Monday, July 16, 2012

CALIFORNIA - AB 1047 - Jeffries - STOP Motorcycle Only Checkpoints

OFF THE WIRE
Great news … AB 1047 – Motorcycle Only Checkpoints Outlawed was signed by Governor Brown..
from Craig DeLaCuz Jefferies Chief of Staff,  he confirmed that Governor Brown has signed AB 1047 Jefferies OUR ABATE SPONSORED  BILL INTO LAW  OUTLAWING MOTORCYCLE CHECKPOINTS BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ADGENCY IN CALIFORNIA!!!
We now become the 3rd State to outlaw MOTORCYCLE ONLY CHECKPOINTS!!!

 It took two years of hard work to get our bill through both Transportation Committees, the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees' passed by bot Houses and then returned to the Assembly for concurrence to a STRONGER amended bill.  final passage 77-0  Assembly vote!

Persistence pays off! See you all at the Leg/Pac/Board meeting in Hesperia next weekend!

Jim Lombardo