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<DIV><FONT size=3 face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG>ABATE local 6 members. These 2 bills are pending. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal align=center><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>ASSEMBLY BILL 695<SPAN> </SPAN>(Author, Norby)</FONT></SPAN> </STRONG>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>AB 695 modifies the current helmet law to allow </STRONG></FONT></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>riders the right to choose whether to wear a helmet </STRONG></FONT></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>or not if they are over 18 and have either </STRONG></FONT></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>1.) <SPAN> </SPAN>completed a motorcycle training program (that </STRONG></FONT></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma>complies with section 2932) or<SPAN> </SPAN>2.)<SPAN> </SPAN>Have been issued </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma>a class M1 license or endorsement, or a comparable </FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>license from another jurisdiction,</STRONG> for two <STRONG>years or </STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><FONT size=3>more.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>(This one should probably be voted on in the beginning of January. )</FONT></SPAN> </STRONG>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>AB 1047 (Author Jefferies) is a bill that supposedly will end up as a bill prohibiting "Motorcycle Only Checkpoints". Right at the moment, it does not contain any wording to that effect. Supposedly the bill will first be heard in the Assembly on January 9th, and according to our Lobbyist and Assemblyman Jefferies office, supposedly the wording shown below, or something like it will be added to the Bill several days before the vote.</FONT></SPAN> </STRONG>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Assembly Bill 1047</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN> </STRONG>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>1. Will prohibit the use of any federal, state or other highway safety funds to be used for selective motorcycle enforcement violations, but instead, to be used for their intended purpose of motorcycle safety training and education and motorist awareness of motorcyclists. </SPAN> </STRONG>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>2. Will prohibit any law enforcement agency to have a motorcycle "safety" enforcement program that targets and profiles motorcyclists as a "group." This bill will prohibit motorcycle-only stops. </SPAN> </STRONG>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoNormal><SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>3. An additional requirement would be to have any state law enforcement department or agency that chooses to accept grant money from federal sources, California (OTS), cities or counties to use a portion of that money received to compile a certified monthly report, listing the number of motorcycles stopped and cited, and the number of other vehicles stopped, warned or cited to be submitted to the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committee for their assessment of the law enforcement </STRONG></SPAN>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=yiv350750243MsoBodyText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><STRONG>Craig DeLuz, Capitol Director </STRONG></SPAN>
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