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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 1890
Author: Solorio (D), et al.
Amended: 6/6/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/12/12
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Rubio, Simitian, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 4/16/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Motorcyclist electronic toll transponder use
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill allows motorcyclists to store an
electronic toll transponder in various locations on their
persons or motorcycles.
ANALYSIS : Existing law makes it unlawful to enter a toll
bridge or highway without either the funds sufficient to
pay the toll or a transponder or other electronic toll
payment device. If a driver uses a transponder to pay
tolls, the device must be in a visible location in the
vehicle while on the toll facility for enforcement
purposes. While existing law specifies where on the
windshield of a vehicle it is allowable for a driver to
affix a transponder, there is no requirement that the
transponder be affixed, only that it be visible while on
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the toll facility.
This bill allows a motorcyclist to place a transponder in
one of the following locations, as long as the toll device
reader can still detect the device:
In the motorcyclist's pocket.
Inside a cycle net that drapes over the gas tank of the
motorcycle.
On license plate devices if provided by the toll
operator.
In the glove or storage compartment of the motorcycle.
On the windshield of the motorcycle.
Comments
According to the author's office, this bill codifies some
of the existing best practices of toll management
authorities regarding motorcyclists' use of electronic toll
payment devices. Existing law details the precise mounting
locations of these transponders on a vehicle's windshield.
The author's office notes that because these mounting
requirements were developed with only automobiles in mind,
they fail to apply appropriately to motorcyclists. This
bill resolves this problem by allowing motorcyclists to use
any one of five transponder storage methods when passing
through toll facilities, as long as the toll operator's
detection equipment can read the transponder.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/14/12)
ABATE of California
Orange County Transportation Authority
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 4/16/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman,
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Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cedillo, Davis, Furutani
JJA:do 6/14/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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