BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2777
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2777 (Committee on Transportation)
As Amended August 12, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-0 |(April 29, |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 18, |
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Original Committee Reference: TRANS .
SUMMARY : Makes various technical changes to the Government Code
and the Vehicle Code.
The Senate amendments :
1)Allow a majority of the members present at a duly constituted
meeting of the California Transportation Financing Authority
to take official actions.
2)Repeal several outdated reporting requirements.
3)Prevent this bill from inadvertently chaptering-out provisions
of AB 1944 (Fletcher) or
AB 1648 (Jefferies).
EXISTING LAW contains several statutory provisions that are
incorrectly drafted, unclear, or in conflict with federal law.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill:
1)Corrected an erroneous cross reference in the statute
governing the Employer Notification Program for commercial
driver's licenses.
2)Clarified that disabled persons license plates and disabled
veterans license plates may only be issued for motor vehicles.
3)Clarified that Olympic License Plates and Commemorative
Collegiate License Plates may be issued as environmental (or
"vanity") license plates, displaying numbers and letters
requested by the vehicle owner.
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4)Made California law consistent with federal law by allowing
commercial vehicle owners operating under the Interstate
Registration Plan 30 days to file a written appeal of an
audit, rather than the current 20 days.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee analysis, there are no significant state costs
associated with this bill.
COMMENTS : The Assembly Transportation Committee traditionally
authors an annual omnibus bill, combining various statutory
modifications that are technical in nature, not controversial,
and have no opposition. This year's omnibus bill contains
several measures suggested by the Department of Motor Vehicles
to correct or clarify various sections of the California Vehicle
Code or to achieve Vehicle Code conformity with federal
statutes. Most of the other provisions in the bill repeal
reporting requirements that have already been fulfilled by state
agencies.
In the event that any provision in an omnibus bill generates
opposition, it is always deleted from the bill prior to the
bill's enrollment.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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