BILL NUMBER: AB 1572 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 6, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 29, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Fletcher and Block
(Coauthor: Senator Anderson)
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
An act to add Section 2555.1 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to vehicles, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1572, as amended, Fletcher. Service authorities for freeway
emergencies: San Diego County.
Existing law authorizes a service authority for freeway
emergencies to be established in any county for the purpose of
funding the installation of callboxes along freeways and expressways
to enable motorists in need of aid to obtain assistance. Existing law
provides that a service authority may impose an annual fee of $1 on
vehicles registered in the county for this and other related
purposes, which fee is collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV).
This bill, with respect to the service authority created in the
County of San Diego, would provide for the authority to be dissolved
on January 1, 2013, and for the San Diego Association of Governments
(SANDAG) to become the successor authority and to assume the
remaining responsibility for maintaining callboxes as of that date.
The bill would require the authority to develop a plan, as specified,
for transitioning its responsibilities to SANDAG in the transition
period between the effective date of this bill and January 1, 2013,
and would require SANDAG's approval for the authority to expend funds
or enter into contracts during that transition period. The bill
would limit the reserves that SANDAG, as the successor to the
authority, may hold at the time this bill becomes effective to
$4,000,000, and would require SANDAG to distribute, by
January 1 March 31 , 2013, any reserves in
excess of that amount to cities in the County of San Diego, and to
the county with respect to the unincorporated area of the county, in
proportion to fees paid for purposes of the service authority in the
2010-11 fiscal year by residents of each city and the unincorporated
area. The bill would require the recipient jurisdictions to use these
revenues for the purposes for which the fees were collected. The
bill would also require SANDAG to post its detailed budget relative
to the revenues from the collection of the fee, and the expenditure
of these funds, on its Internet Web site, as specified. The bill
would also authorize SANDAG, as the successor authority, to continue
funding specified helicopter programs.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
This bill would provide that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2555.1 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
2555.1. (a) On January 1, 2013, the service authority created in
the County of San Diego shall be dissolved, and, notwithstanding
Section 2551, SANDAG shall become the successor to the dissolved
service authority and assume the remaining responsibilities for all
operational, administrative, and maintenance tasks for the callbox
system. SANDAG shall post its detailed budget relative to the revenue
received from the collection of fees pursuant to Section 9250.10 of
the Vehicle Code, and the expenditures of these funds, on its
Internet Web site.
(b) Any reserves in excess of four million dollars ($4,000,000)
held by the authority on the date that the act adding this section
becomes effective shall be distributed to cities in the County of San
Diego, and to the county with respect to the unincorporated area of
the county, in proportion to fees paid pursuant to Section 2555 in
the 2010-11 fiscal year by residents of each city and the
unincorporated area. SANDAG, as the successor authority, shall
distribute the funds on or before January 1
March 31 , 2013. The distributed funds shall be used by the
recipient jurisdictions in compliance with Section 2557.
(c) The authority shall develop a plan in consultation with SANDAG
for transitioning its responsibilities to SANDAG during the
transition period between the effective date of the act adding this
section and January 1, 2013. During the transition period, the
authority shall not expend any funds or enter into any contracts
without written approval from SANDAG.
(d) SANDAG as the successor authority may continue to fund police,
fire, and rescue helicopter programs consistent with the provisions
of Section 2557.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because a local agency or school district has the
authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to
pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to provide for SANDAG to absorb the responsibilities of
the authority in the County of San Diego as quickly as possible, for
the speedy redistribution of excess reserves held by the authority,
and for preservation of the authority's remaining reserve funds, it
is necessary that this act take effect immediately.