BILL NUMBER: AB 190	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 15, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        JANUARY 26, 2011

   An act to add Section 1463.29 to the Penal Code, relating to
fines.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 190, as amended, Wieckowski. Vehicle Code violation: additional
penalty: spinal cord injury research.
   Existing law requires that all fines and forfeitures imposed and
collected for crimes other than parking offenses resulting from a
filing in a court be deposited with the county treasurer, to be
distributed monthly, as required by law. Existing law authorizes the
University of California to establish a spinal cord injury research
fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private
funds for spinal cord injury research programs and grants.
   This bill would impose an additional penalty of $3 to be 
levied upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture  imposed
 and collected by any court on all offenses involving
  upon every conviction for  a violation of state
or local traffic laws, as specified, except for offenses relating to
parking. The bill would require the penalty to be deposited with the
county treasurer and distributed each month for transfer to the
spinal cord injury research fund created within the University of
California.  This   Th   e  
bill would also provide that, prior to the transfer of funds to the
spinal cord injury research fund, the county treasurer may withhold a
sufficient amount necessary to reimburse the county and the courts
for their actual, reasonable, and necessary costs associated with
administering these provisions.   If those amounts are
withheld, the bill would authorize the county to send an accounting
report detailing its costs to the Regen   ts of the
University of California. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1463.29 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   1463.29.  (a)   An   Subject to subdivision
(b), an  additional penalty in an amount equal to three dollars
($3) shall be  levied upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture
imposed and collected by any court on all offenses involving
  imposed upon every conviction for  a violation of
any provision of Division 11 (commencing with Section 21000) of the
Vehicle Code, or a violation of any local ordinance adopted pursuant
to the Vehicle Code, except offenses relating to parking as defined
in subdivision (i) of Section 1463.
   (b)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the  
The  additional penalty  imposed  pursuant to this
section shall  not   only  be imposed or
collected within a  city,  county  ,
 or city and county if  a city council or 
 the  county board of supervisors adopts an ordinance that
expressly provides that the additional penalty imposed pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall  not  be imposed for offenses
committed within the jurisdiction of that  city, 
county  ,  or city and county.
   (c) Penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this section shall
be deposited with the county treasurer and distributed each month in
accordance with Section 1463.001 for transfer to the spinal cord
injury research fund created within the University of California
pursuant to Section 104335 of the Health and Safety Code.  Prior
to the transfer of funds to the spinal cord injury research fund, the
county treasurer may withhold a sufficient amount necessary to
reimburse the county and the courts for their actual, reasonable, and
necessary costs associated with administering this section. To the
extent moneys are withheld by the county treasurer, an accounting
report detailing these costs may be sent by the county to the Regents
of the University of California.