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          Date of Hearing:   June 27, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                   SB 565 (DeSaulnier) - As Amended:  June 13, 2011

           SENATE VOTE  :  36-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  Updates to transportation statutes

           SUMMARY  :  Makes technical changes to various Vehicle Code 
          provisions.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Corrects a drafting error in a statute dealing with the rights 
            of the legal owner of a vehicle that has been impounded.  

          2)Clarifies that a local authority may enforce restrictions 
            against the fraudulent use of disabled placards in any and all 
            parking spaces.  

          3)Provides that a repossessor is not required to pay delinquent 
            registration fees on an impounded vehicle, provided the 
            vehicle is to be towed to an auction for resale at which time 
            the delinquent fees will be collected and remitted to the 
            Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).  

          4)Requires a transit bus operated by a motor carrier that 
            provides public transportation services to be equipped with a 
            speedometer that is maintained in good working order.  

          5)Corrects a chaptering-out error that occurred when two bills 
            last year - SB 857 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), 
            Chapter 720, Statutes of 2010, and AB 2499 (Portantino), 
            Chapter 599, Statutes of 2010 - both amended Vehicle Code 
            section 42007.  
                
            EXISTING LAW  : Contains statutes in the Vehicle Code dealing with 
          various transportation-related topics.  
                  
           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown.  This bill was withdrawn from the 
          Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.  

           COMMENTS  :  This is the Senate's annual transportation omnibus 
          bill.  It combines several technical, noncontroversial items 
          into one legislative vehicle.  Its various provisions correct a 








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          drafting error in prior legislation, clarify a local authority's 
          ability to prohibit or regulate the parking of vehicles in a 
          disabled person's parking stall or space, make it easier for a 
          repossessor to obtain a vehicle from impoundment on behalf of 
          its legal owner, require a transit bus operated by a motor 
          carrier to be equipped with a working speedometer, and correct a 
          chaptering-out error that occurred when two bills amended the 
          same section of the Vehicle Code.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          California Association of Licensed Repossessors
          Judicial Council

           Opposition 
           
          None received

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093