Stone
Author
Existing law creates the Monterey-Salinas Transit District and the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District with various powers and duties relative to the operation of public transit in those counties. Existing law generally requires vehicles to be driven upon the right half of a roadway, defined to include only that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. Existing law generally prohibits the driver of a vehicle from overtaking and passing another vehicle by driving off the paved or main-traveled portion of the roadway. This bill would authorize the Monterey-Salinas Transit District and the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District to conduct a transit bus-only program using the shoulders of certain state highways as transit bus-only traffic corridors, subject to approval by the department and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. The highway segments to be used for the program would be jointly determined by the districts, the department, and the Department of the California Highway Patrol, as provided. The bill would thereby authorize the operation of transit buses on the shoulder of a segment of a state highway designated under the program within the areas served by the transit districts. The bill would require the districts to actively work with the department and the Department of the California Highway Patrol to develop guidelines that ensure driver and vehicle safety and the integrity of the infrastructure. The bill would require monitoring of the state of repair of the highway shoulders used in the program, and would require the districts to be responsible for all costs attributable to the program, including costs related to repairs attributable to the operation of transit buses on shoulders.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 426, Statutes of 2013.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2914.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2095.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1577.)
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB946 | HTML |
| 02/22/13 - Introduced | |
| 04/22/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/26/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/12/13 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/13 - Chaptered |
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