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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 22349 of the Vehicle Code, relating to speed laws. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law generally prohibits a person from driving a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour. Existing law prohibits a person driving a vehicle upon a 2-lane, undivided highway at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless a higher speed has been posted by the Department of Transportation.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 22349 of the
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(a)
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Except as provided in Section 22356, a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a two-lane, undivided highway at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless that highway, or
portion thereof, has been posted for a higher speed by the Department of Transportation or appropriate local agency upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. For purposes of this subdivision, the following apply:
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(1)
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A two-lane, undivided highway is a highway with not more than one through lane of travel in each direction.
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(2)
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A passing lane shall not be considered when determining the number of through lanes.
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(c)
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It is the intent of the Legislature that there be reasonable
signage on affected two-lane, undivided highways described in subdivision (b) in continuing the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit, including placing signs at county boundaries to the extent possible, and at other appropriate locations.
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