BILL ANALYSIS
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2567 (Bradford)
As Amended August 20, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |49-24|(April 22, |SENATE: |21-16|(August 30, |
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Original Committee Reference: TRANS.
SUMMARY : Authorizes local public agencies to use automated
parking enforcement systems for street sweeping-related
violations.
The Senate amendments :
1)Add legislative intent that citations issued under authority
provided for in this bill be only for violations captured
during designated street-sweeping hours, that citations not be
issued for cars parked after the street has already been swept
, and that the bill's provisions should provide a statewide
standard to govern the use of automated parking enforcement
for street sweeping.
2)Require photographic equipment to record on a photograph the
date and time a violation is captured.
3)Strike proposed provisions that allow a parking violation to
be canceled within 21 days if doing so would be in the best
interest of justice; instead, require the public agency to
allow a person to contest a citation.
4)Require local agency to report also to the Senate
Transportation and Housing Committee and expand the elements
to be reported on.
5)Require the destruction, by the close of the next business
day, of any information captured in error.
6)Make other, related minor adjustments to provisions governing
the storage of data.
EXISTING LAW authorizes the:
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1)City and County of San Francisco, until January 1, 2012, to
issue citations based on photo-evidence of parking violations
in transit-only lanes.
2)Use of automated enforcement systems at rail or rail transit
signals and crossing gates.
3)Use of automated enforcement systems at intersections to
detect red light violations.
FISCAL EFFECT : None identified
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY this bill was substantially similar to
the version passed by the Senate.
COMMENTS : According to the author, the intent of this bill is
"to reduce the amount of dirt, oil, and debris being washed into
the storm drains, thereby having a positive environmental
impact."
The California Public Parking Association, sponsor of this bill,
suggests that by allowing automated parking enforcement systems
to be placed on street sweepers, this bill will effectively
complement the work of existing parking enforcement personnel
and help allocate scarce resources.
Currently, Chicago and the District of Columbia (Washington
D.C.) use the automated street sweeper system, which uses
photo-light sensing, character recognition, and global
positioning system technology to spot parking violators.
In California, use of similar automated enforcement technology
is authorized for red light violations by a governmental agency.
Last session, usage of this technology was also authorized on a
pilot project basis for the City and County of San Francisco
(San Francisco) to issue citations based on photo-evidence of
transit-only-lane parking violations. The authority granted to
San Francisco was provided for in AB 101 (Ma), Chapter 377,
Statutes of 2008.
Provisions of this bill are similar to those in AB 101 and
identical to last year's AB 1336 (Eng) that passed the
Legislature but was vetoed by the Governor. In his veto
message, the Governor wrote, "This bill could present a
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significant risk of violating an individual's privacy unrelated
to the enforcement of law. It may also lead to the unwarranted
proliferation of camera enforcement in many other arenas."
Interestingly, subsequent to the Governor's veto of AB 1336 for
these reasons, the Governor introduced his budget proposal which
calls for the deployment of a massive statewide speed camera
program to generate nearly $400 million in net profit to state
and local government. As proposed, the camera program is
expected to print over two million citations each year.
Previous legislation: Last year's AB 1336 (Eng) was identical
to this bill.
AB 101 (Ma), Chapter 377, Statutes of 2008, authorized the City
and County of San Francisco to issue citations based on
photo-evidence of transit-only-lane parking violations.
SB 1136 (Kopp), Chapter 54, Statutes of 1998, extended
indefinitely provisions that allow the use of automated
enforcement systems at official traffic control signals.
SB 833 (Kopp), Chapter 922, Statutes of 1995, originally
authorized, for a limited time, the use of automated photo
enforcement for all places where a driver is required to respond
to an official traffic control signal (i.e., red light cameras).
Analysis Prepared by : Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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