BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 463
Author: Huffman (D)
Amended: 5/24/07 in Senate
Vote: 21
SEN. TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/12/07
AYES: Lowenthal, McClintock, Ashburn, Cedillo, Corbett,
Dutton, Harman, Kehoe, Simitian, Torlakson, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 59-15, 5/3/07 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Parking of vehicles with lifts, ramps, or
assistive equipment
SOURCE : Californians for Disability Rights
DIGEST : This bill allows a vehicle equipped with a lift,
ramp, or assistive equipment used to load a disabled person
to park across two stalls on a street or in a private
off-street parking facility when no suitability-sized
parking space is available.
ANALYSIS : Existing law provides that a vehicle equipped
with a side-loading lift or ramp used to load a disabled
person may park across two stalls in a public off-street
parking facility when loading or unloading disabled persons
if there is no suitable single parking space immediately
available.
This bill applies these provisions to on-street and private
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off-street parking facilities and makes some additional
changes. Specifically, the bill:
1.Expands the law to cover vehicles with any types of
lifts, ramps, or assistive equipment used to load a
disabled person, as opposed to only side-loading lifts or
ramps.
2.Requires the vehicle to be identified by a disabled
license plate or parking placard.
3.Allows a vehicle equipped with such equipment to park
across two stalls on a street or in a private off-street
parking facility when no suitably-sized parking space is
available.
4.Clarifies that the vehicle may remain parked across two
stalls for the duration of the stay if the equipment has
been or will be used for loading or unloading a disabled
person.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/14/07)
Californians for Disability Rights (source)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
there are currently two types of parking spaces reserved
specifically for persons with disabilities: regular and
van-accessible. Van-accessible parking spots may, and
often are, occupied by standard automobiles displaying a
disabled placard or license plate. In public parking lots,
disabled drivers of vans may occupy two adjacent stalls if
the van-accessible stalls are full. In private parking
lots (e.g., grocery store and movie theater parking lots),
however, disabled drivers of vans cannot legally occupy two
adjacent stalls. Without the additional room to use the
lift, a driver who uses a lift cannot exit his or her
vehicle.
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This bill extends the law to streets and private off-street
parking facilities, thereby allowing vehicles with lifts
and ramps to occupy adjacent parking places when
van-accessible spaces are taken. This bill creates a
consistent state policy and ensures that disabled drivers
who use such loading equipment can enter and exit their
vehicle without fear of a ticket.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aghazarian, Bass, Beall, Benoit, Berg, Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Brownley, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeSaulnier,
Dymally, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Galgiani, Garcia,
Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez, Horton, Houston, Huffman,
Jones, Karnette, Krekorian, La Malfa, Laird, Leno,
Levine, Lieber, Lieu, Ma, Mendoza, Mullin, Nakanishi,
Nava, Parra, Plescia, Portantino, Price, Richardson,
Salas, Saldana, Silva, Solorio, Strickland, Swanson,
Torrico, Tran, Wolk, Nunez
NOES: Adams, Anderson, DeVore, Duvall, Fuller, Gaines,
Garrick, Huff, Jeffries, Keene, Maze, Niello, Smyth,
Villines, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Arambula, Sharon Runner, Ruskin, Soto,
Spitzer, Vacancy
JJA:do 6/14/07 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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