BILL NUMBER: AB 612	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section  28100   21455.7
 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 612, as amended, Nazarian.  Vehicle: pilot cars.
  Automated enforcement systems.  
   Existing law requires the minimum yellow light change interval at
an intersection at which there is an automated enforcement system in
operation to be established in accordance with the Traffic Manual of
the Department of Transportation. Existing law provides that the
minimum yellow light change intervals relating to designated approach
speeds provided in the manual are mandatory minimum yellow light
change intervals.  
   This bill, instead, would require the minimum yellow light change
interval for all movements at an intersection at which there is an
automated enforcement system in operation to be established at one
second beyond the yellow light change intervals relating to
designated approach speeds provided in the California Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or its successor. The bill would
provide that those minimum yellow light change intervals are
mandatory minimum yellow light change intervals, and that a citation
issued by a law enforcement agency shall be dismissed if the local
governmental agency or local authority has not established the yellow
light change intervals in compliance with the requirements of this
section.  
   Existing law requires a pilot car, which is a vehicle that escorts
oversized or special load vehicles, to display at least one red
warning flag on each side of the vehicle and requires the flags to be
a minimum of 16 inches square and visible from both the front and
rear of the vehicle.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in that
provision. 
   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 21455.7 of the  
Vehicle Code   is amended to read: 
   21455.7.  (a) At an intersection at which there is an automated
enforcement system in operation, the minimum yellow light change
interval  for all movements  shall be established 
in accordance with the Traffic Manual of the Department of
Transportation   at one second beyond the yellow light
change intervals relating to designated approach speeds provided in
the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices   ,
or its   successor  .
   (b)  For purposes of subdivision (a), the  
The minimum yellow light change intervals  relating to
designated approach speeds provided in the Traffic Manual of the
Department of Transportation  established pursuant to
subdivision (a)  are mandatory minimum yellow light  change
 intervals.  A citation issued by a law enforcement agency
shall be dismissed   if the local governmental agency or
local authority has not established the yellow light change intervals
in compliance with the requirements of this section. 
   (c) A yellow light change interval may exceed the minimum interval
established pursuant to subdivision (a). 
  SECTION 1.    Section 28100 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
   28100.  A pilot car shall display at least one red warning flag on
each side of the vehicle. The flags shall be a minimum of 16 inches
square, and shall be visible from both the front and rear of the
vehicle. The flags shall be removed or covered when the vehicle is
not operating as a pilot car.