BILL ANALYSIS
SB 734
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 734 (Alan Lowenthal)
As Amended August 27, 2009
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :36-0
TRANSPORTATION 13-0 APPROPRIATIONS 15-0
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|Ayes:|Eng, Jeffries, Buchanan, |Ayes:|De Leon, Nielsen, |
| |Conway, Furutani, | |Ammiano, |
| |Galgiani, Garrick, | |Charles Calderon, Coto, |
| |Bonnie Lowenthal, Miller, | |Davis, Duvall, Fuentes, |
| |Niello, | |Hall, Harkey, Miller, |
| |John A. Perez, Solorio, | |John A. Perez, Skinner |
| |Torlakson | |Audra Strickland, |
| | | |Torlakson |
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SUMMARY : Enacts various cleanup and technical modifications to
existing transportation-related statutes. Specifically, this
bill :
1)Conforms state law to federal law by clarifying that drivers
employed by public utilities are exempt from hours-of-service
regulations that apply to the movement of vehicles engaged in
intrastate commerce.
2)Establishes statutory definitions of "bicycle path" and
"bicycle path crossing" to clarify the types of facilities
that bicycles are permitted to use.
3)Removes obsolete language in a statutory provision regarding
driving violation points.
4)Clarifies that state law does not prohibit bicycles from
operating on sidewalks and crosswalks, where permitted by
local ordinance.
5)Clarifies that a driver's obligation to stop at an
intersection which has traffic signals that are inoperative
applies regardless of the reason that the signals are
inoperative.
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6)Adds a missing cross-reference in the statute prohibiting a
person from parking in a space designated for a disabled
person to the statute requiring state agencies to provide one
parking space for disabled person for every 25 parking spaces
it provides.
7)Clarifies the time period during which a person may request an
initial review of a parking violation notice.
8)Requires an agency that issues parking citations to provide
notice of the availability of penalty waivers prior to
receiving a request for an administrative hearing appealing
the citation.
9)Confirms the existing statutory interpretation and practice of
the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that the registration
of a vehicle owned by a nonprofit public benefit corporation
that administers a countywide coordinated paratransit plan is
exempt from vehicle registration fees.
EXISTING LAW establishes various statutory provisions regarding
transportation-related issues.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee analysis, minor reimbursable costs for local agencies
to modify the contents of their notifications following an
initial review of a parking violation. All other costs
associated with the bill are negligible.
COMMENTS : This is the Senate Transportation and Housing
Committee's annual technical cleanup bill. It combines a number
of technical, clarifying provisions dealing with a variety of
transportation-related topics. Each of the provisions is
noncontroversial, having no opposition.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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