BILL NUMBER: AB 168	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gorell, Galgiani, and Nielsen

                        JANUARY 20, 2011

   An act to relating to public safety, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 168, as introduced, Gorell. Local Safety and Protection
Account: appropriation.
   The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property
tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee for any vehicle
subject to registration in this state in the amount of 1% of the
market value of that vehicle, as provided, for a specified amount of
time. Existing law, operative until June 30, 2011, also imposes an
additional tax to the vehicle license fee equal to 0.15% of the
market value of specified vehicles, as determined by the Department
of Motor Vehicles, to be deposited in the General Fund and
transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account, a
continuously appropriated fund.
   This bill would appropriate $506,400,000 from the General Fund to
be deposited in the Local Safety and Protection Account, as
specified.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  For the 2011-12 fiscal year, the sum of five hundred
six million four hundred thousand dollars ($506,400,000) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to be deposited in the Local
Safety and Protection Account established in the Transportation Tax
Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all
moneys in the account are hereby continuously appropriated, without
regard to fiscal year, to the Controller for allocation pursuant to
Sections 29553, 30061, and 30070 of the Government Code, Section
13821 of the Penal Code, and Sections 18220 and 18220.1 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.