BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   July 2, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                      SB 953 (Roth) - As Amended:  May 1, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              
          TransportationVote:15-0 (Consent)

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill authorizes county transportation commissions to  
          enforce parking regulations at parking facilities they own or  
          operate.

          FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  . AB 2104 (Gordon)/Statutes of 2012, added "public  
            transportation agency" to the list of public entities  
            authorized to control parking in their jurisdictions and  
            defined them as public agencies that provide public  
            transportation, including operation of rail, bus, ferry, or  
            other conveyances on fixed routes, demand response, or  
            otherwise regularly available basis. 

            Counties create county transportation commissions to  
            coordinate public transportation services, reduce traffic  
            congestion, and provide adequate transit options for all  
            residents. Although county transportation commissions may own  
            and operate transit stations, they do not directly provide or  
            operate transportation services, and thus do not fall under  
            the definition of "public transportation agency" for purposes  
            of parking enforcement authority.  

           2)Purpose  . This bill adds county transportation commissions to  
            the list of public entities with parking enforcement  
            authority. According to the author, the Riverside County  








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            Transportation Commission (RCTC) does not currently have  
            authority to enforce parking in the parking lots of five  
            Metrolink stations currently within the county, plus an  
            additional four stations that RCTC is constructing. Instead,  
            other local agencies issue parking citations and enforce  
            parking regulations, without uniform or consistent coverage.  
            This bill will allow streamlined management of these lots and  
            allow RCTC to provide consistent parking regulations across  
            its Metrolink stations.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081