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....ridelra .nd MX. . to give the pltdHind ..... tedlollque • 11'\'. on Sept. 14. the CRC s.n SUldlum ~llfIera return to d....ck. teen months after it was first traduced. Motorcycl~ education bill 468, by Senator Ralph Dills of Los geles County, was carried through Assembly by Bob Haya of San ndo Vall~. Other Alaemblymm hoR Dames au on th~ bill and who · ed Dil1s and Haya in this aahing victory an Alaemblyman u~ Cbappi~ of Cool and blyman Bruce Young of tmo~. The bill will become law on . 1. 1981 only if Governor Brown gns it or if he ~rmiu it to bKom~ w without his signatuu. A concerted paign has been under way to I~ ~ Governor know how th~ torcycling community f~1s about ~ biD. Although there ar~ a numher ongoing programs now being ded or staned by grant money, this w will allow ,thOle programs to ntinu~ at dth~r adult high schools r community coll~ whm th~ grant oney runs out. S~cifically. at th~ usmt tim~. th~r~ ar~ no provisions of w providing for motorcycl~ or oped rider training. This bill would uthoriz~ th~ governing board of any hool district or community college . rict maintaining aduIt schools to blish motorcycl~ and moped rider aining classes. Th~ bill also ~iu y district off~ring such classes to II~ a ~al f~ from individuals lling in such a class. Th~ bill will at~ th~ MotorcycJ~ and Motorized icycl~ Training Fund in ~ Stat~ uasury which will be continuously ppropriated to th~ Department of ucation and th~ Chanc~llor's Offic~ f th~ California Community CoII~ r th~ following two purpOleS: to ~ allowances to ~ach district nducting such a program of an ount not to exc~ $50 for ~ch il instructed; and to promot~ and inct the establishm~Dt and ·ntenanc~ of cou~ of instruction motorcycl~ and moped rid~r airiing. Th~ bill appropriates 1% of ~ Driv~r Training P~nalty m~nt Fund annually. Th~ oney is to be transf~rred to the otorcycl~ and Motorized Bicycl~ raining Fund. Funh~r. th~ bill uires th~ coll~on by th~ anmmt of Motor V~hicles of an d4itional $1.00 ugistration f~ upon annual registration of a motorI~. This $1.00 f~ also goes into th~ orcycl~ fund to suppon th~ am. Th~ CMDA and MIC au major sponson of ~ bill. Fiv~ ars ago Cbarles Hanman. Presid~nt the Motorcycl~ Safety Foundation. Alan Isley, President of th otorcyd~ Industry Council, m~ with y Wdtzman of th~ CMDA to plan biD. It mad~ it all th~ way through 1978 but lost out to th~ clod whm Alaembly adjourned for th~ y~ar t hearing a number of bills... Motorcycle Education Bill was 0 _ them. If the Governor signs it, · ornia will be on~ of the f~ states have an official Stat~ sponsored rogram of this ~. All ridBa, alers, manufaetuun. after·mark~ . ibuton. and an1O_ ~Ise teTested in motorcyck safety au to writ~ or wiu the Governor · g him to sign SB 468 Dills. tBa and wires should b~ addressed th~ Honorabl~ Edmund G. Brown. .• Governor. Stat~ of California. tat~ Capitol. Sacramento. California 5814. [)ept. of Correction.: Cory Cantiloupl called up to say that he won o 00 0') POWERJET LECTRON MN:f'IlOat\ "fa "'1!lo~ • Catlfomtll-. ~74 LEc-rRON 1100 S........, .• '" (CuntimJed to page j2) ~ Tr~, :UEL SYSTtMS, INC MICn.g.n . . . equipped GENE WOODS wins U.S. OPEN SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP Owego,NY Aug. 16/17 3