Amended in Senate May 27, 2014

Amended in Senate April 21, 2014

Amended in Senate March 24, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1183

Introduced by Senator DeSaulnier

February 20, 2014

An act to add Section 9251 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1183, as amended, DeSaulnier. Vehicle registration fees: surcharge for bicycle infrastructure.

Existing law provides for the imposition of certain registration fees on motor vehicles, including certain fees imposed by local agencies for various specified purposes.

This bill would authorize a city, county, or regional park district to impose, as a special tax, a motor vehicle registration surcharge of not more than $5 for bicycle infrastructure purposes. The bill would begin delete provide for end delete begin insert require end insert the Department of Motor Vehicles to administer the surcharge and to transmit the net revenues from the surcharge to the local agency. The bill would require the local agency to use these revenues for improvements to paved and natural surface trails begin insert and bikeways end insert , including existing and new trails begin insert and bikeways and other bicycle facilities end insert , and for associated maintenance purposes. begin insert The bill would limit to 5% the amount of net revenues that may be used by the local agency for its administrative expenses in implementing these provisions. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 9251 is added to the Vehicle Code, to
read:

9251.  

(a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code,
a city, county, or regional park district may impose, as a special
tax subject to begin insert two-thirds voter approval in the jurisdiction in which
it is imposed, pursuant to end insert subdivision (d) of Section 2 of Article
XIII C of the California Constitution, a local motor vehicle
registration surcharge, in whole dollars not to exceed five dollars
($5), on each vehicle registered within the jurisdiction of the
agency imposing the surcharge, except vehicles that are expressly
exempted from payment of registration fees. The amount of the
surcharge shall be specified in an ordinance adopted by the local
agency. The surcharge shall be administered by the department,
with revenues, after deduction of collection costs, to be distributed
to the local agency, for expenditure pursuant to subdivision (b).

(b) The net revenues from the surcharge shall be used by the
local agency for improvements to paved and natural surface trails
begin insert and bikeways end insert , including the rehabilitation, restoration, and
expansion of existing trails begin insert and bikeways end insert , the development of new
trails begin insert and bikeways end insert , begin insert the improvement and development of other
bicycle facilities, including, but not limited to, bicycle parking
facilities, end insert and the maintenance and upkeep of local and regional
trail begin delete systems and end delete begin insert and bikeway end insert begin insert systems, end insert networks begin insert , and other bicycle
facilities end insert . begin insert Not more than 5 percent of the net revenues may be used
by the local agency for its administrative expenses in implementing
this section. end insert

(c) For purposes of this section, “regional park district” shall
have the same meaning as “district” as defined in Section 5500 of
the Public Resources Code.

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CORRECTIONS:

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