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2015 California Code
Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 1 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws
ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Traffic Laws
Section 21070.

CA Veh Code § 21070 through (2015) Leg Sess What's This?

21070. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a driver who violates any provision of this division, that is punishable as an infraction, and as a result of that violation proximately causes bodily injury or great bodily injury, as defined in Section 12022.7 of the Penal Code, to another person is guilty of the public offense of unsafe operation of a motor vehicle with bodily injury or great bodily injury. That violation is punishable as an infraction pursuant to Section 42001.19.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 898, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)

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