BILL NUMBER: AB 909	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 14, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 27, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend  Section 21453   Sections
21453 and 42001.15  of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 909, as amended, Hill. Vehicles: right turn violations.
   Existing law requires a driver facing a steady circular red signal
alone to stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before entering
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then
before entering the intersection, and to remain stopped until an
indication to proceed is shown, except as specified.  A violation
of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of $100.
 
   This bill would instead require that a violation of this provision
for a right turn violation is punishable by a fine of $35. 

   Existing law also authorizes, except when a sign is in place
prohibiting a turn, a driver, facing a steady circular red signal who
has stopped as required pursuant to the above provisions, to turn
right or turn left from a one-way street onto a one-way street
provided the driver yields the right-of-way, as specified. 

   This bill would revise these provisions to allow a driver to turn
right or turn left, as specified above, without having to stop at a
marked limit line, or if none, before entering the crosswalk on the
near side of the intersection, or, if none, then before entering the
intersection and without an indication to proceed having to be shown.

   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 21453 of the   Vehicle
Code   is amended to read: 
   21453.  (a)  (1)    A driver facing a steady
circular red signal alone shall stop at a marked limit line, but if
none,  before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
intersection or, if none,  then before entering the
intersection, and shall remain stopped until an indication to proceed
is shown, except as provided in subdivision (b). 
   (2) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop
at a marked limit line, but if none, then before entering the
crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, and shall remain
stopped until an indication to proceed is shown, except as provided
in subdivision (b). 
   (b) (1)    Except when a sign is in place
prohibiting a turn, a driver, after stopping as required by
subdivision (a), facing a steady circular red signal, may 
turn right, or turn left   do either of the following:
 
   (A) Turn right. 
    (B)     Turn left  from a one-way
street onto a one-way street.  A 
    (2)     A  driver making  that
  the  turn  in subparagraph (A) or (B) 
shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an
adjacent crosswalk and to any vehicle that has approached or is
approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard to the
driver, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to that vehicle
until the driver can proceed with reasonable safety.
   (c) A driver facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the
intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another
signal, shall stop at a clearly marked limit line, but if none,
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain
stopped until an indication permitting movement is shown.
   (d) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as
provided in Section 21456, a pedestrian facing a steady circular red
or red arrow signal shall not enter the roadway.
   SEC. 2.    Section 42001.15 of the   Vehicle
Code   is amended to read: 
   42001.15.   (a)    Every person convicted of an
infraction for a violation of  paragraph (1) of  subdivision
(a) or  subdivision  (c) of Section 21453, subdivision (c)
of Section 21454, or subdivision (a) of Section 21457 shall be
punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100). 
   (b) Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21453 for right turn
violations shall be punished by a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35).
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 21453 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
   21453.  (a) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone
shall stop at an intersection or at a marked limit line before
proceeding through the intersection, and shall remain stopped until
an indication to proceed is shown.
   (b) Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn, a driver,
facing a steady circular red signal, may turn right, or turn left
from a one-way street onto a one-way street. A driver making that
turn shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an
adjacent crosswalk and to any vehicle that has approached or is
approaching so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard to the
driver, and shall continue to yield the right-of-way to that vehicle
until the driver can proceed with reasonable safety.
   (c) A driver facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the
intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another
signal, shall stop at a clearly marked limit line, but if none,
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain
stopped until an indication permitting movement is shown.
   (d) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as
provided in Section 21456, a pedestrian facing a steady circular red
or red arrow signal shall not enter the roadway.