BILL NUMBER: AB 168	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gorell, Galgiani, and Nielsen
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Bill Berryhill,   Conway, 
 Donnelly,   Fletcher,   Garrick,  
Grove,   Hagman,   Halderman,   Mansoor,
  Miller,   Nestande,   Olsen,  
Silva,   Smyth,   and Valadao   ) 

                        JANUARY 20, 2011

   An act  to  relating to public safety, and making
an appropriation therefor , to take effect immediately, bill
related to the budget  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 168, as amended, 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. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a
bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill. 

   Vote:  2/3   majority  . Appropriation:
yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.   For   In addition to any amounts
in the Budget Act of 2011, 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.
   SEC. 2.    This act is a bill providing for
appropriations related to the Budget Bill within the meaning of
subdivision (e) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution, has been identified as related to the budget in the
Budget Bill, and shall take effect immediately.