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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2366
Author: Eng (D)
Amended: 5/25/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 7-2, 6/26/12
AYES: DeSaulnier, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Pavley, Rubio,
Simitian, Wyland
NOES: Gaines, Harman
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 54-20, 5/31/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Vehicles equipment: correctable violations
SOURCE : California Public Parking Association
Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers
Association
DIGEST : This bill increases the cost of a fix-it ticket
issued on a parking ticket from $10 to $25.
ANALYSIS : Existing law makes numerous Vehicle Code
violations that involve vehicle equipment, vehicle
registration, display of license plates, and possession of
driver's licenses subject to a notice to correct, sometimes
called a "fix-it" ticket. Typically, to resolve a fix-it
ticket, a person must show a peace officer the correction
(e.g., a repaired taillight if the driver was cited for an
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inoperative taillight), have the peace officer sign the
ticket, and then return that ticket with $25 to the court.
A local parking enforcement officer, when issuing a parking
citation, may cite a vehicle for an equipment violation on
that same citation. A local parking enforcement officer
may also cite a vehicle for a registration or license plate
violation with or without a parking citation. If a local
parking enforcement officer issues a fix-it ticket, then
existing law provides that the fix-it ticket penalty after
correction is only $10.
Revenues from fix-it tickets . Existing fix-it ticket law
that sets the penalty for a corrected violation issued by a
peace officer at $25 directs $15 of that revenue to the
state's court construction fund, $3.30 to the county's
general fund, $3.30 to the general fund of the local
government in whose jurisdiction an officer issued the
citation, and $3.40 to the State of California's penalty
fund. If a local parking enforcement officer issues the
fix-it ticket, the resulting $10 penalty goes half to the
local jurisdiction and half to the State of California.
This bill would not change that split.
This bill increases the cost of a fix-it ticket issued by a
parking enforcement officer to $25, making it equivalent to
a fix-it ticket issued by a peace officer.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/7/12)
California Public Parking Association (co-source)
Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association
(co-source)
Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
League of California Cities
Riverside Sheriffs' Association
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/7/12)
California Association of Highway Patrolmen
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ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author notes that a correction
penalty for equipment, vehicle registration, and license
plate violations issued by a parking enforcement officer is
currently $10 and has not increased in over 18 years. An
average parking citation in this state costs the issuing
agency about $25 to process, which includes staffing,
equipment costs, and printing. When a parking enforcement
officer issues a correctable violation and then the vehicle
owner corrects it, the issuing agency does not cover its
expenses. This creates a disincentive for local parking
authorities to enforce equipment, registration, and license
plate violations. The proponents assert that increasing
the penalty will provide the incentive to actively enforce
these violations.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : The California Association of
Highway Patrolmen opposes the bill because escalating
penalties and fees associated with traffic and other
citations are negatively impacting Californians' ability to
afford life's necessities.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 54-20, 5/31/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley,
Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fong,
Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hall,
Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman,
Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mitchell, Monning, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Skinner,
Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. P�rez
NOES: Bill Berryhill, Conway, Cook, Donnelly, Beth Gaines,
Garrick, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Logue, Miller, Morrell, Nielsen, Silva,
Smyth, Wagner
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fletcher, Harkey, Mansoor, Mendoza,
Norby, Valadao
JJA:d 8/8/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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