BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
1287 (Chiu)
As Amended June 18, 2015
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: | | (June 4, |SENATE: |40-0 | (September 8, |
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Original Committee Reference: TRANS.
SUMMARY: Deletes the sunset on the City and County of San
Francisco's authority to do automated enforcement of parking
violations in transit-only traffic lanes, otherwise known as the
Transit-Only Lane Enforcement (TOLE) program.
The Senate amendments strike out provisions in this bill that
expanded the authority of the TOLE program to capture other
vehicle code violations.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this bill:
1)Deleted the January 1, 2016, sunset date on San Francisco's
authority to enforce parking violations in transit-only
traffic lanes with cameras attached to the front of transit
vehicles.
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2)Expanded the city's authority to use forward-facing cameras on
transit vehicles to record all parking violations, violations
related to driving in a transit-only lane and crossing a
double-yellow line to enter or exit a transit-only lane, and
violations related to blocking or obstructing an intersection
or a railroad or rail transit crossing.
3)Required the city to make a public announcement of the
expansion of the program at least 30 days prior to starting to
issue notices of violation for all violations that were not
previously subject to automated enforcement, and to issue only
warning notices for 30 days for those violations.
4)Subjected recorded violations related to driving in a
transit-only lane and crossing a double-yellow line to enter
or exit a transit-only lane, and violations related to
blocking or obstructing an intersection or a railroad or rail
transit crossing, to a civil penalty of no more than $100.
5)Authorized an individual identified by the registered owner as
the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation
to review the recorded evidence of the alleged violation.
6)Required the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to refuse to
renew the registration of a vehicle if the registered owner or
lessee has received a notice of delinquent violation and the
owner has not paid the violation penalty and any late payment
fees.
7)Required the city, on or before January 1, 2019, to provide a
report to Assembly Transportation Committee and the Senate
Transportation and Housing Committee evaluating the
effectiveness of automated enforcement of violations related
to blocking or obstructing an intersection in reducing
pedestrian injuries and fatalities.
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FISCAL EFFECT: None
COMMENTS: San Francisco considers its 26-mile network of
transit-only lanes essential to the timeliness of the city's
public transportation system, which is operated by the San
Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Illegal
parking and driving in these lanes can significantly impact the
ability of SFMTA to meet its on-time performance goals. The
City of San Francisco also has established a goal of eliminating
all traffic-related fatalities by 2024 and is planning an
ambitious expansion of transit service over the next decade.
AB 101 (Ma) Chapter 377, Statutes of 2007, authorized SFMTA to
initiate a pilot program, referred to as TOLE, to equip transit
vehicles with forward-facing parking control devices to record
images of vehicles parked in transit-only lanes and issue
parking citations based on that video evidence. AB 101 required
SFMTA to evaluate the pilot program and submit a report to the
Legislature by March 1, 2011, which it did. AB 101 also
included a sunset date of January 1, 2012. Based on the results
of the initial pilot and the subsequent report to the
Legislature, AB 1041 (Ma), Chapter 325, Statutes of 2011,
extended the sunset on the program through January 1, 2016, and
required SFMTA to submit another report to the Legislature by
March 1, 2015, on the effectiveness of the program and its
impacts on privacy. SFMTA submitted the report as required,
which indicated that the program has had success, particularly
in terms of reducing the number of repeat violators.
This bill removes the sunset date of January 1, 2016, and
effectively extends SFMTA's TOLE program indefinitely.
Please see the policy committee analysis for full discussion of
this bill.
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Analysis Prepared by:
Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN:
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