BILL NUMBER: AB 1550	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Arambula
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Villines   ) 
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Florez
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1550, as amended, 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
, and provides that the expense incurred in the performance of those
duties shall be a proper county charge  .
    This bill would instead specifically grant this authority to the
 Board   Boards  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
Boards of Supervisors in the Counties of Los Angeles and Fresno may
authorize the sheriff  to have concurrent jurisdiction  to
enforce the provisions of the Vehicle Code in the unincorporated area
of the county, but only upon county highways. The expense incurred
by the sheriff in the performance of 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   highways in the unincorporated
areas of Fresno County and Los Angeles County, based on high
population or high county highway mileage,  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.