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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 82
Author: Hancock (D), et al
Amended: 8/16/10
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 8/26/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu, Price
NO VOTE RECORDED: Simitian, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-4, 8/19/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Community colleges: transportation fees
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill increases the maximum amounts that
California Community College district governing boards are
authorized to charge for transportation services.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version expressing
the intent of the Legislature to enact necessary statutory
changes relating to the Budget Act of 2009 and replace it
with the current language relating to community colleges
and transportation fees.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
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1. Establishes the California Community Colleges,
administered by the Board of Governors of the California
community Colleges, as one of the segments of public
postsecondary education in the State.
2.Establishes community college districts under the
administration of community college governing boards, and
authorizes those districts to provide instruction to
community college campuses throughout the state.
This bill increases the maximum amounts that California
Community College (CCC) district governing boards (boards)
are authorized to charge for transportation services.
Specifically, this bill:
1. Increases the maximum amount that a board can charge for
transportation services from $60 to $70 per semester and
from $30 to $35 per intersession.
2. Prohibits a CCC district from entering into or extending
a contract for transportation services until a majority
of students and/or employees have voted to support the
transportation services fees and ensures that students
and/or employees have the opportunity to vote on
transportation services fees at least every 10 years.
3. Provides that the transportation services fee cap shall
increase annually by the same percentage increase as the
Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government
Purchases of Goods and Services published by the United
States Department of Commerce.
4. Deletes unnecessary and duplicative language regarding
CCC transportation service fees.
Background
AB 2181 (Assembly Higher Education Committee), Chapter 954,
Statutes of 1998, reorganized CCC parking fee provisions,
authorized all CCC governing boards to levy fees to fund
parking facility construction and transportation services,
and established the maximum fee amounts CCCs are authorized
to charge for parking and transportation services.
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Comments
According to the author's office, a number of CCC districts
are working to initiate and expand transit services for
students and faculty. However, CCC districts are bumping
up against the fee ceilings set in current law. The
author's office believes the current fee ceilings,
established over a decade ago, create a disincentive for
CCC districts to provide discounted mass transit
opportunities for students and faculty. This bill
addresses this problem by increasing the maximum amount CCC
students are authorized to charge for transportation
services.
This bill is supported by numerous CCC districts.
Supporters argue that the transportation fee caps in
current law have remained unchanged for over 10 years,
while costs for CCC districts to offer transportation
services have increased significantly over the years since
the original limit was placed in statute. Supporters
believe that this change in law will allow CCC districts to
better cover costs associated with public mass transit
options for students, without have to use general purpose
funding that could better serve students in the classroom.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, De La
Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Anderson, Gaines, Knight, Miller
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NO VOTE RECORDED: Davis, DeVore, Vacancy
CPM:cm 8/27/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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