BILL NUMBER: AB 2704 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 101 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 15, 2010 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 15, 2010 PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 28, 2010 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gaines FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2704, Gaines. Transportation: local government funds. Existing law requires state fuel excise tax revenues to be deposited in various accounts and to be allocated, in part, for various purposes, including the cost of collection and authorized refunds. Existing law requires the balance of these funds remaining after authorized deductions to be transferred to, and deposited monthly in, the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. Existing law provides for annual and monthly apportionment by the Controller of specified revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account to counties and cities for the transportation purposes authorized by Article XIX of the California Constitution. This bill would require funding to cities and counties for local snow removal from specified revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account to be maintained as in effect on January 1, 2010. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funding for local snow removal shall be maintained as provided under subdivision (b) of Section 2104 and subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 2107 of the Streets and Highways Code, as in effect on January 1, 2010.