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          Bill No:  SB 565
          Author:   DeSaulnier (D)
          Amended:  8/22/11
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 3/29/11
          AYES:  DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal, 
            Pavley, Rubio, Simitian

           SENATE FLOOR  :  36-0, 04/07/11 (Consent)  
          AYES:  Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon, 
            Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, 
            Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Hancock, Harman, Hernandez, 
            Huff, Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Liu, Negrete McLeod, 
            Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio, Runner, Simitian, 
            Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wright, Wyland, 
            Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Gaines, Lieu, Lowenthal, Wolk

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  55-23, 08/25/11 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Vehicles 

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes technical changes to various 
          Vehicle Code and Public Utility Code provisions.

           Assembly Amendment s correct a drafting error in a statute 
          dealing with the rights of the legal owner of a vehicle 
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          that has been impounded, clarify that a local authority may 
          enforce restrictions against the fraudulent use of disabled 
          placards in any and all parking spaces, provide that a 
          repossessor is not required to pay delinquent registration 
          fees on an impounded vehicle as specified, require a 
          transit bus operated by a motor carrier that provides 
          public transportation services to be equipped with a 
          speedometer that is maintained in good working order, and 
          modify the current state transit assistance operator 
          eligibility.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law requires the clerk of the court 
          to collect a fee from a person ordered or permitted by the 
          court to attend a traffic violator school and authorizes 
          the clerk to accept a payment of at least 10 percent of a 
          specified amount upon filing a written agreement by the 
          defendant to pay the remainder of the fee according to an 
          installment payment schedule of no more than 90 days as 
          agreed upon with the court. 

          This bill:

          1.Corrects a drafting error in a statute dealing with the 
            rights of the legal owner of a vehicle that has been 
            impounded. 

          2.Clarifies that a local authority may enforce restrictions 
            against the fraudulent use of disabled placards in any 
            and all parking spaces. 

          3.Provides that a repossessor is not required to pay 
            delinquent registration fees on an impounded vehicle, 
            provided the vehicle is to be towed to an auction for 
            resale at which time the delinquent fees will be 
            collected and remitted to the Department of Motor 
            Vehicles. 

          4.Requires a transit bus operated by a motor carrier that 
            provides public transportation services to be equipped 
            with a speedometer that is maintained in good working 
            order. 

          5.Modifies the current state transit assistance operator 
            eligibility standards by extending the current efficiency 

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            criteria exemption from fiscal year 2011-12 to fiscal 
            year 2014-15. 

          6.Corrects a chaptering-out error that occurred when two 
            bills last year - SB 857 (Budget and Fiscal Review 
            Committee), Chapter 720, Statutes of 2010, and AB 2499 
            (Portantino), Chapter 599, Statutes of 2010 - both 
            amended Vehicle Code Section 42007. 

          7.Includes provisions to avoid inadvertently chaptering out 
            AB 1298 (Blumenfield), a bill dealing with mobile 
            billboards displayed on parked vehicles. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  No   
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/25/11)

          Judicial Council
          California Transit Association


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  55-23, 08/25/11
          AYES:  Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill 
            Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, 
            Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, 
            Cedillo, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fong, 
            Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hagman, Hall, 
            Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, 
            Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, 
            Nielsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, 
            Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, 
            Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NOES:  Achadjian, Conway, Cook, Donnelly, Fletcher, Beth 
            Gaines, Garrick, Grove, Halderman, Harkey, Jeffries, 
            Jones, Knight, Logue, Mansoor, Miller, Morrell, Nestande, 
            Norby, Olsen, Silva, Valadao, Wagner
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bonilla, Gorell


          JJA:nl  8/26/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE


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