BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2704
Author: Gaines (R)
Amended: 4/8/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 6-1, 6/15/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Simitian
NOES: Kehoe
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza, Pavley
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/22/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Local government streets and road funds
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill continues the allocation of local snow
removal funds.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Imposes an excise tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline
and diesel fuel.
2. Deposits the excise tax revenue in the Motor Vehicle
Fuel Account and transfers the revenue to the Highway
Users Tax Account (HUTA).
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3. Allocates approximately 65 percent of the HUTA funds to
the State Highway Account and approximately 35 percent
to cities and counties for street and road purposes with
disbursements made to cities and counties monthly
according to various formulas.
4. Apportions HUTA funds annually to cover 80 percent of
each county's cost of snow removal above $5,000 but not
to exceed $7 million statewide.
5. Apportions HUTA funds to cover one-half of the cost of
snow removal above $5,000 to each city and city and
county that provides snow removal services.
This bill requires the continuance of funding for local
street and road snow removal in the event HUTA funds are
diverted for other purposes.
Background
Last year, SB 30 X4 (Ducheny) passed the Senate. The bill
contained a provision diverting HUTA funds to the state
General Fund. The Assembly did not take this bill up for a
vote, and so it failed to pass the Legislature. This year,
AB 5 X8 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 1, Statutes of
2009-10, Eighth Extraordinary Session, delays HUTA payments
to cities and counties for the months of July 2010 through
March 2011. HUTA payments for these months will be made in
one lump sum at the end of April 2011. Local agencies will
receive no HUTA funds for snow removal until after the snow
season.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/15/10)
California State Association of Counties
City of South Lake Tahoe
City of Truckee
Nevada County Board of Supervisors
Regional Council of Rural Counties
Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors
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Town of Mammoth Lakes
Town of Truckee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Blumenfield, Caballero, Huber,
Huffman, Norby, Vacancy
JJA:mw 6/15/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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