BILL NUMBER: AB 1657	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2012

   An act to add Section 1463.29 to the Penal Code, relating to
traffic offenses.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1657, as introduced, Wieckowski. Traffic offenses: additional
penalty: spinal cord injury research.
   Existing law requires that all fines and forfeitures imposed and
collected for crimes other than parking offenses resulting from a
filing in a court be deposited with the county treasurer, to be
distributed monthly, as required by law. Existing law authorizes the
University of California to establish a spinal cord injury research
fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private
funds for spinal cord injury research programs and grants.
   This bill would impose an additional penalty of $3 to be imposed
upon every conviction for a violation of state or local traffic laws,
as specified, except for offenses relating to parking. The bill
would require the penalty to be deposited with the county treasurer
and distributed each month for transfer to the spinal cord injury
research fund created within the University of California. The bill
would also provide that, prior to the transfer of funds to the spinal
cord injury research fund, the county treasurer may withhold a
sufficient amount necessary to reimburse the county and the courts
for their actual, reasonable, and necessary costs associated with
administering these provisions. If those amounts are withheld, the
bill would authorize the county to send an accounting report
detailing its costs to the Regents of the University of California.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1463.29 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   1463.29.  (a)  Subject to subdivision (b), an additional penalty
in an amount equal to three dollars ($3) shall be imposed upon every
conviction for a violation of any provision of Division 11
(commencing with Section 21000) of the Vehicle Code, or a violation
of any local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, except
offenses relating to parking as defined in subdivision (i) of Section
1463.
   (b) The additional penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall
only be imposed or collected within a county or city and county if
the county board of supervisors adopts an ordinance that expressly
provides that the additional penalty imposed pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be imposed for offenses committed within the jurisdiction
of that county or city and county.
   (c) Penalties imposed and collected pursuant to this section shall
be deposited with the county treasurer and distributed each month in
accordance with Section 1463.001 for transfer to the spinal cord
injury research fund created within the University of California
pursuant to the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999
(Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 104335) of Part 2 of Division 103
of the Health and Safety Code). Prior to the transfer of funds to
the spinal cord injury research fund, the county treasurer may
withhold a sufficient amount necessary to reimburse the county and
the courts for their actual, reasonable, and necessary costs
associated with administering this section. To the extent moneys are
withheld by the county treasurer, an accounting report detailing
these costs may be sent by the county to the Regents of the
University of California.