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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW 
                              Senator Mark Leno, Chair
                                2015 - 2016 Regular 

          Bill No:            AB 1610         Hearing Date:    June 15,  
          2016
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          |Version:  |June 13, 2016    Amended                              |
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          |Urgency:  |Yes                    |Fiscal:    |Yes              |
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          |Consultant|Farra Bracht                                          |
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                              Subject:  Transportation


          Summary: This measure makes statutory changes necessary to enact the  
          transportation provisions of the Budget Act of 2016.

          Background:  As part of the 2016-17 budget package, Assembly Bill 1610  
          makes various statutory changes to implement the budget act.

          Proposed  
          Law:  This bill makes all of the following statutory changes:
          
          1.State Transit Assistance Funding Allocation. Requires the  
            Controller to distribute state transit assistance funding for  
            fiscal years 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 to the same  
            entities and according to the same ratios as calculated and  
            published by the Controller for the fourth quarter of 2014-15.  
            Provides that the remaining 2015-16 distributions shall  
            include adjustments so that the 2015-16 amounts ultimately  
            provided reflect the 2014-15 operator ratios.   

          2.Tribal Gaming Revenues. Provides for the General Fund to  
            retain the tribal gaming revenues anticipated in 2016-17.  
            Otherwise, there would be a General Fund loss resulting from  
            the interaction between the transportation loans that are  
            partially being repaid out of Proposition 2 and the tribal  
            gaming revenues which would not be deposited into the General  
            Fund because the loan was not fully repaid.








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          3.Vehicle Registration Fee Increase. Increases the base vehicle  
            registration fee by $10 (from $46 to $56), effective January  
            1, 2017, and indexes the base registration fee to the consumer  
            prices index (CPI) beginning in 2017-18, allowing the fee to  
            automatically increase with inflation.

          4.Federal Vehicle Conformity Requirements. Makes changes to the  
            California Vehicle Code to require motor carriers to obtain a  
            United States Department of Transportation number as a  
            condition of being assigned a California carrier  
            identification number.

          5.Federal Driver's License and Identification Card Requirements.  
            Amends existing statute to conform with federal REAL ID  
            requirements, specifically that only one document (driver's  
            license or identification card) can be issued per person and  
            that the senior ID, which under current law expires after 10  
            years; but under REAL ID a card can be in effect for no more  
            than eight years before it expires.

          6.Motor Voter Process. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles  
            to pilot and evaluate a process to register voters pursuant to  
            AB 1461 (Gonzales), Chapter 729, Statutes of 2015, to address  
            voters that do not fully complete the registration process and  
            to report on October 15, 2016, on the outcome of this pilot,  
            other process changes proposed to ensure the full completion  
            of voter registration, and an evaluation of these options. 

          Fiscal  
          Effect:  The funding related to the changes in this bill is contained  
          in the 2016-17 budget. 
          
          Support:   None on file. 
          
          Opposed:  None on file. 
          
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