 1, 2020, to provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website, indicating the license status, modalities of instruction offered, and whether the license is valid. The bill would require the system to display only the schools name and license number with expiration date. The bill would prohibit the system from including a schools telephone number or URL address. The bill would require a court or traffic assistance program only to refer consumers to the system, commencing December 31, 2020, and would prohibit those entities from advertising or publishing any list of traffic violator schools. The bill would delete the requirement that the court provide a person ordered or referred to traffic violator school with the departments current list of licensed schools, and instead would authorize the court commencing June 1, 2020, to provide the person with a link to the license verification information system. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11205 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.SEC. 2. Section 42005 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 708Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 19, 2019 An act to amend Sections 11205 and 42005 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic violator school. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 708, as introduced, Frazier. Traffic violator schools.Existing law provides for the licensing of traffic violator school owners, operators, and instructors by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law authorizes the court, after a deposit of bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, to order persons who hold a specified noncommercial drivers license, or certain persons who hold a specified commercial drivers license, to attend a licensed traffic violator school. Existing law requires the department to provide a list of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website. Existing law authorizes a person ordered to attend a traffic violator school to choose the traffic violator school the person will attend, and requires the court to provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools.This bill would instead require the department by June 1, 2020, to provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website, indicating the license status, modalities of instruction offered, and whether the license is valid. The bill would require the system to display only the schools name and license number with expiration date. The bill would prohibit the system from including a schools telephone number or URL address. The bill would require a court or traffic assistance program only to refer consumers to the system, commencing December 31, 2020, and would prohibit those entities from advertising or publishing any list of traffic violator schools. The bill would delete the requirement that the court provide a person ordered or referred to traffic violator school with the departments current list of licensed schools, and instead would authorize the court commencing June 1, 2020, to provide the person with a link to the license verification information system. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 708

Introduced by Assembly Member FrazierFebruary 19, 2019

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier
February 19, 2019

 An act to amend Sections 11205 and 42005 of the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic violator school. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 708, as introduced, Frazier. Traffic violator schools.

Existing law provides for the licensing of traffic violator school owners, operators, and instructors by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law authorizes the court, after a deposit of bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, to order persons who hold a specified noncommercial drivers license, or certain persons who hold a specified commercial drivers license, to attend a licensed traffic violator school. Existing law requires the department to provide a list of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website. Existing law authorizes a person ordered to attend a traffic violator school to choose the traffic violator school the person will attend, and requires the court to provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools.This bill would instead require the department by June 1, 2020, to provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website, indicating the license status, modalities of instruction offered, and whether the license is valid. The bill would require the system to display only the schools name and license number with expiration date. The bill would prohibit the system from including a schools telephone number or URL address. The bill would require a court or traffic assistance program only to refer consumers to the system, commencing December 31, 2020, and would prohibit those entities from advertising or publishing any list of traffic violator schools. The bill would delete the requirement that the court provide a person ordered or referred to traffic violator school with the departments current list of licensed schools, and instead would authorize the court commencing June 1, 2020, to provide the person with a link to the license verification information system. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.

Existing law provides for the licensing of traffic violator school owners, operators, and instructors by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law authorizes the court, after a deposit of bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, to order persons who hold a specified noncommercial drivers license, or certain persons who hold a specified commercial drivers license, to attend a licensed traffic violator school. Existing law requires the department to provide a list of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website. Existing law authorizes a person ordered to attend a traffic violator school to choose the traffic violator school the person will attend, and requires the court to provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools.

This bill would instead require the department by June 1, 2020, to provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its internet website, indicating the license status, modalities of instruction offered, and whether the license is valid. The bill would require the system to display only the schools name and license number with expiration date. The bill would prohibit the system from including a schools telephone number or URL address. The bill would require a court or traffic assistance program only to refer consumers to the system, commencing December 31, 2020, and would prohibit those entities from advertising or publishing any list of traffic violator schools. The bill would delete the requirement that the court provide a person ordered or referred to traffic violator school with the departments current list of licensed schools, and instead would authorize the court commencing June 1, 2020, to provide the person with a link to the license verification information system. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.

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## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11205 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.SEC. 2. Section 42005 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 11205 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.

SECTION 1. Section 11205 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.

11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.

11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.



11205. (a) The department shall provide a list of By June 1, 2020, the department shall provide a license verification information system of licensed traffic violator schools on its Internet Web site. internet website. For each licensed school, the list verification system shall indicate the license status and modalities of instruction offered and specify the cities where classroom instruction is offered. The sequential listing of licensed schools shall be randomized daily. whether the license is valid. The system shall display only the school name and license number, with expiration date. The department shall not publish a schools telephone number or URL address.

(b)When a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) provides a hard copy list of licensed traffic violator schools to a traffic violator, the court or TAP shall provide only a current date-stamped list downloaded from the departments Internet Web site. The hard copy list shall be as current as practicable, but in no event shall a list be distributed with a date stamp that is more than 60 days old.



(b) As of December 31, 2020, a court or traffic assistance program (TAP) shall not advertise or publish any list of traffic violator schools and shall only refer consumers to the license information verification system on the departments internet website created under subdivision (a).

(c) The department shall, by April 1, 2012, develop a Web-based shall develop a web-based database that will enable the department, the courts, and traffic violator schools to monitor, report, and track participation and course completion. Traffic violator schools A traffic violator school shall update course information within three business days of class completion and provide to the courts class completion information to the courts on a daily basis.

(d)This section shall become operative on September 1, 2011.



SEC. 2. Section 42005 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.

SEC. 2. Section 42005 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

### SEC. 2.

42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.

42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.

42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.



42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 drivers license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.

(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C drivers license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.

(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the drivers license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense offense, if any of the following applies to the offense:

(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.

(2) Is It is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.

(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.

(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall As of June 1, 2020, the court may provide to each person subject to that order or referral the departments current list of licensed traffic violator schools. a link to the departments traffic violator school license information verification system established under subdivision (a) of Section 11205 to confirm the validity of a schools license.

(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.