BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1243
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Date of Hearing: May 13, 2009
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Kevin De Leon, Chair
AB 1243 (Lowenthal) - As Amended: April 14, 2009
Policy Committee:
TransportationVote:12-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill establishes within the Business, Housing, and
Transportation Agency (BT&H), until January 1, 2012, the South
East Los Angeles County Commercial Vehicle Network Development
and Advisory Committee, and prescribes the committee's
membership and responsibilities. Specifically, this bill:
1)Establishes as the committee's goal the development of a work
program focused on addressing commercial vehicle enforcement
issues, and requires the committee to provide an annual
progress report.
2)Prescribes the a three-member committee appointed by the BT&H
Secretary from nominations each made by the CHP, Caltrans, and
the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG),
respectively. Members are to serve without compensation.
3)Requires the committee's work to include 12 specified
activities, including evaluating the current commercial
vehicle fine structure and the relative distribution of the
resulting revenues, evaluating the potential to standardize
the fine structure and process, and reviewing the use several
different technologies as legal enforcement tools.
4)Authorizes the committee to accept grants from federal or
local public agencies or from private sources to assist in
carrying out the functions of the Committee.
FISCAL EFFECT
Annual cost of around $130,000 for two years assuming the
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equivalent of one full-time staff position within BT&H to
support the work of the committee, including conducting research
and analysis for the specified activities, facilitating meetings
with stakeholders, and completing the annual status reports,
including recommendations.
COMMENTS
Purpose . The sponsor (GCCOG) represents 27 cities in southeast
Los Angeles County. AB 1243 is intended to bring CHP, Caltrans,
and GCCOG together to collaborate in development of a commercial
vehicle enforcement system. Despite the millions of truck miles
traveled in the Gateway Cities region, there are no permanent
operating truck inspection facilities on the I-710 freeway or
within the area. In 2008, GCCOG developed a "Gateway Cities ITS
Integration Plan for Goods Movement" in an effort to make goods
movement more efficient and to improve transportation mobility,
reduce congestion, and improve air quality. The plan included
commercial vehicle enforcement technology strategies as one
aspect of the overall strategy.
The author explains that, "Because truck enforcement facilities
must be sited in local cities, built by Caltrans, and operated
by CHP, there are a variety of stakeholders that must work
closely together. This bill will create an advisory committee
that will generate consensus and recommendations for addressing
the problem."
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081