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AB-2337 Driver’s licenses: suspension and revocation.(2013-2014)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 13350 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

13350.
 (a) The department immediately  shall revoke the privilege of a person  immediately revoke a person’s privilege  to drive a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a court showing that the person has been convicted of any of the following crimes or offenses:
(1) Failure  Except as provided in Section 13350.1, failure  of the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to a person to stop or otherwise  to  comply with Section 20001.
(2) A felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used, except as provided in Section 13351, 13352, or 13357.
(3) Reckless driving causing bodily injury.
(b) If a person is convicted of a violation of Section 23152 punishable under Section 23546, 23550, or 23550.5, or a violation of Section 23153 punishable under Section 23550.5 or 23566, including a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 191.5 of the Penal Code as provided in Section 193.7 of that code, the court shall, at the time of surrender of the driver’s license or temporary permit, require the defendant to sign an affidavit in a form provided by the department acknowledging his or her understanding of the revocation required by paragraph (5), (6), or (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 13352, and an acknowledgment of his or her designation as a habitual traffic offender. A copy of this affidavit shall be transmitted, with the license or temporary permit, to the department within the prescribed 10 days.
(c) The department shall not reinstate the privilege revoked under subdivision (a) until the occurrence of both of the following:
(1) The expiration of one year after the date of revocation.
(c) (2)  The department shall not reinstate the privilege revoked under subdivision (a) until the expiration of one year after the date of revocation and until the  person whose privilege was revoked gives proof of financial responsibility as defined in Section 16430.

SEC. 2.

 Section 13350.1 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

13350.1.
 (a) The department shall immediately revoke a person’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record of a court showing that the person has been convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 20001 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 20001.
(b) The department shall not reinstate the privilege revoked under subdivision (a) until the occurrence of both of the following:
(1) The expiration of two years after the date of revocation.
(2) The person whose privilege was revoked gives proof of financial responsibility as defined in Section 16430.