Amended in Assembly April 14, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 397

Introduced by Assembly Member Mathis

February 19, 2015

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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 397, as amended, Mathis. begin delete Driver’s license: identification card: false information. end delete begin insert Bonds: transportation: water projects. end insert

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Existing law, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $9 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail purposes and $950 million for other related rail purposes. Article XVI of the California Constitution requires measures authorizing general obligation bonds to specify the single object or work to be funded by the bonds and further requires a bond act to be approved by a 2⁄3 vote of each house of the Legislature and a majority of the voters.

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This bill would provide that no further bonds shall be sold for high-speed rail purposes pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, except as specifically provided with respect to an existing appropriation for high-speed rail purposes for early improvement projects in the Phase 1 blended system. The bill, subject to the above exception, would require redirection of the unspent proceeds received from outstanding bonds issued and sold for other high-speed rail purposes prior to the effective date of these provisions, upon appropriation, for use in retiring the debt incurred from the issuance and sale of those outstanding bonds. The bill, subject to the above exception, would also require the net proceeds of other bonds subsequently issued and sold under the high-speed rail portion of the bond act to be made available, upon appropriation, to fund capital expenditures for water projects, including the construction of desalination facilities, wastewater treatment and recycling facilities, reservoirs, water conveyance infrastructure, and acquifer recharge. The bill would make no changes to the authorization under the bond act for the issuance of $950 million in bonds for rail purposes other than high-speed rail. These provisions would become effective only upon approval by the voters at the next statewide election.

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Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to examine and determine the genuineness and regularity of every application or document filed with it and authorizes the department to require additional information or reject any application or document if not satisfied of the genuineness and regularity of the application or document or the truth of any statement contained in the application or document.

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This bill, in order to reduce identify theft, would additionally require the department to report to the local district attorney’s office, sheriff’s department, or police department when the department reasonably suspects that an application for the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or identification card contains false information.

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Vote:  begin delete majority end delete begin insert ²⁄₃ end insert . Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 2704.096 is added to the end insert begin insert Streets and
Highways Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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begin insert 2704.096. end insert   

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, and except as provided in paragraph (2), no further bonds
shall be issued and sold for purposes of Section 2704.06 on and
after the effective date of this section.

(2) This section shall not apply to bonds issued and sold for
purposes of Section 2704.06 with respect to the appropriation in
Item 2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012, as
added by Section 3 of Chapter 152 of the Statutes of 2012.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and
except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a),
the unspent proceeds received from outstanding bonds issued and
sold pursuant to Section 2704.06 prior to the effective date of this
section shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be redirected
from high-speed rail purposes for use in retiring the debt incurred
from the issuance and sale of those outstanding bonds.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
remaining unissued bonds, as of the effective date of this section,
that were previously authorized pursuant to Section 2704.06, except
as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), are
hereby authorized to be issued and sold, with the net proceeds,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be made available to
fund construction of water capital projects, including the
construction of desalination facilities, wastewater treatment and
recycling facilities, reservoirs, water conveyance infrastructure,
and acquifer recharge.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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Section 1 of this act would modify the single object
or work of a general obligation bond act previously submitted to
the voters by the Legislature pursuant to Section 1 of Article XVI
of the California Constitution, and subsequently approved by the
voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, statewide
general election. Accordingly, Section 1 of this act shall become
effective only upon approval by the voters. The Secretary of State
shall submit Section 1 of this act to the voters on the ballot of the
next statewide election.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 1653 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
read:

1653.  

(a) The department shall examine and determine the
genuineness and regularity of every application or document filed
with it under this code and may require additional information or
reject any application or document if not satisfied of the
genuineness and regularity of the application or document or the
truth of any statement contained in the application or document.

(b) In order to reduce identity theft, the department shall report
to the local district attorney’s office, sheriff’s department, or police
department when the department reasonably suspects that an
application for the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or
identification card pursuant to Division 6 (commencing with
Section 12500) contains false information.

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