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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
DATE: May 31, 1989 STq cSvir� GT
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 55 (Hansen)
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt aposition of SUPPORT forAB 55 by Assemblywoman Hansen which requires that motorcycle drivers under
the age of 21 successfully complete a training course in the operation of a motorcycle before obtaining a license to
operate such a vehicle.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law an individual under the age of 18 is prohibited from operating a 2-wheel motorcycle unless the
individual has completed a training program. Assemblywoman Hansen has introduced AB 55,which as amended
May 18,1989,prohibits an individual under the age of 21 from operating a motorcycle unless they have satisfactorily
completed a motorcycle safety training program. AB 55 would also add a new category of drivers license,effective
January 1, 1989,for individuals who wish to operate a motorcycle and would require that the driver obtain a specific
license to operate a motorcycle or an endorsement on the driver's existing vehicle license which would allow the
driver to operate a motorcycle. AB 55 would also allow the impoundment of a motorcycle if the driver does not
have the proper license or endorsement to operate a motorcycle.
AB 55 originally was a very controversial bill which required that motorcycle drivers under the age of 21 wear
helmets in order to operate a motorcycle. The bill has been amended several times since its original form and now
requires training for all motorcycle operators under the age of 21 as a condition of obtaining a license to operate a
motorcycle. The Health Services Department urges the Board of Supervisors to support AB 55 on the basis that it
may help to reduce the number of accidents involving motorcyclists since they would be required to have training
and if they could not produce the proper license their motorcycle could be impounded. This office concurs with
this recommendation that the Board of Supervisors support AB 55.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: NO SIGNATURE:
,a— Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s): -�e- -
Action of Board on. June 6, 1989 Approved as Recommended Other
Vote of Supervisors
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
V Unanimous(Absent ) CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
Ayes: Noes: ENTERED ON HE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
Absent: Abstain: OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED JUN 6 7989
Health Services Director PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD
Sheriff-Coroner SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Dr.Wendel Brunner,Public Health Director
Assemblywoman Hansen BY: Deputy Clerk
Les Spahnn,Jackson/Barish&Associates clvm:eh(ab55bo)