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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING


          AB  
          1338 (Gomez)


          As Introduced  February 27, 2015


          Majority vote


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          |Committee       |Votes |Ayes                  |Noes                  |
          |----------------+------+----------------------+----------------------|
          |Transportation  |16-0  |Frazier, Achadjian,   |                      |
          |                |      |Baker, Bloom, Campos, |                      |
          |                |      |Chu, Daly, Dodd,      |                      |
          |                |      |Eduardo Garcia,       |                      |
          |                |      |Gomez, Kim, Linder,   |                      |
          |                |      |Medina, Melendez,     |                      |
          |                |      |Nazarian, O'Donnell   |                      |
          |                |      |                      |                      |
          |----------------+------+----------------------+----------------------|
          |Appropriations  |17-0  |Gomez, Bigelow,       |                      |
          |                |      |Bloom, Bonta,         |                      |
          |                |      |Calderon, Chang,      |                      |
          |                |      |Daly, Eggman,         |                      |
          |                |      |Gallagher,            |                      |
          |                |      |                      |                      |
          |                |      |                      |                      |
          |                |      |Eduardo Garcia,       |                      |
          |                |      |Holden, Jones, Quirk, |                      |
          |                |      |Rendon, Wagner,       |                      |
          |                |      |Weber, Wood           |                      |
          |                |      |                      |                      |
          |                |      |                      |                      |
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          SUMMARY:  Directs a portion of the revenue generated from the  
          Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness Specialized License  
          Plate Program to be used for sexual assault awareness programs, as  
          specified. 


          EXISTING LAW: 


          1)Allows any state agency to apply to the California Department of  
            Motor Vehicles (DMV) to sponsor a specialized license plate  
            program.  
          2)Requires DMV to issue specialized license plates for that  
            program if the agency complies with all statutory requirements.   



          3)Prohibits DMV from establishing a specialized license plate  
            program for an agency until it has received not less than 7,500  
            paid applications for that agency's specialized license plates.   



          4)Requires State Office of Emergency Services (OES) to apply to  
            DMV to sponsor a domestic violence and sexual assault awareness  
            license plate program and requires funds from the program to be  
            used to fund the OES Family Violence Prevention Program. 


          5)Establishes the Family Prevention Program within OES to provide  
            financial assistance to local domestic and family violence  
            centers in implementing family violence prevention programs.  


          6)Requires OES to provide grants to sexual assault services  
            programs that provide a variety of services to victims of sexual  
            assault, as specified.  








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          FISCAL EFFECT:  According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee, negligible fiscal impact, as the bill will impact the  
          allocation of program revenues but should not impact overall  
          revenues, unless the expanded eligibility induces more individuals  
          to purchase the specialized license plates.


          COMMENTS:  Last session, AB 2321 (Gomez), Chapter 358, Statutes of  
          2014, required OES to sponsor a specialized license plate program  
          with the revenues generated from the program to be used to promote  
          awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault and to also  
          provide additional funding for the OES-administered Family  
          Violence Prevention Program.  


          The author introduced AB 2321 help to provide proper attention and  
          funding to domestic and sexual violence, both severe public health  
          problems.  According to the California Coalition Against Sexual  
          Assault, an average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape,  
          physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the  
          United States.  Additionally, the California Partnership to End  
          Domestic Violence further has reported that 40% of California  
          women experience physical violence with a partner over their  
          lifetime.    


          This bill will rename the specialized license plate fund created  
          under AB 2321 to the California Domestic Violence and Sexual  
          Assault Prevention Fund and clarify that revenue generated from  
          the specialized license plate program be allocated to existing  
          OES-administered domestic violence and sexual assault programs.   
          The author notes the programs that will be funded under the  
          specialized license plate revenue are "designed to ensure that all  
          victims of sexual assault and rape receive comprehensive quality  
          services and aimed to decrease the incidence of sexual assault in  
          California.  Additionally, the changes outlined in this bill will  
          help ensure that the program enacted under AB 2321 is administered  








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          as intended."   




          Analysis Prepared by:                                               
          Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093  FN: 0000337