BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1318
Page 1
Date of Hearing: June 14, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
SB 1318 (Committee on Transportation and Housing) - As Amended:
June 3, 2010
SENATE VOTE : 30-0
SUBJECT : Committee omnibus bill
SUMMARY : Enacts numerous technical cleanup provisions to
transportation-related statutes. Specifically, this bill :
1)Repeals an outdated statute related to a report to the
Legislature.
2)Clarifies that only the last four digits of an employee's
social security number should be listed in a contractor's
payroll records.
3)Deletes an outdated cross reference in the Public Utilities
Code.
4)Clarifies attendance requirement for Alameda-Contra Costa
Transit District board members.
5)Updates statutory references to the Los Angeles Metropolitan
Transportation Authority.
6)Repeals the requirement for San Diego Association of
Governments to submit biennial reports to the Legislature.
7)Clarifies that the Imperial County Transportation Commission
may use up to 3% of its revenues for planning and programming
responsibilities.
8)Updates the statutory descriptions of State Routes 1, 2, 19,
39, 58, 66, 71, 72, 74, 79, 83, 84, 111, 144, 151, 160, 164,
170, 260, and 275.
9)Provides a statutory definition for the term "utility
trailer."
10) Corrects a spelling error and an incorrect code reference
SB 1318
Page 2
in a statute dealing with pull notices.
11) Clarifies who may issue an out-of-service order and what
such an order means.
12) Requires license plates to be mounted parallel to the
ground so that their characters are upright and display from
left to right.
13) Updates the description of radioactive materials whose
transport requires specialized training.
14) Clarifies the statute that governs passing on the right.
15) Allows disabled parking placards to be mounted on a clip
installed by the vehicle manufacturer on the driver's side of
the front window.
16) Clarifies the statute that governs the visibility of
airbrake gauges.
17) Prohibits the sale of vehicle lighting equipment that does
not meet existing statutory standards for testing.
18) Updates references to the Code of Federal Regulations in
regard to vehicles transported on slide back carriers or
conventional trailers.
19) Corrects the regulatory citation that references Mexican
motor carriers that are part of a federal demonstration
project.
20) Clarifies the means by which a local street or road is
defined for the purpose of implementing the speed trap law.
21) Corrects statutory references to the Alameda County
Transportation Commission, the Yolo County Transportation
District, and the San Mateo County Transit District in regard
to transportation grants and projects.
EXISTING LAW : Contains several statutory provisions that are
incorrectly drafted, unclear, or in conflict with federal law.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill was withdrawn from the
Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
SB 1318
Page 3
COMMENTS : The Senate Transportation and Housing Committee is
authoring this bill as a means of combining multiple,
non-controversial changes to statutes into one bill, so that the
Legislature can make minor amendments in a cost-effective
manner. Consistent with the committee policy on committee
omnibus bills, there is no known opposition to any item in the
bill, and if concerns arise that cannot be resolved, the
provision of concern will be deleted from this bill.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093