BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: AB 2906 Hearing Date: 6/21/2016
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|Author: |Committee on Transportation |
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|Version: |6/13/2016 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Sarah Carvill |
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SUBJECT: Transportation: omnibus bill
DIGEST: This bill makes non-controversial changes to sections
of law relating to transportation.
ANALYSIS:
According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, the cost of
producing a bill in 2001-2002 was $17,890. By combining
multiple matters into one bill, the Legislature can make minor
changes to law in the most cost-effective manner.
Proposals included in this transportation omnibus bill must
abide by the Committee policy on omnibus bills. The proponent
of an item submits proposed language and provides background
materials to the committee for the item to be described to
legislative staff and stakeholders. Committee staff provides a
summary of the items and the proposed statutory changes to all
majority and minority consultants in both the Senate and
Assembly, as well as all known or presumed interested parties.
If an item encounters any opposition and the proponent cannot
work out a solution with the opposition, the item is omitted
from or amended out of the bill. Proposals in the bill must
reflect a consensus and be without opposition from legislative
members, agencies, and other stakeholders.
This bill makes non-controversial changes to sections of law
relating to transportation. Specifically, the bill includes the
following provisions. The proponent of each provision is noted
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in brackets.
1) Corrects erroneous cross references in Sections 13532 and
13570 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to
motor vehicle fuel. [California Department of Food and
Agriculture]
2) Repeals an obsolete reporting requirement. [California
Department of Food and Agriculture]
3) Moves the code section establishing the California
Cultural and Historical Endowment License Plate Program from
the Education Code to the Vehicle Code. [Assembly
Republican Office of Policy]
4) Removes the requirement for the State Treasurer's office
to prepare a report on the State's GARVEE bonding capacity
on an annual basis, instead requiring a report when the
Department of Transportation anticipates the issuance of new
notes and makes a written request in conjunction with the
California Transportation Commission; removes an obsolete
code reference. [State Treasurer's Office]
5) Makes multiple changes to Vehicle Code to achieve
conformance with federal regulations. [California Highway
Patrol]
6) Explicitly permits the DMV to use revenues generated by
the Legacy License Plate Program to advertise the Program in
materials it mails to customers. [Office of Assemblymember
Gatto]
7) Repeals a duplicative reference to the commemorative 1984
Olympic reflectorized license plates program. [Department
of Motor Vehicles]
8) Changes obsolete references to the Federal Highway
Administration to the appropriate federal entity.
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[California Highway Patrol]
9) Corrects an inconsistency in terms used to describe a
"parking invoice fee." [Office of Assemblymember Bonilla]
10) Corrects an erroneous cross reference in Section 22358.4
of the Vehicle Code. [Safer Streets LA]
11) Clarifies that a vehicle parked on a roadway with an
adjacent curb or class IV bikeway must be within 18 inches
of the curb or edge of the class IV bikeway. [California
Bicycle Coalition]
12) Deletes references to repealed code sections in Section
25802 of the Vehicle Code concerning exemptions from
lighting equipment requirements. [California Highway Patrol]
13) Makes a number of minor changes to bring existing law into
conformance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Standards for
commercial vehicles and vehicles transporting hazardous
materials. [California Highway Patrol]
COMMENTS:
Purpose. The purpose of omnibus bills is to include technical
and non-controversial changes to various committee-related
statutes into one bill. This allows the legislature to make
multiple, minor changes to statutes in one bill in a
cost-effective manner. The Assembly Transportation Committee
requires its transportation omnibus bill be a consensus measure.
If there is no consensus on a particular item, it cannot be
included. There is no known opposition to any item in this
bill.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Assembly Votes:
AB 2906 (Committee on Transportation) Page 4 of ?
Floor: 76-0
Appr: 20-0
Trans.: 15-0
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 15, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
None received
OPPOSITION:
None received
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