BILL ANALYSIS AB 2567 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 2567 (Bradford) As Amended August 20, 2010 Majority vote ----------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: |49-24|(April 22, |SENATE: |21-16|(August 30, | | | |2010) | | |2010) | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Original Committee Reference: TRANS. SUMMARY : Authorizes local public agencies to use automated parking enforcement systems for street sweeping-related violations. The Senate amendments : 1)Add legislative intent that citations issued under authority provided for in this bill be only for violations captured during designated street-sweeping hours, that citations not be issued for cars parked after the street has already been swept , and that the bill's provisions should provide a statewide standard to govern the use of automated parking enforcement for street sweeping. 2)Require photographic equipment to record on a photograph the date and time a violation is captured. 3)Strike proposed provisions that allow a parking violation to be canceled within 21 days if doing so would be in the best interest of justice; instead, require the public agency to allow a person to contest a citation. 4)Require local agency to report also to the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee and expand the elements to be reported on. 5)Require the destruction, by the close of the next business day, of any information captured in error. 6)Make other, related minor adjustments to provisions governing the storage of data. EXISTING LAW authorizes the: AB 2567 Page 2 1)City and County of San Francisco, until January 1, 2012, to issue citations based on photo-evidence of parking violations in transit-only lanes. 2)Use of automated enforcement systems at rail or rail transit signals and crossing gates. 3)Use of automated enforcement systems at intersections to detect red light violations. FISCAL EFFECT : None identified AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY this bill was substantially similar to the version passed by the Senate. COMMENTS : According to the author, the intent of this bill is "to reduce the amount of dirt, oil, and debris being washed into the storm drains, thereby having a positive environmental impact." The California Public Parking Association, sponsor of this bill, suggests that by allowing automated parking enforcement systems to be placed on street sweepers, this bill will effectively complement the work of existing parking enforcement personnel and help allocate scarce resources. Currently, Chicago and the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) use the automated street sweeper system, which uses photo-light sensing, character recognition, and global positioning system technology to spot parking violators. In California, use of similar automated enforcement technology is authorized for red light violations by a governmental agency. Last session, usage of this technology was also authorized on a pilot project basis for the City and County of San Francisco (San Francisco) to issue citations based on photo-evidence of transit-only-lane parking violations. The authority granted to San Francisco was provided for in AB 101 (Ma), Chapter 377, Statutes of 2008. Provisions of this bill are similar to those in AB 101 and identical to last year's AB 1336 (Eng) that passed the Legislature but was vetoed by the Governor. In his veto message, the Governor wrote, "This bill could present a AB 2567 Page 3 significant risk of violating an individual's privacy unrelated to the enforcement of law. It may also lead to the unwarranted proliferation of camera enforcement in many other arenas." Interestingly, subsequent to the Governor's veto of AB 1336 for these reasons, the Governor introduced his budget proposal which calls for the deployment of a massive statewide speed camera program to generate nearly $400 million in net profit to state and local government. As proposed, the camera program is expected to print over two million citations each year. Previous legislation: Last year's AB 1336 (Eng) was identical to this bill. AB 101 (Ma), Chapter 377, Statutes of 2008, authorized the City and County of San Francisco to issue citations based on photo-evidence of transit-only-lane parking violations. SB 1136 (Kopp), Chapter 54, Statutes of 1998, extended indefinitely provisions that allow the use of automated enforcement systems at official traffic control signals. SB 833 (Kopp), Chapter 922, Statutes of 1995, originally authorized, for a limited time, the use of automated photo enforcement for all places where a driver is required to respond to an official traffic control signal (i.e., red light cameras). Analysis Prepared by : Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0006621