V C Section 42005 Court Ordered Driving Instruction
Court-Ordered Driving Instruction
42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 driver’s license who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic violation to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.
(b) Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the court may not order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C driver’s license to complete a licensed traffic violator school, in lieu of adjudicating any traffic offense or order that a conviction of a traffic offense by a person holding a class A, class B, or commercial class C driver’s license be kept confidential.
(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7 or permit a person, regardless of the driver’s license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense if either of the following applies to the offense:
(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.
(2) Is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.
(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall provide to each person subject to that order or referral the department’s current list of licensed traffic violator schools.
(e) A person who willfully fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2011.
