BILL ANALYSIS SB 1318 Page 1 Date of Hearing: June 14, 2010 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair SB 1318 (Committee on Transportation and Housing) - As Amended: June 3, 2010 SENATE VOTE : 30-0 SUBJECT : Committee omnibus bill SUMMARY : Enacts numerous technical cleanup provisions to transportation-related statutes. Specifically, this bill : 1)Repeals an outdated statute related to a report to the Legislature. 2)Clarifies that only the last four digits of an employee's social security number should be listed in a contractor's payroll records. 3)Deletes an outdated cross reference in the Public Utilities Code. 4)Clarifies attendance requirement for Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District board members. 5)Updates statutory references to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 6)Repeals the requirement for San Diego Association of Governments to submit biennial reports to the Legislature. 7)Clarifies that the Imperial County Transportation Commission may use up to 3% of its revenues for planning and programming responsibilities. 8)Updates the statutory descriptions of State Routes 1, 2, 19, 39, 58, 66, 71, 72, 74, 79, 83, 84, 111, 144, 151, 160, 164, 170, 260, and 275. 9)Provides a statutory definition for the term "utility trailer." 10) Corrects a spelling error and an incorrect code reference SB 1318 Page 2 in a statute dealing with pull notices. 11) Clarifies who may issue an out-of-service order and what such an order means. 12) Requires license plates to be mounted parallel to the ground so that their characters are upright and display from left to right. 13) Updates the description of radioactive materials whose transport requires specialized training. 14) Clarifies the statute that governs passing on the right. 15) Allows disabled parking placards to be mounted on a clip installed by the vehicle manufacturer on the driver's side of the front window. 16) Clarifies the statute that governs the visibility of airbrake gauges. 17) Prohibits the sale of vehicle lighting equipment that does not meet existing statutory standards for testing. 18) Updates references to the Code of Federal Regulations in regard to vehicles transported on slide back carriers or conventional trailers. 19) Corrects the regulatory citation that references Mexican motor carriers that are part of a federal demonstration project. 20) Clarifies the means by which a local street or road is defined for the purpose of implementing the speed trap law. 21) Corrects statutory references to the Alameda County Transportation Commission, the Yolo County Transportation District, and the San Mateo County Transit District in regard to transportation grants and projects. EXISTING LAW : Contains several statutory provisions that are incorrectly drafted, unclear, or in conflict with federal law. FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill was withdrawn from the Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. SB 1318 Page 3 COMMENTS : The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee is authoring this bill as a means of combining multiple, non-controversial changes to statutes into one bill, so that the Legislature can make minor amendments in a cost-effective manner. Consistent with the committee policy on committee omnibus bills, there is no known opposition to any item in the bill, and if concerns arise that cannot be resolved, the provision of concern will be deleted from this bill. REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION : Support None on file Opposition None on file Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093