BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                                           UNFINISHED BUSINESS



                                                         SB 198

                                                         Senate Transportation
                                                           Committee
                                                         7/12/93

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                                                         75-0, 8/26/93
                                                (Passed Assembly on Consent)
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.

Assembly Amendments added clarifying language in Section 1 below and 
šadded language in Section 2 stating that the automotive scrappage program 
šmay not be run by a private entity.

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.  
šSpecifically, "primary highway" means any highway, other than an interstate 
šhighway, designated as part of the federal-aid primary system and in 
šexistence on June 1, 1991, and any highway that is not in that system but 
šis in the National Highway System.


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.  Provides that the automotive 
šbuyback scrappage program shall not be run by a private entity.

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 8/25/93 Senate Floor Analyses



































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