Development and Financing Development and FinancingEstablishes a process by which the California Transportation Commission selects and funds projects, using the $2 billion of Proposition 1B transportation bonds earmarked for projects that reduce congestion and air pollution along trade corridors in California.
Enacts statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2007 relating to Proposition 1B - the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006.
Appropriates $1 million in bond funds authorized by "The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006" (Proposition 84) to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research for the establishment of specified planning grant and loan programs.
Revises the process and conditions by which a local entity may be reimbursed by the state for advance expenditures on a transportation project contained in the State Transportation Improvement Program.
Allows a subcontractor, after receipt of a wrap-up insurance policy, or if they have not been made to the subcontractor prior to the time for commencement of work on the construction project, to rescind and declare any subcontract agreement null and void, or to negotiate for an adjustment to the contract.
Requires the California Transportation Commission to consider the potential of infrastructure projects at inland ports to relieve congestion at or near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Authorizes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to submit to the voters a sales tax ordinance imposing a 0.125% (1/8%) sales tax for specified purposes, provided the ordinance is approved by two-thirds of the voters.
Prescribes distribution of $2 billion in the Local Streets and Road Improvements, Congestion Relief, and Traffic Safety Account of 2006 (local street bond funds), as provided for by passage of Proposition 1B in November 2006.
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to prepare, in conjunction with the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA), an inventory of future educational and vocational courses necessary for the high-speed train project. Requires the SPI, in cooperation with HSRA and the California Community Colleges, to develop courses of study necessary to meet the need for skills associated with building and operating the project.
This bill becomes operative the date of the election in which the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Act is approved by the voters.
Makes numerous changes with respect to regional transportation and land use planning, with the overall goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the transportation sector in California. Key provisions require the larger regional transportation planning agencies to develop more sophisticated transportation planning models, and to use them for the purpose of creating a sustainable communities strategy in their regional plans that limit greenhouse gas emissions. Also provides incentives for local governments to incorporate a sustainable communities strategy into the transportation elements of their general land use plans.
Authorizes the Orange County Transit District, a subdivision of the Orange County Transportation Authority, to enter into a design-build contract for the construction of high-occupancy vehicle lanes and connector ramps.
Establishes, until 1/1/09, a 14-member Road User Task Force for the purpose of studying alternatives to the current system of taxing road users through per-gallon fuel taxes and reporting its findings to the Legislature by 1/1/09.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to withhold retention proceeds under specified circumstances and in a limited amount, as provided.
Allows the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County to reauthorize, through 1/1/19, an existing fee of up to $4 on motor vehicles registered within the county for a program for the management of traffic congestion and storm water pollution.
Renames the circulation element in local general plans as the "circulation and transportation element." Makes the same change in seven other statutes that contain cross-references to the circulation element.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to amend its contract with Amtrak to allow Amtrak to provide bus service between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe to passengers who are traveling solely by bus, provided that there is no bus company currently operating along the route. Requires Caltrans to undertake a two-year study and report back to the Legislature on the number of passengers who use this service.
Establishes procedures for the allocation of up to $3.6 billion of bond proceeds from the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (SB 1266, [Perata], Chapter 25, Statutes of 2006), that are deposited in the Public Transportation Modernization Improvement and Service Enhancement Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Continuously authorizes the transfers of sales tax revenue derived from the sale of motor vehicle fuels to the Transportation Investment Fund, beginning in fiscal year 2008-09.
Requires the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to develop criteria based on certain factors for allocating the bond funds pursuant to Proposition 1B, which enacted the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, and authorizes the issuance of $19.925 billion of general obligation bonds for various transportation purposes, including $100,000,000 to OES for allocation for port, harbor, and ferry terminal security improvements.
Establishes a process at the California Transportation Commission for allocating the $1 billion earmarked for State-Local Partnership Program projects by the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act, approved by voters as Proposition 1B at the November 2006 statewide election.
Requires regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and congestion management agencies to adopt criteria giving priority to the selection of Transportation Enhancement Projects whose sponsors partner with, or commit to use, the services of a qualified community conservation corps or the California Conservation Corps.
Authorizes the reallocation of $5.5 million of previously designated Traffic Congestion Relief Program revenues to the North Coast Railroad Authority for the repayment of a federal loan, which has been forgiven, to be used by the agency for environmental clean-up, establishment of quiet zones in the City of Novato, and administrative purposes.
Creates the State-Local Partnership Program for financing specified transportation improvement projects, and states legislative intent to appropriate $200 million annually, beginning in 2010-11.
Requires the Department of Transportation to provide the matching funds for acquisition of the development rights for the Santa Paula Airport, upon the approval of the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, pursuant to the pilot program established by the Secretary.
Improves the early consultation and scoping processes for transportation projects by requiring lead agencies to provide notice of at least one scoping meeting to transportation planning agencies that are consulted, and requires the project's effect of overpasses, on-ramps, and off-ramps to be included in that consultation.
Imposes, beginning 1/1/09, a fee on containerized cargo passing through the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland, the revenue from which will fund projects that improve the movement of containerized cargo to and from these ports and projects that mitigate pollution caused by the movement of all cargo to and from these ports.
Repeals the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority and establishes a new replacement entity, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority, to consolidate and operate ferry services in the San Francisco Bay Area and to plan and respond to emergencies or disasters affecting the transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Increases the membership of the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District from five to seven members. One of the new members will be appointed by the City Council of Carpinteria and the City Council of Goleta.
Makes changes to the trailer bill in accordance with the Governor's veto message to better ensure the legality of the redirection of public transportation spillover revenues to provide the following General Fund (GF) relief: $339 million for 2007-08 transportation-related general obligation (GO) bond payments (GO debt), $200 million to reimburse the GF for prior-year GO debt, and $83 million for 2007-08 payment of Proposition 42 loans. Also makes technical changes consistent with legislative intent that the Local Streets and Road category be guided by the program requirements specifically adopted for that category.
Makes technical changes related to the Local Streets and Roads category of Proposition 1B, and specifies that the $950 million appropriated for local streets and roads is allocated $400 million for counties and $550 million for cities.
Provides the necessary statutory changes to SB 88 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee), the Proposition 1B budget trailer bill, to enact the 2007 Budget Act, by deleting the provisions of SB 88 that prohibit bonds funds from being used on a railroad project already included in a memorandum of understanding, as specified.
Revises public contracting requirements related to transit district contracts for technology or surveillance projects designed to enhance safety, disaster preparedness, and homeland security.
Requires each agency designated by the Port Security Bond Act of 2006 to allocate bond funds to establish guidelines that specify deadlines for commencing construction or implementation for each program it administers under the bond act.
Authorizes the county congestion management agencies of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, Solano, and Santa Cruz counties to impose, upon a majority vote of the electorate, an annual fee of up to $10 on motor vehicles registered in the counties for transportation programs and projects.
Allows the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, Alameda County Congestion Management District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and the San Diego Association of Governments to issue bonds payable using toll revenues from high-occupancy toll lane facilities for the purpose of constructing and operating high-occupancy toll lane facilities. Deletes the sunset date that limits how long the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, Alameda County Congestion Management District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and the San Diego Association of Governments may collect tolls on high-occupancy toll lanes.
Requires the California Transportation Commission, or a regional transportation agency, as the allocating agency, to adopt guidelines and policies to ensure timely use of Proposition 1B bond funds by requiring construction on a project to begin no later than 12/31/12, and to conduct regular evaluations of those projects.
Requests the University of California to produce a report on the best practices of transportation-land use planning and growth management. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to work in collaboration with the Office of Planning and Research to produce, by 1/1/09, and once every five years thereafter, a Growth Management Information Report, to the extent funding is available.
Provides that applicants for bond funds allocated to the Office of Emergency Services (i.e., $100 million for port, harbor, and ferry terminal security) are not required to award contracts based on the lowest bidder.
Provides implementing language for the expenditure of funds from the Regional Planning, Housing, and Infill Incentive Account and the Transit-Oriented Development Account created pursuant to Proposition 1C and from the money in Proposition 84 earmarked for local regional planning.
Requires specified regional transportation plans to account for certain environmental justice issues in travel demand forecasting models.
Establishes the Metro Green Line Construction Authority for the purpose of overseeing and awarding final design and construction of the Los Angeles Metro Green Line light rail project.
Allows the Department of Transportation and regional transportation agencies to enter into comprehensive development lease agreements with public and private entities, or consortia of those entities.
Establishes procedures for the allocation of up to $3.6 billion of bond proceeds from the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Act of 2006 that are deposited in the Public Transportation Modernization Development and Services Enhancement Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Requires the California Transportation Commission to prepare a transportation needs assessment every five years.
Requires a public agency that abates an abandoned vehicle to mail or serve the registered owner with a notice of reimbursement of outstanding costs that contains specified information, allows a public agency to file the notice of reimbursement with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for collection, and prohibits the DMV from renewing the registration for any vehicle if the owner has failed to pay amount owed under the notice of reimbursement filed with the DMV.
Provides direction for project selection for the expenditure of bond funds made available by the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006.
Establishes criteria for prioritizing projects funded by the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund, established by the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 1B).
Requires the California Small Business Board, within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, in collaboration with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Department of Food and Agriculture, to assess and report on the role of small businesses and microenterprises in goods movement. Requires recommendations offered to be thenceforth incorporated into the California Economic Development Strategic Plan and the California Transportation Plan.
Changes, from Los Angeles to Anaheim, the southern terminus of the initial segment of the high-speed train system.
Authorizes Riverside County Transportation Commission, until 1/1/11, to enter into design-build contracts to construct commuter rail lines.
Repeals the transportation "spillover" formula, and requires those revenues to be subsequently transferred to the Transportation Investment Fund.
Deletes a requirement for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to adjust annually the maximum value of sole source contracting authority consistent with a price index maintained by the Federal Transit Administration.
Establishes procedures for the allocation of up to $1 billion of bond proceeds from the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (SB 1266 [Perata], Chapter 25, Statutes of 2006), that are deposited in the Transit System Safety, Security and Disaster Response Account.
Establishes criteria for implementing the State-Local Partnership Program for financing specified transportation improvement projects, and state legislative intent to appropriate $200 million annually, beginning in 2010-11.
Requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, by 1/1/09, to prepare or amend general plan guidelines to advise local governments on accommodating specified users of streets, roads, and highways. Requires local governments, upon any revision of a circulation element beginning 1/1/10, to account for specified users of streets, roads, and highway, and defines "users of streets, roads, and highways."
Creates the Treasure Island Transportation Management Act to develop and fund an innovative and sustainable transportation plan for Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay.
Establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority with specified powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the authority to, among other things, coordinate the emergency activities of all water transportation and related facilities within the Bay Area region.
Authorizes a transit operator to use Transportation Development Act (TDA) and State Transit Assistance Program (STA) funds specifically to provide discount fares for qualifying low-income riders. Allows STA funds used by an operator for this purpose to count as fare revenue for the purpose of determining the operator's allocation that is based on a fare revenue formula. Also authorizes operators to file claims for TDA funds for special transit services for low-income persons, such as shuttles.
Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to provide written notification to the chairs of the appropriate legislative policy and budget committees not less than 30 days prior to adopting changes to guidelines related to the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006. Adds two members to the CTC, one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one appointed by the Senate Rules Committee.
Motor Vehicle EmissionsEstablishes criteria for funding projects from funds available under Proposition 1B to reduce air emissions associated with goods movement.
Requires the San Joaquin Valley Pollution Control District to develop and administer, in consultation with the Air Resources Board, a vehicle exchange program to replace high polluting vehicles with donated, smog-compliant vehicles according to specified conditions. Only becomes operative if SB 719 (Machado) is enacted on or before 1/1/09.
Authorizes the State of California, cities, counties, mass transit districts, and school districts to use a biodiesel fuel blend of greater than 20% biodiesel to operate all their diesel-powered vehicles, if certain conditions are met.
Requires that all diesel vehicles owned by the State of California, a city, county, or mass transit district use diesel that is at least 20% biodiesel made from nonpetroleum constituents.
Allows a tax credit to be refunded in an amount equal to a specified amount for each gallon of biodiesel fuel produced or manufactured by a qualified taxpayer at any refinery located in this state.
Exempts from specified taxes the gross receipts from the sale and the storage of, use or other consumption of, tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified person in the manufacturing, processing, or production of biodiesel fuel.
Deems diesel vehicles and engines using biodiesel to be in compliance with applicable state toxic air control measures, and requires that vehicles sold or leased by the State of California be warranty-certified to use at least 20% biodiesel fuel.
Requires, within one year after the Air Resources Board makes a specified determination, at least 2% of the total volume diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in the state contain renewable diesel fuel (RDF), and two years thereafter, that at least 5% of the total volume diesel fuel sold or offered for sale in the state contain RDF.
Enacts the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fuel Standards Law. Requires the Air Resources Board to adopt, implement, and enforce a low-carbon fuel standard by regulation to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels in California.
Allows the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to increase, from $6 to $36, the annual fee imposed on a motor vehicle registered within the district's jurisdiction to support programs designed to reduce motor vehicle emissions and to achieve and maintain state and federal air quality standards in the district.
Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB), in consultation with certain other state entities, to adopt regulations by 6/30/09, that become operative by 1/1/10, to ensure that commencing 1/1/15, 25% of new passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks sold in California are clean alternative vehicles, and that commencing 1/1/20, 50% are clean alternative vehicles. Requires the ARB, in developing the regulations, to consider technological and economic feasibility of the regulations, develop and enforce compliance options for eligible clean alternative vehicles, and ensure that clean alternative fuel is made available at retail outlets whenever the ARB determines that the sufficient number of vehicles capable of using that fuel has been reached.
Requires the Air Resources Board to consider the economic impacts on small business owners of vehicle replacement and retrofit requirements when establishing in-use emission standards and regulations of heavy-duty motor vehicles in private fleets.
Increases the reserve amount in the Carl Moyer Air Quality Statewide Attainment Program from 10% to 20% of program funds. Requires a scoring system to be used to determine which multidistrict projects to fund. Projects that achieve the lower cost per ton of emission reduction will be assigned more points for priority.
Requires the Air Resources Board to adopt rules and regulations governing motor vehicle emissions that are necessary, cost-effective, and technologically feasible that together with other measures will achieve federal ambient air quality standards.
Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) to adopt market-based compliance mechanisms rather than allowing the ARB to adopt market-based compliance mechanisms in its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Requires the Air Resources Board to adopt regulations to ensure that 50% of new passenger and light-duty trucks, beginning in 2012, sold in California are clean alternative vehicles, and that all such vehicles sold in 2020 be clean alternative vehicles. Defines "clean alternative fuel" as a nonpetroleum fuel, including electricity, hydrogen, natural gas, propane, and any other fuel derived from renewable resources, that on a full fuel-cycle and energy-equivalent basis does not increase the emissions of greenhouse gases, toxic air contaminants, criteria air pollutants, water pollutants, or any other substances known to damage human health or the environment, in comparison to the production and use of a petroleum-derived fuel. Defines "clean alternative vehicle" as any new passenger vehicle or light-duty truck capable of running on a clean alternative fuel. These shall include hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, flexible-fuel vehicles, compressed natural gas vehicles, liquid gas propane vehicles, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
Creates the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program, under which the Air Resources Board, in consultation with the Bureau of Automotive Repair, shall, by 1/1/10, commence a program for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters. The program guidelines shall ensure that vehicles are permanently removed from operation, that local air districts may retain their own vehicle retirement programs, and that vehicles retired shall have been registered in California for at least two years prior to being scrapped. This program shall be funded through a $1 increase in the annual vehicle registration fee over the next seven and one-half years (raising approximately $30 million a year).
Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) to develop a strategic plan for consistent, comprehensive, and fair enforcement of the ARB's diesel emission control regulations. Increases the minimum civil penalty, from $100 to $300, for a violation of the ARB's idling restriction on diesel-fueled commercial motor vehicles, and prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from registering or renewing the registration of a commercial vehicle, if the owner or operator has been found in violation of air pollution control laws and regulations, until the violation has been cleared by the ARB.
Increases, from $12 to $16, the annual Smog Abatement Fee imposed on newer motor vehicles exempt from biennial inspection under the state Smog Check program, and earmarks the additional revenue to provide subsidies for the development and use of alternative fuels.
Requires the Air Resources Board, no later than 1/1/10, to conduct a study of ambient air concentrations of manganese to determine if there are areas in the state that have unhealthy concentrations, and to submit a report to the Legislature that describes the conclusions of this study and provides recommendations for reducing manganese exposures as needed.
Establishes the Clean Vehicle Incentive Program to be administered by the Air Resources Board.
Requires the Air Resources Board to develop guidelines for the allocation of $1 billion worth of the proceeds of state general obligation bonds, authorized by Proposition 1B, earmarked for air pollutant emissions reductions from activities related to the movement of freight along the state's trade corridors.
Expands the vehicle inspection and maintenance (Smog Check) program to include vehicles 15 or greater model years old by 7/1/08.
Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB), if the South Coast Air Quality Management District proposes an emission standard for mobile sources requiring a federal Clean Air Act waiver or authorization from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to expeditiously adopt the standard and, unless the ARB makes certain findings, submit it for the federal waiver or authorization.
Requires the Air Resources Board to adopt regulations to require that, on and after 1/1/10, all new fueling stations constructed in this state be able to provide E85 fuel to vehicles that use that fuel.
Creates, until 1/1/16, the Off-Road Solid Waste Composting and Recycling Vehicle Clean Air Program.
Codifies the Governor's Executive Order that establishes a low-carbon fuel standard for transportation funds through a market-based approach, as specified.
Allows aftermarket products and performance parts with valid Air Resources Board Executive Orders to be installed and sold prior to, or concurrent with, the purchase of a motorcycle.
Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale or use of low-sulfur fuel when sold to water common carriers.
Enacts the California Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Leadership Act of 2007, and establishes a coordinating council to develop and carry out a strategy of coordination between various entities engaged in activities relating to PHEVs.
Requires the Air Resources Board, in developing eligibility criteria for emission control devices funded under emission reduction grant programs, to take all reasonable steps to consider the number of manufacturers capable of providing verified devices in order to ensure adequate competition among manufacturers and lower prices for the devices.
Establishes criteria that the Air Resources Board (ARB) shall use to allocate funds authorized by Proposition 1B for the purpose of reducing goods movement-related emissions. Specifies that all projects and measures must result in emission reductions not otherwise required by law or regulation in effect when the ARB notices funding availability. Limits the ARB's administrative expenditures to 1.5% of these Proposition 1B funds.
Requires the Air Resources Board, until 01/01/11, to provide grants to medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturers to demonstrate the commercial performance of hydraulic-assist and hybrid electric propulsion systems that reduce reliance on petroleum-derived fuel and reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Establishes the California Air Quality Zones Program to provide incentives for owners of mobile and stationary sources of air pollution to invest in air pollution control equipment that produces surplus and quantifiable emission reductions exceeding applicable federal, state, and regional air standards and regulations.
Includes diesel-powered vehicles manufactured after the 1997 model year and diesel-powered vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,501 pounds into the biennial smog check program, starting 1/1/10.
Provides that for taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/08, and ending before 1/1/13, there shall be allowed as a credit against the net tax of a "qualified taxpayer" an amount, as specified, for "qualified costs" paid or incurred for "qualified capital equipment" placed in service in California, certified by the California Climate Action Registry or the Air Resources Board, to result in measurable reductions in greenhouse gases.
Memorializes the President of the United States to declare the existing conditions related to PM 2.5 exposure in the South Coast Air Basin a state of emergency, and urges that immediate steps be taken to rectify the emergency.
HighwaysRequires the Department of Transportation to calculate specific performance measures for the purpose of evaluating the physical integrity of the state highway system.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation and local transportation entities to use the design-build public contracting method for the construction of 10 transportation projects.
Expands the authority for regional transportation agencies and the Department of Transportation to establish and operate high-occupancy toll lanes and toll roads.
Provides for the transfer of ownership of the highway ramps on the east side of Yerba Buena Island, connecting the Island to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, from the Treasure Island Development Authority to the Department of Transportation, based upon specified conditions, including that the reconstruction of the ramps must be completed prior to transfer.
Requires revenue generated from the sale of property, the sale of documents, and other transactions by the Department of Transportation to be credited to the State Highway Account for expenditures for state highways.
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish a portion of State Route (SR) 79 to the City of Hemet and a portion of SR 111 to the City of La Quinta, pending approval by CTC and other conditions.
Clarifies that all police officers, including local law enforcement agencies, may cite and tow any vehicle parked or placed within state highways under their respective jurisdiction if the vehicle is parked or placed for the purpose of sale.
Requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations to allow the placement of information signs near exits on freeways in rural areas identifying roadside businesses offering approved 24-hour pharmacy services.
Establishes, until 1/1/09, a 14-member Road User Task Force for the purpose of studying alternatives to the current system of taxing road users through per-gallon fuel taxes and reporting its findings to the Legislature by 1/1/09.
Establishes an administrative process for the naming of highway segments or structures.
Changes a provision in state law that exempts, until 1/1/12, specified livestock carriers on portions of Highway 101 from vehicle length limitations, so that longer vehicles can travel on that state highway, and requires the Director of the Department of Transportation to notify the Secretary of State if the Director makes certain determinations relative to the affected portions of State Highway 101.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to lease real property in the City of Hayward, adjacent to State Highway Route 580, to a public entity for feeding program purposes, and requires the lease to be for an amount equal to 24% of the property's fair market value.
Requires the Department of Transportation to post and maintain, or authorize the county to post and maintain, county-designed street name signs on state highways in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, if the posting of the sign is not in violation of mandatory design standards.
Requires the Department of Transportation to establish, until 1/1/11, the Carpool Education Pilot Program to educate the public on the proper use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes and ramps to encourage the reporting of alleged violations.
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish a portion of State Route 164 to the City of Temple City, under certain conditions.
Requires a vehicle used in the transportation of explosives to carry at least three reflective triangles or electronic beacons and makes it unlawful to traverse an electronic beacon pattern.
Requests the installation on State Route 5 of directional signs for The Wall Las Memorias Project AIDS monument.
Designates the Highway 120 (Tioga Pass Road) bridge over the Tuolumne River in Tuolumne County, as the "James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge."
Designates the interchange of Stanford Ranch Road and Galleria Boulevard at Highway 65 in Placer County, as the "Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange."
Designates a five-mile segment of Highway 71 near the City of Chino (San Bernardino County), as the "Correctional Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway."
Designates an 11-mile segment on State Highway Route 269, between State Highway Route 198 and the City of Five Points in Fresno County, as the "Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway."
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 5, between Gyle Road and Flores Avenue in Tehama County, as the "Nomlaki Highway."
Designates the future interchange between Interstates 210 and 215 in the City of San Bernardino, as the "Gary Moon Memorial Interchange."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 10 in the City of Santa Monica as the "Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway."
Designates a segment of Interstate 8 in eastern Imperial County, as the "James D. Schultz Memorial Freeway."
Designates a two-mile segment of Highway 50 east of the town of Pollock Pines in El Dorado County, as the "Stephanie Marie Frazier Memorial Highway."
Designates an overpass on State Highway Route 8 in Pine Valley in San Diego County as the "Army Sergeant Brud Joseph Cronkrite Memorial Bridge."
Designates the Interstate 8 bridge over Pine Valley Creek in eastern San Diego County, as the "Nello Irwin Greer Memorial Bridge."
Designates a segment of State Highway Route 87, in the City of San Jose, as the "Lewis E. Platt Memorial Highway."
Designates a two-mile segment of Highway 60 in the community of Boyle Heights in the City of Los Angeles, as the "Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway."
Designates a 1.5-mile segment of Interstate 880 in the City of San Leandro (Alameda County), as the "Nels Dan Niemi Memorial Highway."
Names a portion of State Route 17 in Santa Cruz County as the "CHP Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 99 in the County of Stanislaus as the "California Highway Patrol Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 101 in the City of Santa Maria, in Santa Barbara County, as the "Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway."
Deletes the sunset date of the Safe Routes to School program and provides that any annual state budget allocation shall be in addition to any federal funding received which is designated for "Safe Routes to School" projects.
Modifies the conditions for designating road segments as "Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones" (DFZs) and requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to certify that a road segment meets specified criteria. Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 12, between the SR 80 junction in Solano County and the SR 5 junction in San Joaquin County, as a DFZ, if specified criteria are met.
Provides that monies in the Highway Users Tax Account for the prior fiscal year are continuously appropriated and may be encumbered for their constitutional and statutory purposes in any year in which a Budget Act has not been enacted by July 1, or until such a time that the Budget Act is enacted.
Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish a portion of State Highway Route 74 to the City of Lake Elsinore.
Authorizes the Governor to declare a transportation infrastructure emergency for the purpose of relieving traffic congestion on any specific highway or segment of a highway for which the Department of Transportation has determined that the average daily vehicle hours of delay, excluding weekends, exceeds 3,000. Upon declaration of the emergency, provides for the Governor to direct the Department of Transportation to immediately create and implement an expedited process and establish deadlines for the construction of new highways or additional lanes on existing highways.
Provides that specified provisions regarding state highways do not prohibit a business adjacent to a state-owned sidewalk from placing tables and chairs on the state-owned sidewalk for the purpose of selling and serving food and drinks.
Prohibits a contractor, under contract with the Department of Transportation, from disposing of asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete in a solid waste landfill, unless the contractor determines that no other means of using or disposing the material is feasible or the concrete will be reused in the construction and operation of the solid waste landfill.
Requires the Air Resources Board to develop guidelines for the allocation of $1 billion worth of the proceeds of state general obligation bonds, authorized by Proposition 1B, earmarked for air pollutant emissions reductions from activities related to the movement of freight along the state's trade corridors.
Requires the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Transportation to jointly prepare a report on the railroad-highway at-grade separation program.
Revises the railroad-highway grade separations program to delete funding eligibility for a grade separation at a proposed new grade crossing, thereby limiting the program to existing grade crossings.
Facilitates the building of a transportation facility on State Route 289 near the City of Huron.
Allows an off-highway motor vehicle that is in compliance with statutory identification and equipment requirements to be operated upon a highway that is not a freeway and consists of no more than two lanes.
Allows a sign (billboard) along landscaped highways to be converted to a digital advertising display, subject to specified conditions.
Makes it an infraction to drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed of 100 miles per hour and requires a minimum fine of $300 upon any conviction of that offense.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to develop a regional plan to meet the environmental mitigation requirements related to highway improvements on State Route 99.
Requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to pay for all costs to erect signs along the state highways that memorialize CHP officers killed in the line of duty.
Requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol, on or before 7/1/08, to submit a report to the Legislature on locating a commercial vehicle inspection facility on State Highway Route 118.
Requires the Department of Transportation to dispose of real property obtained through eminent domain that the department does not use as intended after a specified time period.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to enter into personal services contracts for long term property management activities on real property over which a right-of-way for state highway purposes has been or is to be acquired.
Designates, until 1/1/12, as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone the following: (1) the segment of State Highway Route 101, between the junction with Boronda Road and the San Benito-Monterey County Line; and (2) the segment of County Road 16, also known as Carmel Valley Road, between the Junction with State Highway Route 1 and the junction with Camp Stefani Road.
Establishes a structure for developing toll facilities, primarily toll lanes, along the Highway 91 (Riverside Freeway) and Interstate 15 (Corona Freeway) transportation corridors in Riverside County.
Requires Department of Transportation state employees to perform the inspection and related essential public functions for the state highway system.
Authorizes the San Bernardino Associated Governments to use a design-build procurement method for highway improvements that provide access to health facilities that offer emergency medical services within San Bernardino County.
Authorizes the placement of recreational vehicle-friendly symbol informational signs near freeway exits in rural areas of the state.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to use the design-build procurement process for its state highway construction contracts.
Requires the Department of Transportation to plan and design highway improvements to facilitate rest area development.
Designates State Highway Route 243 as the "Esperanza Firefighters Memorial Highway."
Designates a specified segment of State Highway Route 12 in Solano County as the "Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway."
Designates the portion of State Highway Route 10, from the Beaumont Avenue/State Highway Route 79 exit to the Sunset Avenue exit, in the County of Riverside, as the "CDF Firefighter Chris Kanton Memorial Highway."
Encourages San Diego County to post appropriate markers on county property designating the horse bridge that crosses State Highway Route 125 and is located in Bonita, west of the Summit Park Campground in San Diego County, as the "Mary Augustine Bridge."
Designates the portion of State Highway Route 247, between State Highway Route 62 and the town limit of Yucca Valley, in the County of San Bernardino, as the "Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 215 in Riverside County as the "Armed Forces Freeway."
Designates State Route 85, except for a specified segment, in Santa Clara County as the "Norman Y. Mineta Highway."
Requests the Department of Transportation, upon application by an interested local agency or private entity, to identify any section of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that is still a publicly maintained highway and that is of interest to the applicant, and to designate that section as "Historic U.S. Highway Route 6."
Designates the segment of State Highway Route 60, between State Highway Route 605 and Rosemead Boulevard, in Los Angeles County, as the "Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway."
Designates the northern span of the Eel River Bridge, located on State Highway Route 101 in the County of Mendocino, as the "Elizabeth Jane Rosewarne Memorial Bridge."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 101 in Del Norte County as the "CHP Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway."
Designates the junction between State Highway Routes 70 and 149 near the City of Oroville, in the County of Butte, as the "Wick's Corner Interchange."
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 10 in San Bernardino County as the "Officer James M. Goodman Memorial Highway."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 101 in Humboldt County as the "Veterans' Memorial Highway."
Designates a portion of State Highway Route 5 in Kern County as the "CHP Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway."
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 38 in San Bernardino County as the "Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway."
Designates the new northbound Benicia-Martinez Bridge as the "Congressman George Miller Benicia-Martinez Bridge."
Designates Highway 149 in Butte County as the "Lt. Leonard B. 'Larry' Estes and Deputy William R. 'Bill' Hunter Memorial Highway."
Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the "Nathan Shapell Memorial Highway."
Designates State Highway Route 154 in Santa Barbara County as the "Chumash Highway."
MiscellaneousChanges the governance and responsibilities of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority's governing board and replaces it with a new nine-member board of directors.
Prohibits, until 1/1/11, the Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing, renewing, duplicating, or replacing a driver's license or identification card if the license or card uses radio waves to either transmit personal information remotely or to enable personal information to be read from the license or card remotely.
Prohibits, starting 7/1/08, a person under 18 years of age from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone equipped with a hands-free device or while using a mobile service device.
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driver's licenses that are compliant with the federal Real ID Act within a specified time frame.
Reinstates law that sunsetted on 12/31/06 which provided that when a person is arrested for reckless driving, reckless driving in a parking facility, exhibition of speed, or a speed contest, the officer may seize and impound the vehicle for 30 days.
Authorizes the State of California, cities, counties, mass transit districts, and school districts to use a biodiesel fuel blend of greater than 20% biodiesel to operate all their diesel-powered vehicles, if certain conditions are met.
Makes statutory changes necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2007 relating to transportation.
Adds vehicles that are registered out of state to the definition of "registered vehicles" for the purpose of toll evasion.
Authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to deny, adjust, or pay a claim arising out of CHP activities without the prior approval of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board if the claim involves vehicle damage, an impound dispute, or minor property damage, the amount claimed is $5,000 or less, and the Director of the Department of Finance certifies that a sufficient appropriation for the payment of the claim exists.
Provides that neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused by the establishment of a quiet zone, as specified.
Revises and recasts suspension, revocation, and restriction provisions on a driver's license of a person whose license is suspended or revoked under a driving under the influence (DUI) violation. Requires the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish standards and criteria for implementing and maintaining an ignition interlock device assistance program. Establishes the Ignition Interlock Device Assistance Fund in the State Treasury. Requires a person who is convicted of specified DUI offenses to pay a fee of $100, to be deposited in the Fund.
Requires a local authority to use certain specified criteria in determining whether extra insurance or other financial security is required by a vehicle that is unusually large or heavy load that poses a substantial risk to public facilities.
Provides that when a person is arrested for reckless driving, reckless driving in a parking facility, exhibition of speed, or a speed contest, the officer may seize and impound the vehicle for 30 days and allow for forfeiture of the vehicle if a person convicted of one of these offenses has two prior convictions for speed contest.
Beginning 7/1/08, increases the operating restrictions for drivers operating a vehicle with an instructional permit, and imposes stronger sanctions on young drivers who violate the restrictions of the provisional driver's license.
Authorizes a family member of a member of the Armed Forces who was killed while serving on active duty in the military to apply for special license plates. Exempts the person from the additional fees.
Allows a $3,000 deduction for each purchase or initial lease of a 2007 model year or newer hybrid motor vehicle eligible for the federal credit. Provides that the vehicles qualify the taxpayer for the deduction until 2011, or after 100,000 have been sold and registered in the state, whichever is earlier. The deduction sunsets on 12/1/11.
Exempts from various fees vehicles owned by the surviving spouse of a former prisoner of war (POW) or Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. In addition, it allows the family of a deceased former POW or Congressional Medal of Honor recipient to keep a special interest license plate as a remembrance.
Allows the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to acquire real property that is subject to a conservation easement or other deed restriction if the Director of DPR determines that the restriction is consistent with the purposes for which the property is to be acquired.
Changes statutory references to the manual that the Department of Transportation uses for sign and signal standards from the "Traffic Manual of the Department of Transportation" to the "California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices." Updates the statutory descriptions of State Routes (SR) 1, 2, 39, 66, 79, 84, and 160, makes a technical change to the route description of SR 151, and corrects a previous error in which a portion of SR 275 that was not relinquished to a local agency was inadvertently deleted from its statutory description.
Provides that prosecution of voluntary manslaughter, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, or a violation felony vehicular manslaughter, under Penal Code Section 192(c)(3), shall be commenced within 10 years of the offense. Provides that the prosecution for involuntary manslaughter or a violation vehicular manslaughter, punishable as a wobbler under Penal Code Section 192(c)(1), shall be commenced within 10 years after the commission of the offense, and provides that prosecution for a violation misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, under Penal Code Section 192(c)(2), shall commence within three years after the commission of the offense.
Increases the minimum base fine for abandoning a vehicle from $100 to $1,000.
Prohibits a person who determines a vehicle to be a total loss salvage, due to saltwater damage, from selling, or otherwise transferring, the vehicle to any person or entity in California, and prohibits a person or entity from knowingly buying, selling, consigning, or otherwise transferring vehicles salvaged due to saltwater damage, except to a licensed dismantler to be destroyed.
Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to order victim restitution as part of the department's action to revoke or suspend a motor vehicle dealer's license.
Requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), by 12/31/08, and annually thereafter, to report on the amount of recycled concrete materials used by Caltrans in the prior fiscal year. Additionally requires Caltrans to contract with the Institute of Transportation Studies to conduct workshops for public works professionals on using recycled concrete materials.
Prohibits the Department of Transportation from regulating noncommercial protected speech contained within any advertising display authorized by, or exempted from, the Outside Advertising Act.
Effective 7/1/08, creates the Consumer Motor Vehicle Recovery Corporation and the Consumer Recovery Fund, with a board of directors with certain powers and duties, in order to provide payments to consumers on specified eligible claims when a vehicle dealer: (1) fails to remit license or registration fees; (2) fails to pay off a trade-in's sale or lease balance owed; or (3) fails to make payment on a consignment sale agreement. Eligible claims include claims where the dealer/lessor has ceased selling or leasing vehicles or is in bankruptcy.
Requires the Department of Transportation and its contractors to track information regarding the use of recycled and virgin materials used for subbase, base, and lean concrete base.
Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services, with the consent of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), to lease or exchange, for a term of years as determined by the Director, three existing state-owned parcels on which DMV field offices are situated so that new DMV offices and other commercial, retail, and residential construction can occur.
Changes a provision in state law that exempts, until 1/1/12, specified livestock carriers on portions of Highway 101 from vehicle length limitations, so that longer vehicles can travel on that state highway, and requires the Director of the Department of Transportation to notify the Secretary of State if the Director makes certain determinations relative to the affected portions of State Highway 101.
Requires flight schools in California to run background checks through the Department of Justice for all applicants.
Provides for a manufacturer's investment tax credit to companies that produce green cars over conventional cars.
Allows mature driver improvement courses to be offered over the Internet.
Excludes from the definition of the term "speed trap" instances when an arresting officer is able to demonstrate that the driver's speed exceeded the prima facie speed limit by at least 15 miles per hour and the speed is greater than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for certain highway factors, or at a speed that endangers the safety of persons or property.
Allows the County of Orange to establish a neighborhood electric vehicle transportation plan for the Ranch Plan Planned Community.
Proclaims the Month of May 2007 as Motorcycle Awareness Month.
Urges California's airports serving scheduled airlines and Transportation Security Administration officials at California's airports to implement a program to collect useful items confiscated at security screening stations and donate them to nonprofit organizations that support communities in need of those items.
Requires the Transportation Management Center (TMC) in the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 11 to be staffed around the clock by employees of Caltrans and the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), seven days a week, and requires the increased staffing needs to be accommodated by shifting Caltrans and CHP employees, that normally monitor and dispatch, from their respective stations to TMC.
Establishes a process at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) by which an eligible vehicle owner can apply for, and receive, special license plates that indicate he/she is an active member of the California National Guard (CNG). Requires the CNG plates to run in a separate numerical series and to have inscribed on them the words "Member, California National Guard." Requires DMV to issue these plates to any applicant who presents a certificate from the Adjutant General that confirms the applicant's status as an active CNG member, and exempts the applicant for CNG plates from the $41 application fee, the annual $30 renewal fee, and the $30 transfer fee imposed for a personalized license plate.
Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to conduct a study and submit a report to the Legislature pertaining to the construction and maintenance of a median barrier on Vasco Road in Contra Costa County.
Requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to place and maintain pedestrian signals and displays, if certain conditions are met. Requires Caltrans to place and maintain an accessible pedestrian signal with an audible indicator and an official control signal that emits a countdown display if that crosswalk crosses a state highway and is within 2,000 feet of either a school building or the grounds of that school building, or a senior center.
Requires that high school driver education classes include a component regarding the consequences of using a motor vehicle to evade a peace officer, including the frequency and likelihood of injuries and fatalities to the driver, other drivers, peace officers, and innocent bystanders. Adds, for penalty purposes, to the definition of willful and wanton disregard for the safety or property of others while fleeing a peace officer the act of driving through a school zone or within a residential district for more than one mile.
Requires the driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass to the left at a safe distance, at a minimum clearance of three feet, without interfering with the safe operation of the overtaken bicycle. Makes a violation of this provision an infraction punishable by a $250 fine, and makes it a misdemeanor, or felony, if a person operates a motor vehicle in violation of the above requirement and that conduct proximately causes a significant or substantial physical injury or death to the bicycle operator.
Allows the City and County of San Francisco to install automated forward-facing parking control devices on city-owned public transit for the purpose of taking video images of parking violations occurring in transit-only traffic lanes, as defined. Citations will only be given for violations captured during posed hours of operation for a transit-only traffic lane. Requires the devices to be angled and focused so as to capture video images of parking violations and not capture images of other drivers, vehicles, and pedestrians.
Provides that Santa Clara County may, by ordinance, levy an additional assessment of $2 for every $10, or fraction thereof, upon each base fine imposed and collected by the courts for an offense involving the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle upon the highways in violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, not including parking violations. Provides that the assessments shall be collected only if the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors provides that the increased assessments do not offset or reduce the funding of other local traffic safety programs from other sources, and these additional revenues result in increased funding to local traffic safety programs and courthouse construction.
Allows veterans with license plates honoring Pearl Harbor Survivors, Legion of Valor recipients, former American Prisoners of War, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, or Purple Heart recipients to park their vehicles without charge in state and local parking facilities, time-restricted parking zones, and metered spaces.
Provides that the annual amount of the license fee imposed under the Vehicle License Fee (VLF) Law shall be payable on a biennial basis, as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Directs DMV to coordinate payment of the VLF with the concurrent changes made to the registration period, and directs DMV to develop and implement a process for any noncompliance by taxpayers due to financial hardship.
Specifies that a renewal of vehicle registration is not made until a smog check certificate, if required for renewal, is received by the Department of Motor Vehicles, thus imposing late fees if a smog check certificate is not received by the date that renewal registrations are due.
Allows a peace officer to remove a vehicle if he/she issues a notice of reexamination to a driver and there is no other person readily available to operate the vehicle, and provides a process for the release of the vehicle, including requiring that the registered owner be reimbursed by the agency ordering the removal for any "additional reasonable expenses" incurred by the owner for up to five days.
Requires the Department of General Services (DGS), in conjunction with the Air Resources Board and Energy Commission, by 12/31/08, to revise the purchasing methodology used to rank the environmental and energy benefits and costs of motor vehicles for potential procurement by state and local governments. Requires DGS to evaluate vehicles for potential addition to the state and local fleets on an annual basis reflecting annual new vehicle availability, and procure only vehicles for use in the state fleet that meet certain federal requirements and have been ranked best in their class by the state's purchasing methodology. Provides that if the fueling infrastructure, for the fuel used to rank a vehicle best in class, is not available, or planned to be available within two years, DGS shall procure the vehicle ranked next best in class for which fueling infrastructure is, or will be, available.
Clarifies that a violation related to a motor vehicle speed contest is punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
Includes within the definition of "total loss salvage vehicle" one that has been damaged as the result of a flood to the extent that the owner, leasing company, financial institution, or insurance company that insured or is responsible for repair of the vehicle considers it uneconomical to repair the vehicle and, because of this, the vehicle is not repaired by or for the person who owned the vehicle at the time of the event resulting in damage.
Increases the penalty for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated from a wobbler, punishable by up to one year in county jail or by 16 months, two or four years in state prison, to a straight felony, punishable by 16 months, two or four years in state prison; and clarifies that gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is a violent felony, thereby making the offense a strike for sentencing purposes, double the base term with a prior violent or serious offense, and reducing potential sentence credits from 50% to 15%.
Amends the Car Buyer's Bill of Rights to provide that for a person who leased a vehicle immediately preceding purchasing the vehicle, the limit on the amount of any restocking fee required to be paid by the buyer who exercises the two-day contract cancellation option will be increased by the amount the buyer will be obligated (under the lease) to pay for charges for excess mileage, unrepaired damage, or excess wear and tear.
Exempts from the sales and use tax a fuel-cell vehicle, as defined, or a fuel-cell system, as defined, sold or leased to a public agency, public transit district, or a public local or regional transportation entity. Defines "fuel-cell vehicle" as a heavy-duty public transit bus, of no less than 40 feet in length, whose primary source of power is derived from a fuel-cell system, and "fuel-cell system" as a fuel-cell system that chemically combines hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity to energize electric drive motors.
Allows a local government to declare a speed limit of 15 miles-per-hour in school zones and to expand the distance a 25 miles-per-hour school zone may be in force to 1,000 feet from the school.
Authorizes the Department of Transportation or a local authority to erect stop signs on highways to require the traffic to stop before crossing a designated railroad grade crossing. Authorizes the placement of a traffic control signal at specified locations, thereby expanding the scope of an existing crime and imposing a state-mandated local program.
Exempts deployed California National Guard personnel from paying a vehicle license fee and vehicle registration fee on a single vehicle. Appropriates $250,000 from the Motor Vehicle Account to the Department of Motor Vehicles for implementation of this program.
Requires the court to report to the Department of Motor Vehicles an abstract of judgment within five days, instead of within 10 days, thereby complying with a federal requirement.
Exempts from the motorcycle helmet law any rider or driver who is 18 years of age or older and has either completed a motorcycle rider training program that meets the standards of the Department of the California Highway Patrol or has been issued a class M1 license or endorsement, or a comparable license from another jurisdiction, for two years or more.
Makes conforming changes to provisions relating to reckless driving and speed contests to include recently enacted provisions with enhanced penalties for specified injuries.
Authorizes the Department of the California Highway Patrol to maintain its main headquarters operation within 20 miles of Sacramento, rather than restricting the site location to one within the city limits of Sacramento.
Establishes a process at the Department of Motor Vehicles by which an eligible vehicle owner can apply for and receive special license plates that indicate he/she is a disabled veteran.
Allows an owner of a 1969 or older model year passenger vehicle or a 1972 or older model year commercial vehicle, including a pick-up truck, to use license plates from the year when the vehicle was manufactured.
Allows a vehicle equipped with a lift, ramp, or assistive equipment used to load a disabled person to park across two stalls on a street or in a private off-street parking facility when no suitability-sized parking space is available.
Expands the circumstances under which a county service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles may use the revenue it generates from imposing a $1 annual vehicle registration surcharge, requires that the use of the funds be audited each year, and modifies the statutory authority to abate abandoned vehicles.
Repeals the 1/1/08 sunset date on provisions of law that regulate the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices, which are better known by their brand name "Segways."
Allows the establishment of a two-year registration term for vehicles.
Expands the types of facilities the use of which during darkness requires bicycles to be equipped with lamps and reflectors.
Allows the Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors to raise, by ordinance or resolution, their monthly compensation, as specified. Authorizes the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District's Board of Directors to provide, by ordinance or resolution, payments of up to $1,000 a month, as specified.
Allows a tax credit up to $500 for costs incurred for a qualified vehicle, as defined.
Requires the governing authorities of five specified ports to determine whether to set up a port community advisory committee within 90 days of receiving a petition from a community organization.
Requires any contract between a local government and a private entity for the processing of notices of parking violations and notices of delinquent parking violations be based on either a fixed monthly rate or on the number of notices processed.
Extends specified provisions to persons engaged in reckless driving on a highway, reckless driving in an offstreet parking facility, or an exhibition of speed on a highway. Requires the impounding agency to release the vehicle to the registered owner prior to the conclusion of the impoundment period if the registered owner was neither the driver nor a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, or was unaware that the vehicle was being used to engage in the prohibited activities.
Establishes an amnesty program for the underreporting of vehicle value and the nonpayment of taxes or fees.
Provides that convictions of specified Vehicle Code offenses not be withdrawn after probation or dismissed because of attendance at traffic school.
Requires that in order to register a boat in California, the boat must be shown to comply with California's marine engine emissions standards.
Requires the City of Santa Monica to establish a technical advisory committee to evaluate all available studies and data regarding the airport, as specified.
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to prepare a comprehensive plan, and report to the Legislature, regarding the licensing of all traffic violator schools, including both classroom-based and home study programs. Increases the fee that traffic violator schools may charge students to issue a duplicate certificate of completion. Establishes conditions under which a traffic violator school is not required to provide a program of instruction for a fee that is less than the standard fee.
Exempts from the sales and use tax fuel that is used to transport biomass.
Prohibits the use or sale of a product or device that is used to obscure a license plate from being read by an electronic device operated by law enforcement or a toll road.
Requires, beginning 7/1/08, that an applicant for an original or renewal driver's license sign a specified declaration related to driving under the influence.
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide priority customer service to qualified members of the California National Guard.
Allows a local agency to increase the fees, from $1 to $2 each, that it imposes on vehicle registrations in its jurisdictions to fund vehicle theft prevention, investigation, and prosecution programs.
Requires, beginning 6/30/08, children up to eight years of age to ride in a child safety seat.
Waives a motor carrier permit reinstatement fee if it is demonstrated that a lapse in liability insurance or workers' compensation insurance coverage did not occur.
Authorizes the County of Sacramento to use an airport-improvement construction method on airport-related construction projects until 1/1/13.
Revises the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) property inventory reporting requirements to the Department of General Services. Expands to airspace, excess lands, and properties acquired for highway purposes the types of Caltrans real property holdings that must annually be reported.
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to include with every notice of renewal of a driver's license a notice that a person who is 62 years of age or older may be issued an identification card free of charge.
Authorizes transportation agencies and cities within self-help counties to contract with the Department of Transportation for purposes of expediting environmental and design approvals on projects within their jurisdiction. (Self-help counties are those counties that have in place a voter-approved transportation sales tax program.)
Authorizes the sale of vehicle service contracts for vehicle tires, wheels, glass, and non-paint dent repairs; and authorizes an "obligor" or its parent company to demonstrate to the Insurance Commissioner a net worth of $100 million in lieu of purchasing sufficient insurance to cover its vehicle service contracts obligations. "Obligor" means the entity legally obligated under the terms of a service contract.
Declares legislative intent to allow insurance providers to use vehicle usage as a factor in setting rates and premiums.
Prohibits recreational vehicle manufacturers from failing to provide their franchisees with written dealer agreements.
Makes several changes to traffic violator school licensing, methods and duration of instruction, Department of Motor Vehicles fees, and course completion certificates.
Extends to Riverside County the authorization for a county services area to provide open-space and habitat conservation services.
Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to place advertising on its various public displays.
Makes it unlawful for a person who is on probation for specified driving under the influence offenses to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.01%, or greater, as measured by a preliminary alcohol screening.
Requires the Board of Equalization to exclude the average dwell time for cars awaiting loading, unloading, or loading and unloading, from the determination used to assess taxes on private railroad cars.
Increases the penalties for hit-and-run with injury, serious bodily injury, or death if a person has two or more prior convictions within 10 years for specified prior convictions relating to the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.
Prohibits a person who has a measurable amount of specified controlled substance(s) in his or her blood from driving a vehicle.
Exempts the City of La Verne, in a golf cart transportation plan area, from the requirement that they provide separate lanes for the golf carts.
Streamlines and refocuses enforcement by the Public Utilities Commission of statutes regulating charter-party carriers (i.e., limousine-for-hire or passenger charter services).
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to grant heightened confidentiality for their records that contain the home addresses of community service officers and public service officers.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
Specifies that an owner of a property that the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is acquiring, or under threat of eminent domain, is to be provided copies of all appraisals performed or obtained by Caltrans. The appraiser is required to provide copies of the appraisals to Caltrans, if they are first provided to the property owner instead of Caltrans.
Increases, from an infraction (punishable by a fine of up to $250) to a misdemeanor (punishable by up to six months in county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000), the penalty for operating a motorized scooter while under the influence.
Requires certain state and regional transportation planning agencies to coordinate with the State Coastal Conservancy, California Coastal Commission, and Department of Transportation regarding development of the California Coastal Trail and to include provisions for the Coastal Trail in its regional plan.
Seeks to bring the issuance of driver's license and identification (ID) cards into compliance with the federal Real ID Act.
Establishes a process, until 1/1/21, at the Department of Boating and Waterways by which most operators of motorboats must obtain and possess a lifetime vessel operator certificate in order to legally operate a motorboat.
Allows a court to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that a vehicle's owner has failed to respond to a citation issued for an owner-responsibility violation, and requires DMV to place a hold on the motor vehicle's registration upon receipt of that notice.
Requires an automotive repair dealer, once repairs are completed, to provide a written affirmation to the customer that the crash parts identified on the written estimate are the crash parts that were installed on the vehicle during repair; the written affirmation must appear on the first page of the final invoice.
Allows the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, if approved by resolution, to authorize a transit bus to be equipped with a right-of-way yield sign on the left rear of the bus.
Updates state law to reference the correct federal law governing interstate and international motor carrier permits.
Allows the state, or any subdivision of the state, that operates a harbor or port district to revoke, rescind, or suspend the landing rights of a person operating a vessel for commercial purposes on navigable waters if the person has violated a state or federal water pollution law.
Raises the fine for illegally parking in a space reserved for disabled persons. Requires disabled parking spaces to be signed indicating the minimum fine for violations. Allows temporary placards to be renewed no more than six times.
Increases the caps for repair and storage fees that may be recovered by the lienholder of a vehicle.
Recognizes a traffic-actuated signal as an official traffic control device and requires upon its placement, or replacement of a loop detector of a traffic-actuated signal, for it to detect lawful bicycle or motorcycle traffic on the roadway.
Allows the removal of vehicles that display license plates that have either been issued to other vehicles, forged, counterfeited, or are otherwise being used inappropriately.
Modifies provisions of the Biennial Inspections of Terminals Program for motor carriers of hazardous materials. Explicitly allows the Department of Transportation, or a local authority, to issue special permits authorizing the transportation of over-wide wall units and trusses.
Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to forward the personal information of male applicants for an original driver's license, or identification card, under 26 years of age, to the Selective Service System in an electronic format if the applicant indicates his agreement to be registered with the system. Provides that the information may include the applicant's social security number. Requires DMV to provide a notice on the application form regarding registration requirements and the penalties imposed for a failure to register. Makes legislative findings and declarations concerning compliance with the Military Selective Service Act.
Provides the Department of Transportation permanent authority to consolidate the managerial candidate selection and hiring process tested in the five-year Managerial Selection Demonstration Project, and provides that state agencies or departments that make demonstration projects permanent must file an annual report for three years with the State Personnel Board on specified procedural aspects of the hiring process.
Makes technical, non-controversial changes to the Vehicle Code. Double-jointed to AB 1689 (Lieber) to resolve chaptering conflicts.
Makes the property tax exemption for state-owned property inapplicable to real property owned by the Department of Transportation that has not been used for a transportation purpose for a five-year period. Begins the five-year period as of the operative date of this bill.
Designates the month of April 2007 as Automotive Career Month.
Declares 5/14/ 07 to 5/18/07 as California Bike Commute Week, and encourages all citizens to recognize the importance of sharing our streets and highways with bicyclists and to participate in bicycling to work.
Index (in Bill Order)| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
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SB 9 |
Lowenthal-D Transportation: trade corridors |
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SB 10 |
Kehoe-D San Diego County Regional Airport Authority |
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SB 19 |
Lowenthal-D Vehicle emissions: trade corridor |
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SB 23 |
Cogdill-R High pollution vehicles: San Joaquin Valley |
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SB 28 |
Simitian-D Department of Motor Vehicles: personal information |
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SB 33 |
Simitian-D Vehicles: wireless telephones and mobile service devices |
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SB 53 |
Ducheny-D State highways: performance measures |
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SB 56 |
Runner-R Highway construction contracts: design-build |
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SB 60 |
Cedillo-D Vehicles: driver's licenses |
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SB 61 |
Runner-R Transportation: high-occupancy toll lanes and toll roads |
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SB 67* |
Perata-D Vehicles: speed contests and reckless driving |
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SB 70 |
Florez-D Biodiesel |
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SB 71 |
Florez-D Alternative fuels: biodiesel |
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SB 73* |
Florez-D Biodiesel: income tax credit |
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SB 74* |
Florez-D Biodiesel: tax exemption |
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SB 75 |
Florez-D Alternative fuels: biodiesel |
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SB 79* |
Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Transportation |
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SB 88* |
Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee Highway Safety Bond Act of 2006 |
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SB 124* |
Ducheny-D Registered vehicle owners: evasion of tolls |
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SB 128 |
Margett-R California Highway Patrol |
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SB 140 |
Kehoe-D Fuels: renewable diesel fuel |
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SB 150 |
Florez-D Governmental liability: railroad quiet zones |
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SB 163 |
Migden-D Yerba Buena Island ramp connections |
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SB 167 |
Negrete McLeod-D Regional planning programs |
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SB 177 |
Migden-D Driver's license: DUI: ignition interlock |
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SB 184 |
Alquist-D Transportation projects |
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SB 195 |
Calderon-D Construction projects: wrap-up insurance: disclosures |
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SB 204 |
Dutton-R Transportation funds |
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SB 210 |
Kehoe-D Greenhouse gas emissions: fuel standard |
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SB 224 |
Battin-R State Highway Routes 79 and 111: relinquishment |
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SB 229 |
Margett-R Vehicles: large or heavy loads |
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SB 240 |
Florez-D San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District |
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SB 262 |
Runner-R Transportation: trade corridors improvement |
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SB 264 |
Alquist-D Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |
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SB 266 |
Steinberg-D Motor vehicle speed contest: forfeiture |
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SB 279 |
Yee-D State highways: public nuisance |
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SB 285 |
Runner-R Provisional licensing program |
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SB 286 |
Lowenthal-D Transportation bonds: implementation |
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SB 287 |
Denham-R Vehicles: special license plates |
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SB 308* |
Margett-R Taxation: deductions: qualified vehicle transaction |
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SB 372 |
Steinberg-D High-speed rail: educational and vocational training program |
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SB 375 |
Steinberg-D Transportation planning |
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SB 377 |
Aanestad-R Highways: information signs |
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SB 386 |
Cogdill-R Vehicles: special license plates |
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SB 422 |
Ashburn-R Vehicles: commercial vehicles |
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SB 432 |
Lowenthal-D Streets and highways: description and traffic control |
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SB 442 |
Ackerman-R Public contracts: transit projects: design-build contracting |
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SB 445 |
Torlakson-D Road User Task Force |
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SB 476 |
Hollingsworth-R Crime: vehicular manslaughter |
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SB 492 |
Maldonado-R Vehicles: abandonment: fines |
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SB 494 |
Kehoe-D Vehicular air pollution control: clean alternative fuels |
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SB 498 |
Oropeza-D Vehicles: total loss salvage vehicles |
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SB 525 |
Lowenthal-D Department of Motor Vehicles: administrative hearings |
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SB 585* |
Lowenthal-D Recycled concrete: Department of Transportation |
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SB 593 |
Margett-R Department of Transportation: retention proceeds |
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SB 613 |
Simitian-D Traffic congestion: San Mateo County |
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SB 640 |
Simitian-D Circulation and transportation element |
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SB 652 |
Lowenthal-D Highway names |
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SB 684 |
Cox-R Intercity rail services: feeder buses |
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SB 715 |
Lowenthal-D Advertising displays: noncommercial, protected speech |
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SB 716 |
Perata-D Transit operators |
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SB 717 |
Perata-D Transportation Investment Fund |
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SB 729 |
Padilla-D Vehicles: dealers: consumer protection |
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SB 735 |
Wiggins-D Recycling: paving materials: tracking |
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SB 745 |
Oropeza-D Transportation funding: part security |
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SB 748 |
Corbett-D Transportation: state-local partnerships |
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SB 754 |
Kehoe-D Department of Motor Vehicles: property |
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SB 773 |
Wiggins-D Vehicles: limitations of access |
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SB 791 |
Corbett-D State highway property: City of Hayward |
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SB 798 |
Battin-R State Aeronautics Act: flight schools |
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SB 803 |
Lowenthal-D Transportation enhancements |
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SB 810* |
Corbett-D Green vehicles: tax credit |
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SB 841 |
Calderon-D Vehicles: driver improvement |
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SB 848 |
Corbett-D Vehicles: speed trap |
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SB 856 |
Runner-R Highway signs |
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SB 861 |
Wiggins-D North Coast Railroad Authority |
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SB 872 |
Ackerman-R Transportation financing |
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SB 876 |
Calderon-D Vehicle emission standards |
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SB 881 |
Runner-R Santa Paula Airport |
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SB 889 |
Maldonado-R Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes |
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SB 895 |
Florez-D Air quality |
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SB 910 |
Scott-D Highway Route 164: Temple City |
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SB 912 |
Negrete McLeod-D Highway safety: flares |
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SB 947 |
Hollingsworth-R Transportation facilities |
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SB 956 |
Correa-D Neighborhood electric vehicles: Orange County |
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SB 974 |
Lowenthal-D Ports: containerized cargo |
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SB 976 |
Torlakson-D San Francisco Bay Area: transportation planning |
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SB 1028 |
Padilla-D Ambient air quality standards: vehicles |
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SCR 3 |
Cedillo-D The Wall Las Memorias Project AIDS monument: highway signs |
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SCR 4 |
Cox-R James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge |
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SCR 7 |
Battin-R Motorcycle Awareness Month |
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SCR 10 |
Aanestad-R Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange |
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SCR 11 |
Negrete McLeod-D Correctional Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Hwy |
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SCR 14 |
Florez-D Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway |
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SCR 15 |
Aanestad-R Nomlaki Highway |
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SCR 16 |
Negrete McLeod-D Gary Moon Memorial Interchange |
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SCR 20 |
Kuehl-D Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway |
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SCR 21 |
Ducheny-D James D. Schultz Memorial Freeway |
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SCR 22 |
Cox-R Stephanie Marie Frazier Memorial Highway |
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SCR 32 |
Hollingsworth-R Army Sergeant Brud Joseph Cronkrite Memorial Bridge |
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SCR 33 |
Hollingsworth-R Nello Irwin Greer Memorial Bridge |
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SCR 37 |
Simitian-D Lewis E. Platt Memorial Highway |
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SCR 38 |
Cedillo-D Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway |
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SCR 41 |
Corbett-D Nels Dan Niemi Memorial Highway |
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SCR 51 |
Maldonado-R CHP Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway |
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SCR 53 |
Denham-R CHP Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway |
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SCR 57 |
Maldonado-R Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway |
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SR 17 |
Florez-D Airport Security-Surrendered Items Donation Program |
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AB 4 |
Anderson-R Department of Transportation: District 11 |
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AB 6* |
Houston-R Greenhouse gases: market-based compliance mechanisms |
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AB 11 |
DeVore-R Vehicles: special license plates |
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AB 15 |
Houston-R Vasco Road: median barriers |
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AB 23* |
Ma-D Department of Transportation: marked crosswalk |
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AB 24 |
Richardson-D Vehicles: police pursuit |
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AB 57 |
Soto-D Highways: federal funds: Safe Routes to School |
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AB 60 |
Nava-D Vehicles: bicycles |
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AB 61 |
Nava-D Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District |
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AB 99 |
Feuer-D Vehicular air pollution control |
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AB 101 |
Ma-D Vehicles: parking enforcement: video image evidence |
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AB 112 |
Wolk-D Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones |
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AB 117 |
Beall-D Traffic offenses: assessment |
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AB 118 |
Nunez-D Alternative fuels and vehicle technologies: funding programs |
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AB 138 |
Bass-D Vehicles: veterans: parking |
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AB 193* |
Assembly Budget Committee Transportation revenues |
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AB 196* |
Assembly Budget Committee Transportation bond funds: cities and counties |
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AB 201* |
Assembly Budget Committee Transportation bonds: implementation |
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AB 217 |
Beall-D Vehicle license fee and registration: biennial |
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AB 218 |
Saldana-D Vehicles: fees |
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AB 226 |
Huff-R Vehicles: removal |
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AB 233 |
Jones-D Diesel vehicles and engines: Healthy Heart and Lung Act |
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AB 236 |
Lieu-D Governmental motor vehicle fleets |
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AB 248 |
Gaines-R Vehicles: violations: punishment |
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AB 254 |
Gaines-R Vehicles: total loss salvage vehicles |
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AB 255 |
De Leon-D Smog abatement fee |
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AB 256 |
Huff-R Highway Users Tax Account: appropriation of funds |
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AB 291 |
Jeffries-R State Highway Route 74: relinquishment |
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AB 294 |
Adams-R Air pollution: manganese |
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AB 303 |
Spitzer-R Vehicular: manslaughter |
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AB 305 |
Ma-D Vehicles: sale: used vehicles |
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AB 307* |
Hayashi-D Fuel passenger transit buses |
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AB 321 |
Nava-D Vehicles: speed limits: schools |
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AB 353 |
Carter-D Vehicles: railroad crossings: traffic control signals |
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AB 387 |
Duvall-R Transit contracts: design-build |
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AB 401 |
Benoit-R Transportation infrastructure emergencies |
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AB 412 |
Smyth-R Transportation: project deadlines |
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AB 418 |
Saldana-D Vehicles: fees: exemption: deployed National Guard member |
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AB 421 |
Benoit-R Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court |
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AB 425 |
Adams-R Motorcycle helmets |
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AB 427 |
Hancock-D Transportation: state highway nuisances |
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AB 430 |
Benoit-R Vehicles: speed contests and reckless driving |
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AB 443 |
Wolk-D California Highway Patrol: main office |
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AB 444 |
Hancock-D Congestion management: motor vehicle registration fees |
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AB 445 |
Nava-D Vehicles: special license plates: disabled veterans |
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AB 462 |
Villines-R Vehicle: license plates |
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AB 463 |
Huffman-D Vehicles: disabled persons: parking |
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AB 468 |
Ruskin-D Abandoned vehicle abatement |
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AB 470 |
DeSaulnier-D Electric personal assistive mobility devices |
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AB 474 |
DeVore-R Vehicle registration: biennial |
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AB 478 |
Wolk-D Bicycle lamps and reflectors on shared-use pathways |
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AB 484 |
Nava-D Landfill disposal: concrete |
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AB 490 |
Hancock-D Rapid transit districts |
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AB 493 |
Ruskin-D Motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions: incentive program |
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AB 505* |
Plescia-R Income and corporation taxes: credits: hybrid vehicles |
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AB 568 |
Karnette-D Port Community Advisory Committee |
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AB 574 |
Torrico-D High-occupancy toll lanes |
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AB 575 |
Arambula-D Emission reductions |
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AB 602 |
DeVore-R Parking violations: hearings |
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AB 605 |
Walters-R Speed contest: forfeiture procedure |
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AB 616 |
Jones-D Smog check: annual inspection: repair assistance program |
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AB 619 |
Emmerson-R Vehicle registration amnesty program |
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AB 620 |
Portantino-D Transportation bonds |
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AB 630 |
Price-D Air emissions standards: EPA waiver |
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AB 631 |
Horton-R Gasoline fueling stations: ethanol pumps |
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AB 633 |
Galgiani-D Grade separation projects |
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AB 645 |
Feuer-D Vehicles: traffic violations |
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AB 660 |
Galgiani-D Railroad-highway grade separations |
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AB 665 |
DeSaulnier-D Transportation: growth management |
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AB 669 |
Parra-D State Highway Route 269 |
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AB 695 |
Karnette-D Vessels: emissions |
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AB 700 |
Lieu-D Santa Monica Airport |
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AB 712 |
De Leon-D Off-road solid waste: clean air |
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AB 744 |
Parra-D Off-highway motor vehicles |
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AB 747 |
Levine-D Greenhouse gas emissions |
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AB 758 |
Plescia-R Traffic violators: schools |
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AB 769* |
Aghazarian-R Fuel to transport biomass |
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AB 784 |
Karnette-D Transportation bonds |
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AB 801 |
Walters-R Vehicles: license plates |
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AB 808 |
Parra-D Vehicles: drivers' licenses |
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AB 829 |
Duvall-R Motorcycles: aftermarket products |
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AB 830 |
Ma-D Outdoor advertising |
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AB 842 |
Jones-D Traffic reduction: regional plans |
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AB 846* |
Blakeslee-R Clean Marine Fuels |
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AB 866 |
Davis-D Department of Motor Vehicles: National Guard |
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AB 867 |
Davis-D Traffic analysis zones |
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AB 878 |
Davis-D Vehicle registration fees |
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AB 881 |
Mullin-D Vehicles: child passengers |
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AB 889 |
Lieu-D Metro Green Line Construction Authority |
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AB 893 |
Walters-R Vehicles: speeding |
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AB 899 |
Parra-D Transportation facilities |
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AB 901 |
Nunez-D Transportation funding |
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AB 913 |
Niello-R Motor carrier permits |
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AB 916* |
Niello-R Airport and related construction: Sacramento County |
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AB 945 |
Carter-D Transportation needs assessment |
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AB 957 |
Spitzer-R Department of Transportation records: state property |
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AB 966 |
Krekorian-D Driver's license renewal: senior citizens |
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AB 981 |
Ma-D Vehicles: abatement of abandoned vehicles: costs recovery |
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AB 992 |
Brownley-D Roads: stormwater containment |
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AB 995 |
Nava-D Trade corridors |
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AB 1003 |
Jeffries-R Department of Transportation |
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AB 1008 |
Charles Calderon-D Insurance: vehicle service contracts |
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AB 1055 |
Blakeslee-R State Route 990: environment: mitigation |
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AB 1077 |
Lieber-D State Air Resources Board: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles |
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AB 1083 |
Huffman-D Automotive insurance: mileage-based incentives |
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AB 1084 |
Galgiani-D Highway signs |
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AB 1092 |
Emmerson-R Recreational vehicles |
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AB 1099 |
Portantino-D Vehicles: traffic violator schools |
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AB 1107* |
Arambula-D Goods movement: small businesses and microenterprises |
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AB 1117* |
Benoit-R Local government: county services areas |
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AB 1119 |
Fuller-R Air pollution: diesel emission control devices |
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AB 1139 |
Emmerson-R Department of Motor Vehicles: display systems: advertising |
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AB 1140 |
Strickland-R Department of Transportation: report |
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AB 1161 |
Tran-R Eminent domain |
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AB 1162 |
Tran-R State highway property: personal services contracts |
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AB 1165 |
Maze-R Driving under the influence |
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AB 1186* |
Karnette-D Private Railroad Car Tax Law: assessment factors |
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AB 1200 |
Saldana-D Vehicles: hit-and-run: multiple convictions: penalties |
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AB 1209 |
Karnette-D Emission reduction projects and measures |
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AB 1215 |
Benoit-R Vehicles: DUI |
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AB 1228 |
Solorio-D Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act |
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AB 1240 |
Benoit-R Riverside County Transportation Commission |
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AB 1244 |
Adams-R Golf carts |
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AB 1258 |
Caballero-D Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones |
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AB 1295 |
Spitzer-R Transportation facilities: tolls |
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AB 1306 |
Huff-R Sales taxes on gasoline |
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AB 1310 |
Leno-D Charter-party carriers |
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AB 1311 |
Berryhill-R Department of Motor Vehicles: records |
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AB 1322 |
Duvall-R Transportation: eminent domain |
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AB 1326 |
Houston-R San Francisco Bay Area/Los Angeles Transportation |
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AB 1337 |
Nava-D State highway system: construction inspection functions |
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AB 1350 |
Nunez-D Transportation bond funds |
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AB 1351 |
Levine-D Transportation: state-local partnerships |
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AB 1358 |
Leno-D Transportation planning |
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AB 1373 |
Emmerson-R Highway construction contracts |
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AB 1385 |
Garrick-R Vehicles: DUI: penalties |
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AB 1396 |
Laird-D California Coastal Trail |
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AB 1433 |
Huff-R Department of Motor Vehicles: identification |
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AB 1440 |
Wolk-D Hybrid trucks: grants |
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AB 1455 |
Arambula-D California Air Quality Zones |
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AB 1458 |
Duvall-R Boating: vessel operator certificates and funding |
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AB 1464 |
Benoit-R Vehicles |
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AB 1483 |
Carter-D Automotive repair: crash parts |
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AB 1488 |
Mendoza-D Air pollution: smog check program: diesel-powered vehicles |
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AB 1492 |
Laird-D Vehicles: transit buses: right-of-way |
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AB 1495 |
La Malfa-R Information signs for roadside businesses in rural areas |
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AB 1499 |
Garrick-R Department of Transportation: design-build contracting |
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AB 1513 |
Niello-R Motor carriers: permits |
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AB 1519 |
Ma-D Landing rights: revocation |
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AB 1531 |
DeSaulnier-D Vehicles: disabled parking |
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AB 1543 |
Leno-D Treasure Island Transportation Management |
|
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AB 1566 |
Niello-R Rest areas: joint economic development demonstration project |
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AB 1575 |
Richardson-D Vehicle liens |
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AB 1581 |
Fuller-R Traffic-actuated signals: bicycles: motorcycles |
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AB 1589 |
Duvall-R Vehicles: reports: reexaminations: removal |
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AB 1611 |
Leno-D San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation |
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AB 1612 |
Nava-D Motor carriers: hazardous waste materials |
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AB 1637 |
DeSaulnier-D Public transportation: subsidies for low-income riders |
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AB 1651* |
Arambula-D Greenhouse gases: tax credits |
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AB 1661 |
Cook-R Drivers' license and identification cards |
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AB 1672 |
Nunez-D California Transportation Commission |
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AB 1702 |
Blakeslee-R Caltrans: staffing |
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AB 1728 |
Assembly Transportation Committee Vehicles |
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ACA 9 |
DeVore-R Department of Transportation: real property: property tax |
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ACR 4 |
Benoit-R Esperanza Firefighters Memorial Highway |
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ACR 7 |
Wolk-D Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway |
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ACR 10 |
Cook-R CDF Firefighter Chris Kanton Memorial Highway |
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ACR 17 |
Horton-R Mary Augustine Bridge |
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ACR 20 |
Cook-R Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway |
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ACR 22 |
Benoit-R Armed Forces Freeway |
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ACR 25 |
Lieber-D Norman Y. Mineta Highway |
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ACR 26 |
Sharon Runner-R Historic U.S. Highway Route 6 |
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ACR 27 |
Charles Calderon-D L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway |
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ACR 30 |
Berg-D Elizabeth Jane Rosewarne Memorial Bridge |
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ACR 31 |
Berg-D CHP Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway |
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ACR 37 |
Mendoza-D Automotive Career Month |
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ACR 39 |
Keene-R Wick's Corner Interchange |
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ACR 41 |
Emmerson-R Officer James M. Goodman Memorial Highway |
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ACR 57 |
Berg-D Veterans' Memorial Highway |
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ACR 58 |
Fuller-R CHP Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway |
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ACR 59 |
Cook-R Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway |
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ACR 62 |
DeSaulnier-D Congressman George Miller Benicia-Martinez Bridge |
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ACR 63 |
Keene-R Estes and Hunter Memorial Highway |
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ACR 73 |
Bass-D Nathan Shapell Memorial Highway |
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ACR 75 |
Coto-D Chumash Highway |
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AJR 40 |
De Leon-D South Coast Air Basin: ozone and fine particulate matter |
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HR 13 |
Hancock-D California Bike Commute Week |
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