BILL NUMBER: AB 1550	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Arambula

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Section 26613 of the Government Code, relating to
traffic enforcement.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1550, as introduced, Arambula.   Unincorporated areas: vehicle
law enforcement.
   Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county
having a population in excess of 3,000,000 persons to authorize the
county sheriff, rather than the California Highway Patrol, to enforce
the provisions of the Vehicle Code in the unincorporated area of the
county, but only upon county highways.
    This bill would instead specifically grant this authority to the
Board of Supervisors of Fresno County and Los Angeles County.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 26613 of the  Government Code  is amended to
read:
   26613.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29601  ,
 the   board   Boards  of 
supervisors   Supervisors  in   a county
having a population in excess of 3,000,000   the
Counties of Los Angeles and Fresno  may authorize the sheriff to
enforce the provisions of the Vehicle Code in the unincorporated
area of   such   the  county  , 
but only upon county highways. The expense incurred by the sheriff in
the performance of   such   those  duties
shall be a proper county charge.The sheriff shall, on or before the
fifth day of each month, forward to the Department of the California
Highway Patrol copies of all accident reports made to the sheriff's
office and all accident reports of accidents investigated by the
sheriff's office.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that there are unique
circumstances with respect to enforcement of the Vehicle Code on
county roads in the unincorporated areas of Fresno County and Los
Angeles County that are not common to other counties. It is therefore
declared that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the Constitution, and that the
enactment of this act as a special law is necessary for the solution
of these problems in Fresno County and Los Angeles County.