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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2445
Author: Chau (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/4/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Hancock, Huff, Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/24/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Community colleges: transportation fees
SOURCE : California Transit Association
DIGEST : This bill clarifies that a California Community
College (CCC) district governing board may enter into, or
extend, a contract for transportation services funded by the
proceeds of a fee levied upon all students of a campus upon a
favorable vote of the majority of the students of that campus.
ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes CCC districts to charge a
fee to students or to students and employees in order to fund
transportation services for purposes of partially or fully
recovering the district's transportation costs or for reducing
fares for services provided by municipally owned transit
services to these students and employees.
Existing law authorizes fees for transportation services to be
required to be paid only by students and employees using the
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services or, alternatively:
1. Upon a favorable vote of a majority of the students and
majority of employees at a campus of the district, the fees
may be required to be paid by all students and all employees.
2. Upon a favorable vote of a majority of the students at a
campus of the district, the fees may be required to be paid
by all students.
Existing law requires a pro-rata fee for part-time students
provides for an optional exemption for low-income students and
limits a contract for transportation services to no more than 10
years.
Existing law prohibits the transportation fee from exceeding the
amount necessary to reimburse districts for transportation
costs/services and caps the amount which may be charged for
these services. Specifically, combined transportation and
parking services fees cannot exceed $70 per semester or $35 per
intersession, or the proportionate equivalent for part-time
enrollment. These fee limits may be increased annually by the
same percentage increase as the Implicit Price Deflator for
State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services.
This bill clarifies that a CCC district governing board may
enter into, or extend, a contract for transportation services,
funded by the proceeds of a fee paid by all students of a
campus, upon a favorable vote of the majority of the students of
that campus.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/5/14)
California Transit Association (source)
California Association for Coordinated Transportation
Community College League of California
Foothill Transit
Los Angeles Community College District
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Rio Hondo Community College District
San Mateo County Transit District
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San Mateo County Transportation Authority
South Orange County Community College District
Yosemite Community College District
Yuba Community College District
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Grove,
Hagman, Hall, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer,
Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Fox, Gray, Harkey, Mansoor,
Nazarian, Vacancy
PQ:d 6/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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