BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: June 22, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Marty Block, Chair
SB 82 (Hancock) - As Amended: June 14, 2010
SENATE VOTE : Vote not relevant.
SUBJECT : Community colleges: parking and transportation fees.
SUMMARY : This bill increases the maximum amounts that
California Community College (CCC) district governing boards
(boards) are authorized to charge for parking and transportation
services. Specifically, this bill :
1)Increases the maximum amount that a board can charge students
and employees for parking services from $40 to $50 per
semester and from $20 to $25 per intersession and provides
that the fee shall only be required of those using the CCC
district's parking services.
2)Increases the maximum amount that a board can charge for
ridesharing and carpooling parking services from $30 to $35
per semester and from $10 to $15 per intersession.
3)Increases the maximum amount that a board can charge for
transportation services from $60 to $70 per semester and from
$30 to $35 per intersession.
4)Provides that a board may increase parking or transportation
services fees by up to the same percentage as the increase in
the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government
Purchases of Goods and Services published by the United States
Department of Commerce between January 1, 2011, and the
operative date of a proposed increase in the fee.
5)Deletes unnecessary and duplicative language regarding CCC
transportation services fees.
6)Continues requirements that a majority of a CCC district's
students and/or employees vote to support a transportation
services fee before a fee can be charged to any group of
students and/or faculty not using the service.
7)Deletes existing law that prohibits a CCC district from
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entering into a contract for transportation services until a
majority of students have voted to support the fee.
8)Deletes existing law that prohibits a CCC district from
entering into a transportation services contract for more than
10 years.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : This bill has been substantially amended in the
Assembly. The original contents of this bill have been deleted
and the current contents of this bill were not heard in the
Senate.
Background : AB 2812 (Higher Education Committee), Chapter 954,
Statutes of 1998, reorganized CCC parking fee provisions,
authorized all CCC governing boards to levy fees to fund parking
facility construction and transportation services, and
established the maximum fee amounts CCCs are authorized to
charge for parking and transportation services.
Purpose of this bill : According to the author, a number of CCC
districts are working to initiate and expand transit and parking
services for students and faculty. However, CCC districts are
bumping up against the fee ceilings set in current law. The
author believes the current fee ceilings, established over a
decade ago, create a disincentive for CCC districts to provide
discounted mass transit and increased parking opportunities for
students and faculty. This bill would address this problem by
increasing the maximum amount CCC districts are authorized to
charge for parking and transportation services.
Arguments in Support : Supporters argue that the parking and
transportation fee caps in current law have remained unchanged
for over 10 years, while costs for CCC districts to offer
parking and transportation services have increased significantly
over the years since the original limit was placed in statute.
Supporters believe that this change in law will allow CCC
districts to better cover costs associated with parking services
and public mass transit options for students, without having to
use general purpose funding that could better serve students in
the classroom.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
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Support
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
Butte-Glenn Community College District
California Transit Association
Community College League of California
Los Angeles Community College District
Monterey Salinas Transit
Mt. San Jacinto Community College District
Peralta Community College District
Rio Hondo Community College District
West Kern Community College District
Opposition
None on File
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960