Bill Text: CA AB841 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 841 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Motorcyclist safety training programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB841 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB841-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 841	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 2932 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
motorcycle safety.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 841, as introduced, Jones. Motorcyclist safety training
programs.
   Existing law authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway
Patrol, through contracts with other public agencies or with private
entities, to provide financial or other support to projects aimed at
enhancing motorcycle operation or safety. Existing law requires all
administrative costs of a premier motorcyclist safety training
program to be paid for by the provider.
   This bill would specify that those administrative costs would
include the cost of owning and maintaining motorcycles. The bill
would also make various technical, nonsubstantive changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2932 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   2932.  The  commissioner may,   commissioner,
 through contracts with other public agencies or with private
entities,  may  do all of the following:
   (a) Provide financial or other support to projects aimed at
enhancing motorcycle operation and safety, including, but not limited
to, motorcyclist safety training programs. The motorcyclist safety
training programs shall comply with criteria  which 
 that  the commissioner, in consultation with other state
agencies and national motorcycle safety organizations, may adopt to
provide validated motorcyclist safety training programs in the state.

   (b) Sponsor and coordinate efforts aimed at increasing motorists'
awareness of motorcyclists.
   (c) Sponsor research into effective communication techniques to
reach all highway users on matters of motorcyclist safety.
   (d) Establish an advisory committee of persons from other state
and local agencies with an interest in motorcycle  safety;
  safety,  persons from the motorcycle 
industry;   industry,  motorcycle safety 
organizations;   organizations,  motorcycle
enthusiast  organizations;   organizations,
 and others with an interest in motorcycle safety, to assist in
the establishment of a comprehensive program of motorcycle safety.
   (e) Adopt standards for course content, contact hours, curriculum,
instructor training and testing, and instructional quality control,
and setting forth a maximum amount for course fees for the novice
rider training course  as  specified in subdivisions (g) and
(i) of Section 12804.9.
   (f) (1) Adopt standards for course content, contact hours,
curriculum, instructor training and testing, and instructional
quality control, for a premier motorcyclist safety training program.
Motorcycle safety training courses offered under a premier
motorcyclist safety training program shall meet all of the following
requirements:
   (A) Provide a core curriculum approved for the novice rider
training course specified in subdivision (e).
   (B) Additional course requirements established by the
commissioner.
   (2) On and after January 1, 2008, the commissioner shall not
impose a maximum amount for course fees for courses provided under
the premier motorcyclist safety training program.
   (3) All administrative costs of a premier motorcyclist safety
training program  , including the cost of owning and maintaining
motorcycles,  shall be paid for by the provider, and none of the
costs shall be paid for by the state.