BILL NUMBER: AB 138	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Lieu)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member DeVore)

                        JANUARY 16, 2007

   An act to add Section 22511.3 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 138, as amended, Bass. Vehicles: veterans: parking.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the issuance of special license plates
by the Department of Motor Vehicles for certain qualified veterans
for their vehicles.
   This bill would authorize veterans displaying those special
license plates on their vehicles to park, without charge, in a state
or local authority parking facility, a parking space in a time
restricted zone of one hour or more, or a metered parking space, as
specified. The bill would impose a new duty on a local agency by
requiring the local agency to provide a program for implementation of
these requirements, thereby creating a state-mandated local program.

   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22511.3 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   22511.3.  (a) A veteran displaying special license plates issued
under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 may park his
or her motor vehicle, weighing not more than 6,000 pounds gross
weight, without charge, in any of the following zones:
   (1) A parking space in a state or local authority parking
facility, except as follows:
   (A) A parking space that is specifically designated by a number,
marking, name, or title for a particular person, particular
permittee, or indicating assignment to a state or local government
employee.
   (B) A parking space that, under the law, is reserved for a
particular type of vehicle.
   (2) A parking space in a time restricted zone of one hour or more.

   (3) A metered parking space.
   (b) Nothing in this section restricts the rights of a person
displaying either a special identification license plate issued
pursuant to Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant
to Section 22511.55 or 22511.59.
   (c) (1) This section does not exempt a vehicle displaying special
license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6,
or 5101.8 from compliance with any other state law or ordinance,
including, but not limited to, vehicle height restrictions, zones
that prohibit stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles, parking
time limitations, street sweeping, restrictions of the parking space
to a particular type of vehicle, or the parking of a vehicle that is
involved in the operation of a street vending business.
   (2) This section does not authorize a vehicle displaying special
license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6,
or 5101.8 to park in a state parking facility that is designated only
for state employees.
   (3) This section does not authorize a vehicle displaying special
license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6,
or 5101.8 to park during time periods other than the normal business
hours of, or the maximum time allotted by, a state or local authority
parking facility. 
   (4) This section does not require the state or a local authority
to designate specific parking spaces for vehicles displaying special
license plates issued under Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6,
or 5101.8. 
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.