BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                              THIRD READING



                                                         SB 198

                                                         Senate Transportation
                                                           Committee
                                                         4/28/93

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SUBJECT:  Miscellaneous transportation matters

SOURCE:   Senate Transportation Committee
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DIGEST:  This "committee bill" would enact several minor changes to 
šdifferent codes relating to transportation, including technical and 
šclarifying provisions and the repeal of obsolete provisions, as a means of 
šavoiding numerous single-provision bills.

ANALYSIS:  Existing law contains various provisions relating to the 
šCalifornia Highway Patrol, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department 
šof Transportation and other public agencies.

This bill is a "committee bill" and is intended to deal efficiently with 
šseveral minor, noncontroversial transportation issues, make technical and 
šclarifying changes and repeal obsolete code sections.  The bill's 
šprovisions would do the following:

Section 1:  Amend a reference to the definition of a "primary highway" in 
šthe state Outdoor Advertising Act to be consistent with references in the 
šfederal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

Section 2:  Add automotive buyback scrappage programs to the list of 
štransportation control projects and programs eligible for funding from air 
špollution control fees (registration surcharges) imposed on vehicles within 
šthe Bay Area Air Quality Management District.



Comment  

This is one of two committee bills (the other being SB 274) introduced by 
šthis committee.  It is generally agreed that a committee bill such as this 
šone is to include only minor policy matters or nonsubstantive changes and 
šcorrections which have no opposition.  It has been the practice to remove 
šfrom such bills any provisions which generate opposition and that is the 
šintent with this bill as it proceeds through the Legislature.

FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Committee:  Yes   Local:  No

RJG:lm 5/26/93 Senate Floor Analyses











































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