BILL NUMBER: AB 1353	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 16, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Patterson

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 220.5 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highway rest areas.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1353, Patterson. Highway rest areas: vending machines: utility
costs.
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to
authorize the placement of vending machines in safety roadside rests,
except as specified, and requires the department to give preference
in the placement of those vending machines to vendors operating under
the Business Enterprises Program for the Blind. Existing law
requires the department to determine the costs for specified
activities, including any maintenance and operation, related to the
vending machines and requires that the department be reimbursed for
those costs from the revenues derived from the operation of the
machines.
   This bill would prohibit the department from being reimbursed for
utility costs incurred by vendors operating under the Business
Enterprises Program for the Blind and would require the department to
pay for those utility costs using state funds.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 220.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
   220.5.  (a) The department shall authorize the placement of
vending machines in safety roadside rests, unless prohibited by
federal laws, rules, or regulations.
   (b) The department, pursuant to provisions contained in paragraph
(5) of subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Act of June 20, 1936,
commonly known as the Randolph-Sheppard Act, as amended (20 U.S.C.
Sec. 107a(a)(5)), shall give preference for the placement of vending
machines in safety roadside rest areas along state highways to
vendors operating under the Business Enterprises Program for the
Blind in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 19625) of
Chapter 6 of Part 2 of Division 10 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code.
   (c) The department may determine which safety roadside rest areas
are suitable for inclusion in the vending machine program and the
appropriate location within each roadside rest area for the placement
of the machines, and the department shall approve the design and
construction of any shelter or structure that may be required for the
machines.
   (d) (1) The department shall determine the costs for any
maintenance, operations, design review, or other activities related
to the vending machines and, except as provided in paragraph (2),
shall be reimbursed for those costs from the revenues derived from
the operation of the machines.
   (2) (A) The department shall not be reimbursed for utility costs
incurred by vendors operating under the Business Enterprises Program
for the Blind and shall pay for those utility costs using state
funds.
   (B) For purposes of this paragraph, "utility costs" includes fees
incurred for providing electricity service, water service, sewage
service, or any other similar service.
   (e) Any money received by the department for authorizing the
placement of, or from the income from, the vending machines shall be
transferred to the State Highway Account.