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Development and Financing

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SB 95 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Transportation funds: State Budget 2011

Increases the availability of various transportation funds that could be used as borrowable resources for the state's General Fund for cash flow in the 2011-12 budget year to facilitate completion of transportation projects.
Chapter 1, Statutes of 2012

SB 204 (Liu-D) Local alternative transportation improvement program

Provides for a local alternative transportation improvement program (LATIP) for the State Highway Route (SR) 710 study area in Los Angeles County. Grants the California Transportation Commission (CTC) the final authority regarding content and approval of the LATIP, so long as the content and approval are consistent with the CTC's earlier processes related to LATIPs for SR 84 and SR 238. Requires the approval to include a finding by the CTC that the plan includes feasible funding, plans, and capacity to develop and implement the LATIP and the associated relocation assistance requirements.
Vetoed

SB 749 (Steinberg-D) California Transportation Commission: guidelines

Establishes procedures for the California Transportation Commission to follow when adopting guidelines, and specifies that Commission is exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act when adopting guidelines.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 867 (Padilla-D) Transportation: finance: Build California Bonds

Permits the California Transportation Financing Authority to issue nonrefundable tax credit bonds, available to California income taxpayers, to fund the construction of local transportation projects.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 985* (La Malfa-R) Transportation bonds

Requires the Secretary of State to place on the November 2012 general election ballot a legislative referendum which, if approved by the voters, prohibits the sale of any additional high-speed rail bonds. Authorizes the Legislature to appropriate any outstanding net proceeds from sale of the bonds before the enactment of this bill for retiring outstanding high-speed rail bond debt.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 1018 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) Transportation funds: Budget Trailer Bill

Enacts the Energy, Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture 2012-13 Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, provides Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 bond funds to be transferred by 1/1/13, if a local air district's funds, including accrued interest, are not committed by an executed contract, as reported to the Air Resources Board (ARB), by 6/30/12, as provided. Requires the local air district and ARB, by 9/30/12, to establish a list of potential local air districts that can be the recipient of the transferred funds with priority given to districts with the most polluting school buses and with the greatest need for school bus funding. Requires each allocation of funding made by the ARB to a local air district to include enough funding for at least one project to be implemented pursuant to the Lower-Emission School Bus Program. Requires all funds allocated by ARB to a local air district to be expended by 6/30/14, and requires all funds not expended by that date to be returned to ARB.
Chapter 39, Statutes of 2012 -- Item Veto

SB 1068 (Rubio-D) Transit districts

Increases the minimum value of supplies, materials, and equipment purchases that Golden Empire Transit and Sacramento Regional Transit may procure by a means other than lowest responsible bidder.
Chapter 220, Statutes of 2012

SB 1102 (DeSaulnier-D) State transportation improvement program

Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC), beginning 1/1/13, to allocate construction support funding for each project in the State Transportation Improvement Program overseen by the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) at the time it allocates construction capital funding. Requires the CTC to review and approve a supplemental project allocation request for a project that experiences a construction support cost overrun of 20% or more. Requires Caltrans, no later than 11/15/14, and annually thereafter, to report to the Legislature on the difference between construction costs allocated on each project and the actual costs after the project has been completed.
Chapter 272, Statutes of 2012

SB 1117 (DeSaulnier-D) Passenger rail planning

Designates the Department of Transportation as the state rail transportation authority to prepare, maintain, coordinate, and administer the State Rail Plan, modifies the requirements of the State Rail Plan, and requires the California Transportation Commission to include in its guidelines for regional transportation plans policy direction regarding the integration of all passenger rail services into a coordinated system with emphasis on intermodal facilities and cost-effective rail services, as specified.
Vetoed

SB 1149 (DeSaulnier-D) Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Reorganizes the governance of four San Francisco Bay Area regional agencies: the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and the Association of Bay Area Governments.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1225 (Padilla-D) Intercity rail agreements

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to enter into a transfer of services agreement with the Los Angeles-San Diego Corridor Agency for the provision of intercity passenger rail service in the corridor. Establishes a uniform framework for negotiating interagency transfer agreements applicable to all state-supported intercity rail programs.
Chapter 802, Statutes of 2012
A similar bill is AB 1779 (Galgiani-D), Chapter 801, Statutes of 2012.

SB 1499 (Anderson-R) California Transportation Commission: review of expenditures

Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to allocate funds for construction support costs for a project in the state transportation improvement program at the time of allocation of funds for construction capital costs. Requires a supplemental project allocation request to be made for all state transportation improvement program projects that experience construction support costs equal to or more than 120% of the amount originally allocated. Requires the Department of Transportation, as part of the annual project delivery report, to report on the difference between the original allocation made by the CTC and the actual construction support costs at project close for each state transportation improvement program project completed during the previous fiscal year.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 1549 (Vargas-D) Transportation projects: alternative project delivery method

Authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to use alternative contracting methods for public transit projects. Authorizes SANDAG to use one of two alternative contracting methods, each consisting of specified procedures, and referred to respectively as "design-sequencing," whereby each phase of a project can commence construction when the design of that phase is complete, and "construction manager/general contractor", whereby a construction manager is procured to provide preconstruction services during a project's design phase and construction services during the construction phase. Requires SANDAG, in order to use an alternative project delivery method, to make a written finding that its use in lieu of the traditional design-bid-build contracting method will reduce project costs, expedite completion, or provide other benefits otherwise not achievable.
Chapter 767, Statutes of 2012

AB 294 (Portantino-D) Transportation projects: procurement

Reenacts authorization, until 1/1/17, for the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to enter into design-sequencing contracts, under certain conditions. Clarifies that Caltrans employees or its consultants are to perform specific tasks associated with design-sequencing, design-build, or public-private partnership contracts for projects on the state highway system.
Vetoed

AB 343 (Atkins-D) Transportation planning

Requires each redevelopment plan be consistent with the regional sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy adopted by a metropolitan planning organization or council of government.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

AB 432 (Dickinson-D) Transit: Sacramento County

Authorizes the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to create a combined farebox recovery ratio for the Sacramento County transit operators (Sacramento Regional Transit, Folsom transit, Elk Grove transit, and Sacramento County transit services) to be eligible to receive subsidies from the Transportation Development Act.
Chapter 229, Statutes of 2012

AB 441 (Monning-D) Transportation planning

Requires the California Transportation Commission to attach to its guidelines for preparing regional transportation plans a summary of policies, practices, or projects that promote health that metropolitan planning organizations can use in regional transportation plans.
Chapter 365, Statutes of 2012

AB 485 (Ma-D) Transportation: greenhouse gases: revenues

Allows local officials to divert property tax increment revenues to pay for public facilities and amenities within transit village development districts. Requires revenues received by an electrical corporation as a result of the direct allocation of greenhouse gas allowances to electric utilities to be credited directly to public transportation agency customers.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 676 (Torres-D) Transportation funds

Provides that any leftover transportation funds available to the state, after deducting expenditures for administration, operation, maintenance, local assistance, safety, and rehabilitation, are available for the study of, and development and implementation of, capital improvement projects.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 995 (Cedillo-D) Transit-oriented development

Requires the Governor's Office of Planning and Research, not later than 7/1/12, to prepare and submit to the Legislature a report containing recommendations for expedited environmental review for transit-oriented development.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1458 (Buchanan-D) California Transportation Commission

Provides that notwithstanding the Governors Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012 (GRP 2), the California Transportation Commission (CTC) shall retain independent authority to perform its duties as prescribed under law. Makes it explicit that the CTC will retain its independent authority to perform its duties as prescribed under law regardless of the fact that the GRP 2 places the CTC in the Transportation Agency under the authority of the Transportation Secretary; provides that this bill shall become operative on 7/1/13 and only if the GRP 2 becomes effective; and stipulates that this bill prevails over any provision of the GRP 2, regardless of the dates on which this bill and the GRP 2 take effect.
Chapter 138, Statutes of 2012

AB 1465 (Assembly Budget Committee) Transportation: Budget Trailer Bill

Transfers funding from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account to the General Fund for three years and then at that time these funds will be transferred to the Highway Users Tax Account. Transfers additional weight fee revenues to the General Fund. Facilitates a $432.2 million loan to the General Fund from the motor Vehicle Account. Allows the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to post advertising projects on Caltrans Web site in lieu of trade publications and newspapers.
Chapter 22, Statutes of 2012

AB 1477 (Assembly Budget Committee) Caltrans: Budget Trailer Bill

Amends the 2012-13 Budget Act, adopted on 6/15/12 in AB 1464, which, among other provisions, increase reimbursement authority to allow the Department of Transportation to charge local transportation agencies for the development and oversight of Project Initiation Documents. Local agencies will be charged only for direct costs.
Chapter 630, Statutes of 2012 -- Item Veto

AB 1600 (Torres-D) Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority

Authorizes the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Authority) to plan, design, and build an extension of the Gold Line from the City of Claremont to the City of Montclair. Authorizes the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) to appoint one nonvoting member to the governing board. Authorizes the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to operate each phase of the Gold Line light rail beyond its current terminus in east Pasadena to Azusa and Claremont. Authorizes MTA to operate the Gold Line light rail trains outside of Los Angeles County, which is its area of jurisdiction, to Montclair in San Bernardino County. Prohibits MTA from operating on right-of-way owned by SANBAG without a construction and maintenance agreement between MTA, SANBAG, and the Authority. Clarifies that the Authority may accept grants, fees, allocations, and transfer of funds from federal, state, and local agencies.
Chapter 189, Statutes of 2012

AB 1671 (Huffman-D) Department of Transportation: retention proceeds

Extends, until 1/1/20, the sunset date prohibiting the Department of Transportation from withholding retention proceeds to its contractors when making progress payments for work performed on a public works project, and makes legislative findings and declarations.
Chapter 290, Statutes of 2012

AB 1770 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) California Transportation Financing Authority

Clarifies that the California Transportation Financing Authority (CTFA) may approve rail projects that are, or include, rolling stock. Provides that a project may be eligible for financing under CTFA if it is owned or operated (rather than owned and operated) by the Department of Transportation or other project sponsor.
Chapter 316, Statutes of 2012

AB 1778 (Williams-D) Local transportation funds

Provides that any Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds Ventura County has apportioned to local jurisdictions that are not encumbered within one year, or expended within two years, be returned to the Ventura County Transportation Commission for redistribution to transit operators that are otherwise eligible to receive TDA funds.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1779 (Galgiani-D) Intercity rail agreements

Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), with approval of the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, to enter into interagency transfer agreements for additional intercity rail corridors, to be entered into between 6/30/14, and 6/30/15, and authorizes Caltrans to enter into a transfer of services agreement with a Joint Powers Authority to administer the state-contracted Amtrak service operating between the San Joaquin Valley, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Sacramento.
Chapter 801, Statutes of 2012
A similar bill is SB 1225 (Padilla-D), Chapter 802, Statutes of 2012.

AB 1780 (Bonilla-D) Department of Transportation: project studies reports

Requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to pay for costs related to the review and approval of specified project initiation documents (PIDs) prepared by other entities for projects that are on the state highway system and in an adopted regional transportation plan, a voter-approved sales tax measure expenditure plan, or other voter-approved transportation program. Provides Caltrans costs to review and approve PIDs for projects that aren't included in one of these plans be paid by the entity that prepared the documents.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1962 (Allen-D) Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District

Repeals the requirement that the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District obtain advisory review of a rail transit facility project through the design review process of the relevant city or county.
Chapter 98, Statutes of 2012

AB 2498 (Gordon-D) Construction Manager/General Contractor project method

Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to use an alternative procurement method referred to as Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) for up to six projects. Defines a CM/GC method of procurement as one in which Caltrans selects the construction manager to provide preconstruction services during the design phase of a project, plus actual construction services when the project is being built.
Chapter 752, Statutes of 2012

AB 2656* (Charles Calderon-D) California Transportation Financing Authority

Authorizes the California Transportation Financing Authority to award $500 million in tax credit certificates to exporters and importers who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Authority that, in a taxable year beginning on or after 1/1/13, and before 1/1/18, it met specified requirements. Requires the Authority to develop procedures for awarding credits, administering the program and charging fees to cover administrative costs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

ACA 23 (Perea-D) Transportation projects funding

Provides that the imposition, extension, or increase of a special tax by a local government for the purpose of providing funding for local transportation projects, as defined, and requires the approval of 55% of its voters voting on the proposition.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

Motor Vehicle Emissions

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SB 234 (Hancock-D) Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program

Requires the Air Resources Board to disperse eligible funds from the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, for projects that provide shorepower for vessels, to applicants on a quarterly basis, and also authorizes the Board to withhold 10% of reimbursable costs until the project demonstrates its ability to power a vessel at berth.
Vetoed

SB 357 (Dutton-R) Air Resources Board: regulations: obsolete equipment

Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) to estimate the cost or savings to the state in revenues that are lost or gained as a result of a regulation adopted or amended by the ARB imposing requirements relating to diesel-fueled heavy-duty on-road or off-road motor vehicles that would make equipment obsolete, where that equipment would otherwise have a remaining depreciable life. Requires the Franchise Tax Board to provide to the ARB, and update every five years, the average tax rate to be applied to the amount of the estimated accelerated deduction due to reduced asset life attributable to the regulation for an increase in business depreciation.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

SB 519 (La Malfa-R) Smog check: visual inspection

Prohibits a smog check technician from conducting an under-the-hood visual inspection as part of a smog inspection.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 535 (De León-D) Greenhouse gas emissions

Requires the investment plan related to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that is developed and submitted to the Legislature pursuant to AB 1532 (J. Perez-D) to allocate (1) a minimum of 25% of the available monies in the Fund to projects that provide benefits to identified disadvantaged communities, and (2) a minimum of 10% of the available monies in the Fund to projects located within identified disadvantaged communities. Contingent on the enactment of AB 1532.
Chapter 830, Statutes of 2012

SB 800 (Hancock-D) Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Program Fund

Creates the Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Offset Program Fund, and provides that funds received by the state on a voluntary basis from the federal government, individuals, businesses, organizations, industry, or other sources for the mitigation of climate change impacts related to greenhouse gas emissions be deposited in this fund. The monies in the fund will be available, upon appropriation, for expenditure by the Natural Resources Agency for specified projects through a competitive grant process.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 1076 (Emmerson-R) Vehicle emission: tire inflation regulation

Requires Automotive Service Providers (ASPs) to use tire pressure gauges that are accurate within a range of plus or minus two pounds per square inch of pressure. Establishes that an ASP is not required to check and inflate a vehicle's tire if the tire is determined to be an unsafe tire. Defines "unsafe tire" to mean any tire considered unsafe in accordance with standard industry practices due to tire tread wear, tread irregularity, or damage. Provides examples that include any tire with an exposed ply or cord, a sidewall crack, a bulge, a knot, or a ply separation.
Chapter 329, Statutes of 2012

SB 1224 (La Malfa-R) Smog check: biennial inspection: exemption

Increases the number of vehicles exempted from the smog check program by excluding vehicles with model years between 1976 and 1980.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 1455 (Kehoe-D) Alternative and vehicle technologies: funding programs

Extends, until 12/1/23, various fees and surcharges related to the clean air, fuel, tire recycling, and vehicle programs of the Air Resources Board (ARB), the California Energy Commission (CEC), the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and the State Bureau of Automotive Repair. Prohibits ARB from moving forward with implementation of the Clean Fuels Outlet regulation, and instead directs funds from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund for the construction and operation of a hydrogen fueling network in California. Requires CEC and ARB to report on the status of the state's alternative transportation fuel use in the Integrated Energy Policy Report.
(Failed passage on Senate Unfinished Business File)

SB 1485* (Kehoe-D) Vehicle emissions: blended fuels

Clarifies that gasoline used to make blended fuels (e.g., E85, which is 85% ethanol blended with 15% gasoline) is exempt from California's motor vehicle fuel tax provided it is taxed under the use fuel tax law.
Chapter 493, Statutes of 2012

SB 1507* (Fuller-R) Greenhouse gas emissions

Requires that any rule or regulation applying to owners or drivers of heavy-duty tractors or the 53-foot or longer trailers they pull pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 to include exemptions for a tractor-trailer combination that travels within 100 air miles of the tractor-trailer's base, and that returns to its base within 48 hours of traveling outside of the 100-air-mile radius.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

SB 1572 (Pavley-D) Greenhouse gas emissions

Directs expenditure of funds derived from the auction of greenhouse gas allowances pursuant to the cap-and-trade program adopted by the Air Resources Board pursuant to AB 32 (Nunez and Pavley), Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Floor)

SCR 76 (Emmerson-R) Vehicular air pollution: school buses

Urges the Air Resources Board to exempt school buses from diesel particulate emissions regulations until state funds are available to fully fund the program.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 333* (Grove-R) Greenhouse gas emissions

Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB) to report to the Legislature by 7/31/11, on the readiness of its proposed cap-and-trade program to begin 1/1/12. Authorizes ARB to delay cap-and-trade implementation up to one year. Requires ARB to report annually on the status of the cap-and-trade program until 2016.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 344* (Mendoza-D) Vehicular air pollution: exemption: low-use vehicles

Requires the Air Resources Board, for purposes of specified provisions relating to mobile source emissions reductions, as applied to the reduction of emissions of diesel particulate matter, oxides of nitrogen, and other criteria pollutants from certain in-use, diesel-fueled vehicles, to define "low-use vehicle" for purposes of tax-exempt nonprofit organizations as a vehicle that will be operated fewer than 5,000 miles in the state in any compliance year, as specified.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 474 (Jones-R) Vehicles: inspections: smog-check

Extends, from 90 to 180 days, the duration that a certificate of compliance or certificate of noncompliance, related to motor vehicle emission inspections, is valid.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 523 (Valadao-R) Ethanol: alternative and renewable fuel

Makes ethanol derived from corn ineligible for funding from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program and repeals related requirements.
Chapter 183, Statutes of 2012

AB 638 (Skinner-D) Fuel resources

Requires the Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission to work to reduce California's onroad petroleum fuel use and to increase use of alternative transportation fuels.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 937 (Mendoza-D) Emission reduction control: vessels

Requires the Air Resources Board to amend regulations, which require vessel fleets to either reduce onboard power generation to specified levels or achieve equivalent emission reductions, to ensure that a person choosing the equivalent emission reduction compliance option is not subject to more stringent requirements than a person choosing the reduced onboard power generation option.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1064 (Furutani-D) Air quality ports

Makes certain prohibitions in the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, inapplicable for a shoreside electrical power infrastructure project that is administered by a California port, and instead requires that the individual segments of these projects be a part of an adopted terminal plan submitted to the Air Resources Board. Authorizes the Board, for a specified purpose, to allow a recipient agency for shoreside electrical power infrastructure to average vessel calls made across multiple berths within a terminal.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1180 (Bradford-D) Greenhouse gas emissions

Requires any offset protocol adopted as part of a cap-and-trade program for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to target high warming potential gases, be approved by a third-party registry, be monitored for GHG reductions in real-time, and be capable of providing at least one million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent GHG reductions each year.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)

AB 1229 (Feuer-D) Vehicle emissions: funds

Authorizes the issuance of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle bonds to accelerate projects programmed by a regional transportation planning agency using its share of federal regional surface transportation program or congestion mitigation and air quality funds.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1256 (Bill Berryhill-R) Air Resources Board: transported air pollutants

Requires the Air Resources Board to identify each air basin, or subregion of an air basin, in which transported air pollutants from upwind areas outside the air basin, or subregion of an air basin, cause or contribute to a violation of a state or federal ambient air quality standard in a downwind district, and to identify the district of origin of the transported air pollutants.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1285 (Fuentes-D) Regional greenhouse gas emission reduction program

Requires the Air Resources Board to establish a program to maximize regional greenhouse gas emission reduction and sequestration projects, as specified. Permits greenhouse gas offsets produced by these projects to be used for compliance with the California Global Warming Act of 2006.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1332 (Donnelly-R) Air Resources Board: abolishment

Abolishes the Air Resources Board and transfers its authority, duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities and jurisdiction to the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1532 (John A. Pérez-D) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Creates the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act to set procedures for the investment of regulatory fee revenues derived from the auction of greenhouse gas allowances pursuant to the cap-and-trade program adopted by the Air Resources Board under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32 (Nunez and Pavley), Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006).
Chapter 807, Statutes of 2012

AB 1608 (Wieckowski-D) Clean Vehicle Rebate Project

Requires more valuable rebates to be offered for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) manufactured by a California manufacturer. Requires rebate amounts for ZEVs manufactured by a California manufacturer, awarded as part of the state's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and the Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project, to be 20% greater than rebates for other ZEVs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1613 (Donnelly-R) Motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program

Deletes the requirement for a certificate of compliance or a certificate of noncompliance with respect to smog certification upon any transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle prior to the issuance of a vehicle registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1721 (Donnelly-R) Air pollution: violations

Requires the Air Resources Board and air districts to issue a warning for the first violation of any toxic air contaminant law, except for violations that cause actual injury.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 1922 (Lara-D) Smoke emissions: heavy-duty vehicles

Requires heavy-duty diesel truck fleets to comply with Air Resources Board regulations and standards on or before December 31 for each calendar year. Defines fleet as any group of two of more heavy-duty diesel-fueled vehicles that are owned and operated by the same person.
Chapter 242, Statutes of 2012

AB 2024 (Mendoza-D) Vehicular air pollution: exemption: low-use vehicles

States the intent of the Legislature that the Air Resources Board establish a special definition of "low-use vehicle" pertaining to tax-exempt churches and religious organizations. Defines "affected vehicle" to include diesel-fueled school buses, among other vehicles as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2347 (Achadjian-R) Greenhouse gas emissions

Amends the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 by adding to the definition of leakage to mean a shift in jobs from within the state to locations outside of the state.
(Died in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

AB 2404 (Fuentes-D) Greenhouse gas emissions

Creates the Local Emission Reduction Program to provide local assistance grants to develop and implement multibenefit greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects in California's communities. Directs the Air Resources Board, in coordination with the Strategic Growth Council and other state agencies, as needed, to establish a program of local assistance grants to develop and implement multibenefit GHG emission reduction projects in California. Charges the Strategic Growth Council with implementing the local assistance grant program by awarding grants on a competitive basis, according to potential GHG reduction and other locally beneficial criteria. Makes eligible to receive local assistance grants any county, or combination of counties, that adopts a local GHG emission reduction plan certified by the Board, and that enters into a memorandum of understanding with cities in its jurisdiction as well as any state conservancies, metropolitan planning organizations, regional climate protection authorities, special districts, air pollution control and air quality management districts, or joint powers authorities that many choose to participate.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2412 (Swanson-D) Air Quality Improvement Program

Requires the Air Resources Board to submit to the appropriate committees of the Legislature an annual report to evaluate the implementation of the Air Quality Improvement Program, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2450 (Hall-D) Electric Program Investment Charge

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to allocate at least $15 million annually from the Electric Program Investment Charge to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the Air Resources Board's Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CRVP). Specifies this funding is to supplement, not supplant, funding for the CVRP from other sources.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2563* (Smyth-R) Greenhouse gas emissions

Requires the Air Resources Board (ARB), on or before 1/1/13, to adopt a process for the review and consideration of new offset protocols for compliance with the state greenhouse gas emissions reduction law, AB 32 (2006). The process is to include (1) a regularly updated schedule, posted on ARB's Web site, of the timeline for review and consideration of new offset protocols submitted to ARB; (2) an online system that allows the public to track the progress of new offset protocols under review by ARB; (3) a point of contact at ARB for entities interested in the review process; (4) an explanation of how the process will accommodate public input and comments; and (5) an explanation of the criteria used for consideration of new offset protocols.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2583 (Blumenfield-D) Alternatively fueled vehicles: state fleet

Requires the Department of General Services (DGS) and the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to develop and implement advanced technology vehicle parking incentive programs in specified DGS- and Caltrans-operated parking facilities to incentivize the purchase and use of alternative fuel vehicles in the state.
Chapter 676, Statutes of 2012

Highways

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SB 125 (Emmerson-R) Toll highways or vehicular crossings

Defines a "chronic evader of toll payments" and authorizes a law enforcement officer to impound the vehicle registered to such a person until all outstanding tolls and all required penalties are paid to the issuing agency.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 402 (Vargas-D) State Highways: outdoor advertising

Provides an exemption from the regulations of the Outdoor Advertising Act for an advertising display located within 1,800 feet of the intersection of State Highway Routes 8 and 111, in the County of Imperial, if certain conditions are satisfied.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

SB 415 (Price-D) State highways: relinquishment

Grants permission to the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to a county transportation commission or to a regional transportation planning agency (RTPA) park-and-ride lots within their respective jurisdictions, on terms and conditions that the Commission finds to be within the best interests of the state if the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the county transportation commission or RTPA enter into an agreement providing for the relinquishment. Requires that a county transportation commission or an RTPA that requests relinquishment of a park-and-ride lot agree to maintain at least as many parking spaces in the lot as there were when the property was relinquished by Caltrans.
Chapter 353, Statutes of 2012

SB 1174 (Walters-R) Highways: vehicles: length limitations: motorsports

Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and local authorities to permit a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor-semitrailer with a length of not more than 56 feet as long as the vehicle combination is used primarily in connection with motorsports. Authorizes Caltrans, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), to designate specific routes where the 56 foot motorsport vehicle combinations can travel. Requires Caltrans to conduct a field test of the 56 foot motorsport vehicle combinations to evaluate their performance on various segments of the National Network and transition routes. Requires that Caltrans, in consultation with CHP, submit the results of the field test along with a recommendation on whether or not the 56 foot motorsport vehicle combinations should be reauthorized to the Legislature on or before 1/1/14.
Chapter 292, Statutes of 2012
A similar bill was AB 1696 (Cook-D) which died in Assembly Transportation Committee.

SB 1269* (Fuller-R) Highway maintenance and enhancement

Allows a maintenance and roadside enhancement credit against the personal income tax equal to 50% of the qualified amount for each taxable year beginning on or after 1/1/13, and before 1/1/17. "Qualified amount" means both the amount the taxpayer paid or incurred, and the value of materials, equipment, and services the taxpayer donated, for maintenance or roadside enhancement of a section of highway during the taxable year. The value of materials and equipment means the deductible amount allowed under federal law relating to charitable contributions. The value of services donated is less than or equal to the hourly rate of labor determined by the Department of Transportation for maintenance and roadside enhancement. Services donated do not include services for which the taxpayer received compensation.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SB 1545* (DeSaulnier-D) Bay Area toll bridges

Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to bring an action to determine the validity of its recent office building purchase, under certain conditions. Requires the validation action to determine whether MTC had statutory authority to purchase the office building, and whether the purchase of the office building was a proper use of toll revenues. Prohibits toll money from being used for the validation action. Prohibits MTC from entering into any additional contracts with respect to the office building until the validation action is complete. Provides that, notwithstanding existing law, the validation action may be brought after the 60-day period provided for in existing law.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 53 (Evans-D) CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway

Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of Mendocino, as the "CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway."
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SCR 78 (La Malfa-R) Highways: memorial designations

Designates the Burney Creek Bridge on State Highway Route (SR) 299 in the unincorporated community of Burney, located in Shasta County, as the "Deputy Kenneth Fredrick Perrigo Memorial Bridge." Designates the portion of SR 5 from the Riverside Avenue overcrossing to the North Red Bluff overcrossing in the City of Red Bluff in Tehama County as the "Officer David F. Mobilio Memorial Highway." Designates the Brighton Street Overcrossing over SR 20 in the City of Grass Valley in Nevada County as the "Gold Star Memorial Bridge." Designates the portion of SR 5 from the Bowman Road overcrossing to the northbound Main Street on-ramp in the City of Cottonwood in Shasta County as the "Captain Mark Ratledge Memorial Highway." Designates the portion of SR 39 in the City of La Habra in Orange County from the south city limits to Whittier Boulevard as the "La Habra Police Officer Michael Anthony Osornio Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 88, Statutes of 2012

SCR 79 (Lieu-D) Honorable Jenny Oropeza Memorial Overcrossing

Names a portion of State Highway Route 1 in Los Angeles County the "Honorable Jenny Oropeza Memorial Overcrossing."
Resolution Chapter 102, Statutes of 2012

SCR 80 (Fuller-R) Lance Corporal Joseph C. Lopez Memorial Interchange

Recounts the life and career of Joseph C. Lopez, a Marine Corps member who lost his life in the service of his country. Designates the Rosamond Boulevard Interchange of State Highway Route 14 in the City of Rosamond as the "Lance Corporal Joseph C. Lopez Memorial Interchange."
Resolution Chapter 89, Statutes of 2012

SCR 85 (Wolk-D) Dana Cowell Memorial Highway

Recounts the life and career of Dana Cowell, a longtime leading transportation professional with both the San Joaquin Council of Governments and the Department of Transportation. Designates a segment of State Highway Route 12 between Potato Slough Bridge and Interstate 5 in San Joaquin County as the "Dana Cowell Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 2012

SCR 90 (Anderson-R) Tuskegee Airmen Highway

Recounts the history and achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. Designates the segment of State Highway Route 15 between Miramar Road (milepost marker 14.285) and Mercy Road (milepost marker 17.311), in the County of San Diego, as the "Tuskegee Airmen Highway."
Resolution Chapter 104, Statutes of 2012

SCR 93 (Vargas-D) Randy Sanchez Memorial Bridge and John Burton Highway

Designates Spring Canyon Bridge over Interstate 905 in San Diego County as the "Randy Sanchez Memorial Bridge," and designates the Boulevard portion of State Highway Route 35 in the County of San Francisco as the "John Burton Highway." Randy Sanchez, a native of New Jersey, worked for several years for the Department of Transportation and was project manager. In that capacity, he worked on several projects related to cross border access on Otay Mesa. On 9/21/04, a motorist ran a red light, and struck and killed Mr. Sanchez while he was riding his motorcycle to work. Mr. Sanchez is survived by his wife Annette and two children, Ryan and Nicole. John Burton served at various times in the California State Assembly, U.S. Congress, and California State Senate, between 1965 and 2004. From 1998 through 2004, he was the President pro Tempore of the State Senate. He also served on two separate occasions as chair of the California Democratic Party. He founded and chairs the John Burton Foundation for Children Without Homes.
Resolution Chapter 117, Statutes of 2012

SCR 97 (Gaines-R) Senator Dave Cox Memorial Interchange

Names the interchange of State Highway Route (SR) 50 and Hazel Avenue in Sacramento County as the "Senator Dave Cox Memorial Interchange." Senator Dave Cox was born in Oklahoma in 1938; and came to California and attended the University of San Diego. He maintained a life insurance business while also being active in community and church activities. He served in local elected office both on the Sacramento Municipal Utility District Board and on the Sacramento County of Board of Supervisors. In 1998, he won election to the State Assembly, where he served for six years, including a stint as the Assembly Republican Leader. In 2004, Cox won election to the California State Senate, where he represented the first district until his death in 2010. He is survived by his wife, Maggie, and their daughters Cathleen, Margo, and Sarah, as well as six grandchildren.
Resolution Chapter 105, Statutes of 2012

SCR 99 (Vargas-D) Stephen Palmer Sr. Memorial Highway

Designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 94 in the County of San Diego as the "Stephen Palmer Sr. Memorial Highway."
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SCR 102 (Yee-D) Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway

Designates the segment of State Highway Route (SR) 1 between SR 84 (San Gregorio Road) at postmile 18.189 and Verde Road/Lobitos Creek Road at postmile 22.662, as the "Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway." Recounts the life and career of Patricia Scully, a California Parks and Recreation Service Ranger who lost her life when she as killed by a drunk driver while on patrol.
Resolution Chapter 120, Statutes of 2012

AB 464 (Olsen-R) State Highway Route 59

Adds 15 miles of County Road J-59, in Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties, to the state highway system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 537 (Williams-D) Highways: vehicles: commercial vehicles: weight restriction

Prohibits, with specified exemptions, the operation of a commercial vehicle with three or more axles, or a gross vehicle weight or a combined gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more on the segment of State Highway Route (SR) 154 that is located between the SR 101 and SR 154 intersection, in the City of Santa Barbara, and the SR 154 and SR 246 intersection, in the County of Santa Barbara.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 538 (Williams-D) Vehicles: commercial vehicles: length restrictions

Prohibits a person from driving a commercial vehicle with a kingpin-to-rearmost-axle length in excess of 30 feet on the segment of State Highway Route 33 that is located between the county boundary delineating the Counties of Santa Barbara and Ventura and the Camino Cielo Road near the City of Ojai.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 539 (Williams-D) Electronic toll collection systems: information use

Permits transportation agencies to share some information with toll collection agencies in other states in order to participate in a nationwide interoperability program. Permits a transportation agency to share only the license plate number, transponder identification number, and date and time of a vehicle's use of the toll facility. Clarifies that current law does not prohibit a transportation agency from performing functions, such as billing, toll collection, and violation enforcement, whether or not the toll facility use occurs in California.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 595 (Norby-R) State highways: naming and designation by the Legislature

Applies existing provisions relative to naming highways to the designation of other transportation facilities owned and operated by the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and authorizes Caltrans to expend reasonable sums on plaques or signs for designated districts, highways, highway bridges, or other facilities only upon receipt of nonstate funds sufficient to cover the cost.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)
A similar bill was AB 1645 (Norby-R) which failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee.

AB 812 (Ma-D) Highways: recycled asphalt

Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to establish specifications where reclaimed asphalt pavement may constitute up to 40% of hot asphalt mixes on or before 1/1/14. Specifies that this authorization does not limit the authority of Caltrans to establish specifications for this use of reclaimed asphalt pavement in amounts greater than 40%. Requires Caltrans to report to the Legislature regarding the progress toward developing and implementing the specification on or before 3/1/16.
Chapter 230, Statutes of 2012

AB 994 (Cedillo-D) Highway signs: outdoor advertising

Authorizes specified outdoor advertising displays to continue to be considered as on premises advertising displays after a redevelopment agency is dissolved if the agency consented to the advertising display before 1/1/11.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

AB 1134 (Bonilla-D) Highways: Caltrans: project study reports

Mandates that, for projects on the state highway that are in an adopted regional transportation plan, a voter-approved county sales tax measure expenditure plan, or other voter-approved transportation program, the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is to perform its statutorily-required review and approval of the project study reports at its own expense; for other projects, Caltrans's costs for project study report review and approval are to be paid by the entity performing the work.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1229 (Feuer-D) Highway planning

Authorizes the issuance of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle bonds to accelerate projects programmed by a regional transportation planning agency using its share of federal regional surface transportation program or congestion mitigation and air quality funds.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1308 (Miller-R) Highway Users Tax Account: appropriation of funds

Continuously appropriates, and allows for encumbrance of, funds in the Highway Users Tax Account in any fiscal year when the budget is not enacted by July 1, until the time when the budget is enacted.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1535 (Halderman-R) High-occupancy vehicle lanes

Requires the Department of Transportation and local authorities, when replacing a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane sign in an area wherein motorcycles are permitted, to indicate on the sign that motorcycles are permitted to use the HOV lane.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1572* (Fletcher-I) Service authorities for freeway emergencies

Dissolves, on 1/1/13, the service authority for freeway emergencies (SAFE) created in San Diego County and makes the San Diego County Association of Governments (SANDAG) its successor for all the remaining responsibilities of the San Diego SAFE for operational, administrative, and maintenance tasks for the call box system. Directs the San Diego SAFE, in consultation with SANDAG, to develop a plan to transition its responsibilities to SANDAG between this bill's effective date and 1/1/13. Prohibits San Diego SAFE from spending any funds or entering into any contracts during this transition period, unless SANDAG approves those expenditures in writing. Requires SANDAG to post on its Web site its detailed budget as to how it spends the funds collected from the $1 surcharge on vehicle registrations in San Diego County.
Chapter 299, Statutes of 2012

AB 1645 (Norby-R) State highways: naming and designation by the Legislature

Transfers authority for naming highway facilities from the Legislature to the California Transportation Commission. Allows the Department of Transportation to expend reasonable sums for name plaques when the Commission, by resolution, has designated names for districts, state highways or state highway portions, pedestrian or bicycle paths, and state highway bridges, and has requested the placing of name plaques at the boundaries of the districts, highways, pathways, or on the bridges.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)
A similar bill was AB 595 (Norby-R) which failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee.

AB 1696 (Cook-R) Highways: vehicle combinations: motorsports: length

Authorizes the Department of Transportation or local authorities to issue a permit authorizing the operation of a semitrailer used exclusively or primarily for motorsports that is not more than 56 feet in length.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
A similar bill was SB 1174 (Walters-R), Chapter 292, Statutes of 2012.

AB 1722 (Alejo-D) Highways: changeable message signs

Requires the Department of Transportation to update its internal policies to allow the following specific types of changeable message signs displays: (1) safety messages; (2) transportation-related messages; (3) reminders to register to vote; and (4) reminders to vote as elections approach. These provisions are not intended to alter the requirements of the Emergency Alert System or the Amber Plan, as specifically referenced.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1890 (Solorio-D) Toll highways: motorcycles

Provides alternative means by which motorcyclists may place or carry transponders, so long as the transponders can be read by the toll operator's detection equipment.
Chapter 81, Statutes of 2012

AB 2200 (Ma-D) High-occupancy vehicle lanes

Eliminates the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in the Interstate 80 (I-80) corridor within Metropolitan Transportation Commission jurisdiction during the morning reverse commute time period. Defines the morning reverse commute time period on I-80 as 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunsets on 1/1/20, or until the Director of the Department of Transportation determine that the lanes designated for HOV have been converted to high-occupancy toll lanes, and files that determination with the Secretary of State.
Vetoed

AB 2277 (Hueso-D) Adopt a Highway Program: courtesy signs

Requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to notify and obtain the approval, as specified, of the local governing body which has jurisdiction over the area where an adopt a highway sign would be placed in order to post a courtesy sign identifying a group that is providing the litter abatement. Requires Caltrans post the notice of the application on its Internet Web site for access by the public. Provides the local governing body would have a specified time limit to act on the application request and the approval could not be unreasonably withheld.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2405 (Blumenfield-D) High-occupancy toll lanes

Exempts vehicles with green and white stickers from toll charges that single-occupant vehicles pay to access high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. This exemption does not apply to HOT lanes on State Highway Route (SR) 110 and SR 10 in Los Angeles until after 3/1/14. Specifies that low-emission vehicles with valid stickers are not exempt from the tolls charged for crossing state-owned bridges.
Chapter 674, Statutes of 2012

AB 2485 (Hueso-D) Highways: roadside rest areas

Authorizes the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to enter into agreements for the operation of safety roadside rest areas by private entities in conjunction with the development of a retail establishment, to the extent such development is consistent with federal law and other provisions of existing state law related to roadside rest areas. Authorizes Caltrans to seek modifications to existing real estate contracts if doing so would be cost effective for the state. Requires agreements to provide for continued Caltrans ownership of any related property but allows for a lease of the property to the private entity as well as payment to the state of a fixed percentage of all gross sales generated either through direct or online sales. Stipulates that all maintenance of the rest area is to be the responsibility of the private entity. Requires that the private entity be required to ensure access for a daily minimum 18 hours to the rest area and also to provide restrooms, security, and limited vehicle parking.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2566 (Hill-D) State Highway Route 1: outdoor advertising: exemptions

Provides an exemption from the regulations of the Outdoor Advertising Act for an advertising display located on State Highway Route 1, in the County of San Mateo, if certain conditions are satisfied.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

ACR 1 (Gatto-D) Highway signs: Armenian Cathedral Complex

Requests that the Department of Transportation erect informational signs on State Highway Route 5, in the County of Los Angeles, directing motorists to the Armenian Cathedral Complex, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost to erect those signs.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

ACR 117 (Achadjian-R) Highway Patrol Officer Brett J. Oswald Memorial

Designates the interchange at State Highway Route (SR) 101 and SR 46 East, and any subsequent interchange constructed to replace that interchange, in the City of Paso Robles as the "California Highway Patrol Officer Brett J. Oswald Memorial Interchange."
Resolution Chapter 63, Statutes of 2012

ACR 126 (Charles Calderon-D) Highway signs: State Highway Route 210

Requests that the Department of Transportation erect signs on State Highway Route 210 in Los Angeles County directing motorists to the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America.
Resolution Chapter 99, Statutes of 2012

ACR 129 (Conway-R) Corporal Jared Verbeek Memorial Overcrossing

Designates an overcrossing on State Highway Route 198 in Tulare County as the "Corporal Jared Verbeek Memorial Overcrossing." On 6/21/11, Corporal Verbeek made the ultimate sacrifice for his country when he died from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. His service awards include the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and a nomination for a posthumous Purple Heart.
Resolution Chapter 65, Statutes of 2012

ACR 135 (Bradford-D) Hawthorne Police Officer Andrew Garton Memorial Highway

Designates a specified portion of State Highway Route 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the "Hawthorne Police Officer Andrew Garton Memorial Highway."
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

ACR 140 (Huber-D) Donald Mark Lichliter Memorial Highway

Designates a portion of State Highway Route 99, in the County of San Joaquin, as the "Donald Mark Lichliter Memorial Highway."
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

ACR 165 (Fletcher-I) Memorial highway designations

Designates a specified bridge on State Highway Route (SR) 15 in San Diego County as the "Chelsea King Memorial Bridge," and designates a specified portion of SR 78 as the "Amber Dubois Memorial Highway."
Resolution Chapter 134, Statutes of 2012

HR 31 (Williams-D) State Highway Route 154

Resolves to urge truck drivers traveling through Santa Barbara County to use State Highway Route (SR) 101 rather than SR 154 to help reduce unnecessary truck traffic and improve safety on the SR 154.
Adopted by the Assembly

HR 36 (Hill-D) California State Highway System

Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the groundbreaking, in the County of San Mateo, of the California State Highway System on 8/7/12.
Adopted by the Assembly

High-Speed Rail

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SB 22 (La Malfa-R) High-speed rail: indebtedness

Reduces the amount of indebtedness authorized by Proposition 1A (the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century) to the amount contracted as of 1/1/12.
(Failed passage in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 517 (Lowenthal-D) High-Speed Rail Authority: governing board

Restructures the governing board of the High-Speed Rail Authority and establishes conflict of interest restrictions on board members and Authority employees and contractors.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 733 (Price-D) High-speed rail: business plan: contracts: small business

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to include a strategy for ensuring small business participation in contracts for the high-speed rail project in its 1/1/12 business plan, or an addendum to that plan by 3/1/12. Requires the Authority to work with the Employment Development Department to develop a strategy to ensure that at least 25% of the workforce on any high-speed rail worksite is from the local workforce. This local workforce participation strategy would also be included in the business plan.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1029 (Senate Budget And Fiscal Review Committee) High-speed rail: Budget Trailer Bill

Amends the 2012-13 Budget by adding items of appropriations relating to a high-speed rail system in the state. Appropriates approximately $4.7 billion in state bond funds and $3.3 billion in federal trust funds for the high-speed rail project. Annual debt service would be approximately $80 million per $1 billion debt issued for the state bond portion, but dependent on capital market conditions that prevail when the bonds are issued.
Chapter 152, Statutes of 2012

SB 1189 (Hancock-D) The Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act

Appropriate $523.4 million from the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Fund to the Department of Transportation for allocation by the California Transportation Commission for local and regional projects that will provide connectivity to the high-speed rail system.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 16 (Perea-D) High-Speed Rail Authority: purchases

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to make every effort to purchase high-speed train rolling stock and related equipment that is manufactured in California, consistent with federal law and any other applicable provision of state law.
Chapter 413, Statutes of 2012

AB 31 (Beall-D) High-speed rail: land use local master plan

Establishes the High-Speed Rail Local Master Plan Pilot Program, applicable to specified cities and counties, and authorizes each of those jurisdictions to prepare and adopt, by ordinance, a master plan for development in the areas surrounding the high-speed rail system in each jurisdiction. Authorizes the high-speed rail master plan to include incentives for encouraging investment and coherent growth in the areas surrounding the high-speed rail system in each participating jurisdiction. Authorizes the participating jurisdictions to collaborate with the Air Resources Board to develop incentives to encourage development while concurrently reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, consistent with or pursuant to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 or another specified provision of law requiring the Board to provide GHG emission reduction targets for the preparation of regional sustainable communities strategies.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 41* (Hill-D) High-Speed Rail Authority: conflicts of interest

Requires a member of the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) who has a financial interest in a governmental decision before the HSRA to publicly identify the financial interest that gives rise to the conflict of interest, to recuse himself/herself from discussing or voting on the matter, and to leave the room until after the discussion, vote, and any other disposition of the matter is concluded. Expands the amount of information that a member of the HSRA must disclose on a statement of economic interests.
Chapter 626, Statutes of 2012

AB 58* (Galgiani-D) High-Speed Rail Authority: salaries: employment

Authorizes, for purposes of managing and administering the ongoing work of the High-Speed Rail Authority in implementing the high-speed train project, the Governor, upon the recommendation of the executive director, to appoint up to six additional Authority officers, exempt from civil service, who would serve in specified positions at the pleasure of the executive director. Requires a salary survey to be conducted to determine the compensation for the executive director and additional exempt officers, and requires the salaries to be established by the Authority and approved by the Department of Personnel Administration.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 76 (Harkey-R) High-speed rail

Reduces the amount of authorized indebtedness for the California High-Speed Rail Authority to the amount contracted as of 1/1/12.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 133 (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail: federal funds

Requires federal funds made available to the state for high-speed rail purposes under federal acts to be available, upon appropriation, for certain work on one or more specified rail corridors approved by the Federal Railroad Administration, in a manner consistent with certain provisions of, and subject to certain conditions of the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 277 (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail: power supply

Requires the California Research Bureau, in consultation with other entities, to develop an energy consumption profile, with specified elements, for the state's high-speed rail system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 292* (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail: agricultural lands

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to appoint a nine-member agricultural advisory committee to consult with prior to adopting any policy relevant to agriculture.
(Died on Senate Floor)

AB 365 (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail: contracts: small businesses

Enacts penalties and sanctions relative to the certification by the High-Speed Rail Authority of any business as a small emerging business enterprise, microbusiness, or disabled veteran business enterprise.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 385 (Harkey-R) High-speed rail

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to approve and submit to the Department of Finance, the high-speed rail peer group, and the Legislature an investment grade analysis, as specified, for a corridor or usable segment of the high-speed rail system. Requires the State Auditor to prepare the analysis and submit it to the Authority.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 471 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) High-speed rail: inspector general

Establishes an independent Inspector General to oversee the High-Speed Rail Authority.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 953 (Jones-R) High-speed rail: ridership study

Provides that no bond funds may be made available to the High-Speed Rail Authority for construction of the high-speed rail system until adequate environmental studies are completed based on a new ridership study that uses an acceptable ridership evaluation methodology. Requires the Authority to contract with the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, to complete a revised ridership study using the institute's own ridership methodology. Requires the new ridership study to be used as the basis for subsequent environmental studies.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1206 (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail: contracts: small businesses

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to adopt a program to include contractor compliance monitoring and enforcement efforts, tracking and reporting mechanism, and prompt payment, reporting, and project closeout provisions. Stipulates that the program may include separate elements for small business enterprises, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1254 (Davis-D) High-speed rail: contracts

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority, in awarding contracts for the construction of the high-speed rail system, to require that a minimum of 25% of the workforce used at each worksite be from the local workforce, as defined, and that a minimum of 25% of the aggregate dollar amount of contracts awarded be subject to project labor agreements, as defined. Requires the Authority to post on its Internet Web site, by January 31 of each year, the percentages it achieved in compliance with those requirements.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1455 (Harkey-R) High-speed rail

Reduces the amount of authorized indebtedness for the California High-Speed Rail Authority to the amount contracted as of 1/1/13; excludes from these provisions indebtedness authorized for other rail purposes.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1497 (Assembly Budget Committee) High-speed rail: Budget Trailer Bill

Enacts the "Budget Bill Junior" which, among other provisions, includes funding for routine High-Speed Rail Authority staffing and planning function. Does not include funding for construction.
Chapter 29, Statutes of 2012 -- Item Veto

AB 1523 (Perea-D) High-speed rail: career technical education

Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue grants for the establishment of California Partnership Academies (CPAs) and to give priority to those dedicated to educating pupils in transportation for the 21st century until no less than one transportation for the 21st century CPA has been established in each geographical area of the California High-Speed Rail Project's 10 planned project sections. Stipulates that the transportation for the 21st century CPAs may include, but are not limited to, educating pupils in construction, engineering, operations, maintenance, manufacturing of rolling stock, mechanical functions, equipment operations and information technology.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1574 (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail

Repeals all of the provisions of the California High-Speed Rail Act. Enacts a new California High-Speed Rail Act. Continues the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) in existence with limited responsibilities and places the HSRA within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. The five members of the HSRA appointed by the Governor would be subject to Senate confirmation, but existing members could continue to serve the remainder of their terms. Authorizes the HSRA to appoint an executive director, and provides for the Governor to appoint up to six additional individuals exempt from civil service as HSRA staff. Requires the HSRA to adopt policies directing the development and implementation of high-speed rail, prepare and adopt a business plan and high-speed train capital program, establish a peer review group, select alignments for the routes of the high-speed train system established by law, adopt criteria for the award of franchises, and set fares or establish guidelines for the setting of fares.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1618 (Galgiani-D) High-speed rail

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to consult with the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to determine how the state can best meet the educational needs for the high-speed rail design, construction, and maintenance workforce. Requires the Authority to seek federal funds for this purpose and to report to the Legislature and the Governor by 7/1/14, regarding implementation of the above.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Miscellaneous

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SB 12 (Corbett-D) Vehicles: aerodynamic devices

Adds aerodynamic devices to the list of equipment that may project three inches (on each side) beyond the maximum allowable outside width of a vehicle or its load as long as the devices does not adversely impact the vehicle's swept width and turning characteristics and its primary purpose is not for advertising. Defines "aerodynamic devices" as devices that minimize drag and improve airflow over and around a vehicle.
Chapter 727, Statutes of 2012

SB 50 (Correa-D) Vehicles: driving under the influence

States that it is unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle with a controlled substance in his/her blood. Provides that it is a rebuttable presumption that the person had a controlled substance in his/her blood at the time of driving a vehicle if the person had any measurable amount of a controlled substance in his/her blood at the time of the performance of a chemical test within three hours after driving. Clarifies that a controlled substance does not include a controlled substance or narcotic drug when administered by or under the direction of a person licensed by the state to dispense, prescribe, or administer controlled substances. The defendant shall bear the burden of showing that the exception applies.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

SB 251 (Correa-D) Vehicles: driver's license: selective service

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to revise the application for an original or renewal driver's license to include a specified statement that allows an applicant to register with the federal Selective Service System. Requires DMV to forward any personal information required for registration of consenting persons to the federal Selective Service System in an electronic format. Prohibits DMV from forwarding any personal information for persons who do not consent to Selective Service registration, except as provided in any memorandum of understanding between DMV and the federal Selective Service System.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 287 (Fuller-R) Vehicles: conditional sale contracts

Limits the award of attorney's fees to a prevailing party in an action instituted by a person who has suffered injury in fact and has lost money or property as a result of a violation governing conditional sales contracts for motor vehicles.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 437 (Correa-D) Orange County Transportation Authority

Limits the terms of certain city members of the Orange County Transportation Authority board of directors.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 446 (Dutton-R) Ontario International Airport

Establishes the Ontario International Airport Authority as a local entity of regional government. Establishes the membership of the board of directors of the Authority and sets forth the powers of the Authority. Authorizes the Authority to enter into an agreement with the City of Los Angeles to facilitate the sale of, or the transfer of management and operational control of, the Ontario International Airport to the Authority. Requires the Authority, in cooperation with the City of Los Angeles and the City of Ontario, to develop a transition plan to facilitate the sale of, or the transfer of management and operational control of, the Ontario International Airport to the Authority.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

SB 516* (Correa-D) Trade-in motorcycles: sales and use tax

Excludes the value of a motorcycle traded in for a new motorcycle for purposes of computing the sales and use tax. For example, if a dealer sells a new motorcycle for $12,000 and accepts a trade-in motorcycle with a value at $6,000 as partial payment, sales tax would only be based on $6,000. Sunsets on 1/1/17.
(Failed passage in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

SB 569 (Kehoe-D) Alternative & Renewable Fuel & Vehicle Technology Program

Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to ensure that projects or programs within the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program involving electrical work, as defined, are creating pathways into skilled, high-paying careers.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 693 (Dutton-R) Transportation projects: public contracts

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to delegate to a city or county its authority to enter into public-private partnership agreements for transportation projects on the state highway system.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 719 (Vargas-D) Vehicles: motor carrier of property: insurance

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles to initiate a rulemaking process, upon making a finding that the minimum levels of financial responsibility coverage requirements are insufficient, to alter, by regulation, the required coverage amounts to better reflect market conditions, costs, and operational risks.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 736 (Cannella-R) County road commissioner: Merced County

Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Merced County (Board) to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to Merced County's Department of Public Works, as specified. Allows, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board to abolish the office of road commissioner if the Board transfers all duties of the road commissioner to the County Director of the Department of Public Works (Department). Provides that the director of that Department shall not be required to have any special permit, registration, or license, and provides that any civil engineering functions that are required to be performed by the road commissioner shall be performed by a registered civil engineer acting under the authority of the director of that Department.
Chapter 378, Statutes of 2012

SB 750 (Hernandez-D) Vehicles: key information access

Allows BMW to continue providing replacement keys for its vehicles, rather than providing information to locksmiths to produce replacement keys.
Vetoed

SB 767 (Harman-R) Vehicles: radio frequency identification technology

Authorizes a local political subdivision of this state, including, but not limited to, a city, a county, a city and county, a district, or a special district, to participate in a local traffic safety program that uses radio frequency identification technology in order to aid law enforcement efforts, promote environmental initiatives, including congestion mitigation, and enhance revenue collections of unpaid fines and penalties.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 780 (Emmerson-R) Vehicles: driving offenses: punishment

Eliminates the 10 year "wash-out" for driving under the influence and provides for an enhancement of five years if a person flees an accident where a death occurred and that person is charged with murder.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

SB 842 (Rubio-D) Department of Motor Vehicles: I.D. cards

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop and maintain a program for the issuance of identification cards establishing California residency to any eligible person, as defined, who is the spouse, domestic partner, or dependent child of a member or veteran of the armed services of the United States or the California National Guard, in accordance with specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 862 (Lowenthal-D) Southern California Goods Movement Authority

Establishes the Southern California Goods Movement Authority (Authority) consisting of representatives from specified entities. Requires the Authority to establish a priority list of infrastructure and air quality improvement projects related to the movement of port-related cargo and port operations in Southern California. Requires the Alameda Corridor East Construction Authority to provide staff and meeting space for the Authority. Authorizes the Authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding with PierPASS or a similar entity created by the West Coast Marine Terminal Operator Agreement, for funding the list of infrastructure and air quality improvement projects.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 878 (DeSaulnier-D) Office of the Transportation Inspector General

Establishes the Office of the Transportation Inspector General to ensure the Department of Transportation, the High-Speed Rail Authority and all other state, regional, and local agencies that use state transportation funds are operating efficiently, effectively, and in compliance with federal and state laws.
Vetoed

SB 899 (La Malfa-R) Vehicles: license plates: 8-letter license plates

Establishes a specialized license plate program to be known as the "8-letter license plate" program for the support of the Natural and Agricultural Open Space and State Recreational Support Fund which would be created in the State Treasury. Requires that all revenue derived from the fees, after deducting administrative costs, be deposited in the fund for specified purposes that include, among other things, subventions for open-space land programs, assistance to California fairs, and support of programs administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
A similar bill was SB 1454 (La Malfa-R) which died in Senate Appropriations Committee.

SB 956 (Lieu-D) Automobile sellers and lenders: Buy-Here-Pay-Here

Establishes the Buy-Here-Pay-Here (BHPH) Automobile Dealers Act. Specifically, defines a BHPH automobile dealer as a dealer that enters into a conditional sale or lease contract, and assigns less than 90% of all unrescinded conditional sale contracts and lease contracts to unaffiliated third party finance or leasing sources within 45 days of consummation of those contracts. Requires BHPH dealers to be licensed under the California Finance Lenders Law (CFLL). Provides that an automobile dealer that meets the definition of BHPH to become licensed under the CFLL within six months of meeting the definition. Limits the annual percentage rate of a BHPH loan to no more than 17% plus the federal funds rate in effect at the time the contract was executed.
Vetoed

SB 990 (Vargas-D) Vehicle history report

Allows a car dealer when selling a used car to obtain data from a commercial entity, rather than the federal government, to provide required information to consumers on the vehicle's title history.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 1092 (De León-D) Vehicles: brokers of construction trucking services

Requires brokers of construction trucking services (brokers) to provide written evidence of a valid surety bond, as provided. Specifically, requires a broker annually to provide written evidence of a valid surety bond, as defined, to a third-party nonprofit organization within the industry that regularly maintains a published database of bonded brokers; alternatively, the broker may post a current copy of the surety bond on his/her own Internet Web site. If the surety bond is cancelled or expires, requires the broker either to notify the third-party nonprofit organization or to remove the bond from his/her own Internet Web site.
Chapter 490, Statutes of 2012

SB 1123 (De León-D) Vehicles: disabled persons or disabled veterans

Suspends for 30 days the driver's license of a person found in violation of the prohibition against lending or knowingly permitting the use of a disabled parking placard by an unauthorized person or the prohibition against the unauthorized display of a disabled parking placard. Allows a city or county that has installed parking meters that allow 10 or more hours of parking and that are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act to require a disabled person to pay for parking, provided that the parking space has signage to that effect. Requires a person with a permanent disability, when renewing a permanent disabled parking placard every two years, to submit a new medical certificate.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 1155* (Cannella-R) Vehicles: combination length

Creates, until 1/1/18, an exemption from current vehicle length limits for motor truck-trailer combinations used for transporting agricultural products in San Benito County. Requires the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to study the effect of this exemption on public safety and to report the results of its study to the Legislature and Governor by 4/1/14.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 1203 (Calderon-D) Vehicles: driving under the influence

Authorizes a person who reports a driver who is later convicted of a driving under the influence (DUI) offense to receive a $100 reward, which the court would order the driver to pay. Requires the California Highway Patrol or any other law enforcement agency that receives a report of a suspected DUI offender to provide the reporting person's identifying information to the state or local agency responsible for disbursing the reward. Requires victim restitution and every other fine, penalty, assessment, reimbursement, or forfeiture imposed pursuant to a conviction to be paid and collected in full prior to paying the reward.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1209 (Runner-R) Vehicles: registration fees: nonresident owners

Requires an additional fee to be paid at the time of registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle registered to an owner who lists a residence or business address that is outside of the state. Makes available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, and after deduction of amounts sufficient to reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for its costs in carrying out this bill's requirements, 50% of the net fee revenue goes to the California Highway Patrol to be used to support databases and public warning systems used to alert motorists and the general public of abductions, shootings, and other imminent threats to public safety, and 50% goes to the Department of Justice to be used to maintain criminal justice databases designed to enhance the effectiveness of public safety warning systems.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 1243* (Lowenthal-D) Marine or maritime fuel

Extends, from 1/1/14, to 1/1/24, the sunset date for the current sales tax exemption for fuel and petroleum products sold to a water common carrier for immediate shipment outside California for consumption after the carrier's first out-of-state destination, as specified. Modifies the definition of "first out-of-state destination" to replace the reference to "bunkered" fuel with "transferred" fuel.
Chapter 293, Statutes of 2012

SB 1257 (Hernandez-D) Public transit vehicles

Exempts from utility user taxes the consumption of compressed natural gas and electricity as a motor vehicle fuel for public transit vehicles by local agencies or public transit operators.
Chapter 213, Statutes of 2012

SB 1295 (Huff-R) Vehicles: schoolbuses: advertisements

Permits school districts to authorize the placement of commercial advertisements on the exterior of a schoolbus, subject to specified restrictions.
(Failed passage in Senate Education Committee)

SB 1298 (Padilla-D) Autonomous vehicles: safety and performance requirements

Allows an autonomous vehicle to be operated on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper license for the vehicle being operated if it is being operated on roads in this state solely by employees, contractors, or other persons designated by the manufacturer of the autonomous technology. Under this scenario, the driver must be seated in the driver's seat, monitoring the safe operation of the autonomous vehicle, and must be capable of taking over immediate manual control of the autonomous vehicle in the event of an autonomous technology failure or other emergency. Prior to the start of testing in this state, the person performing the testing must obtain an instrument of insurance, surety bond, or proof of self-insurance in the amount of $5 million dollars and provide evidence of such in a form and manner required by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Prohibits an autonomous vehicle from being operated on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to DMV that is approved by DMV.
Chapter 570, Statutes of 2012

SB 1303 (Simitian-D) Automated traffic enforcement systems

Changes the laws governing automated traffic enforcement systems to ensure that red light camera programs maximize traffic safety and are implemented in a lawful and transparent manner. Prohibits a governmental agency that utilizes an automated traffic enforcement system and that had signs posted on or before 1/1/13, that met the requirements in effect on 1/1/12, from removing those signs until the governmental agency posts signs that meet the requirements imposed by this bill, and revises the Notice of Non-Liability and Courtesy Notice.
Chapter 735, Statutes of 2012

SB 1310 (Simitian-D) Driving while using a wireless communications devices

Increases the penalties related to using a wireless communications device while operating a vehicle, and adds dangers of talking or texting while driving to the list of items that Department of Motor Vehicles must include in an examination for a driver's license. Double-jointed with AB 2188 (Lowenthal-D), Chapter 670, Statutes of 2012, and AB 1536 (Miller-R), Chapter 92, Statutes of 2012.
Vetoed

SB 1330 (Simitian-D) License plate recognition technology

Places restrictions on the use of license plate recognition technology by private entities, including restrictions on the retention, use, and sale of such data.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

SB 1339 (Yee-D) Commute benefit policies

Authorizes, until 1/1/17, a pilot program in the San Francisco Bay Area that allows the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to adopt jointly an ordinance requiring certain employers to offer their employees specified commute benefits.
Chapter 871, Statutes of 2012

SB 1355 (Runner-R) Vehicles: driver's licenses: veterans

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to include the designation "VETERAN" on a driver's license or identification card issued to a veteran who requests the designation and provides specified proof of military service.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 1388 (DeSaulnier-D) Parking meters

Establishes a general rule that a vehicle owner may park without penalty in any parking space for up to the posted time limit if the parking meter or parking payment center is inoperable, but allows a city or county to adopt a different rule if it provides adequate notice of the rule at parking locations, parking meters, or parking payment centers.
Chapter 70, Statutes of 2012

SB 1454 (La Malfa-R) Vehicles: license plates

Authorizes the creation of eight-character personalized license plates and directs the proceeds from the additional fees paid for this plate to the Williamson Act, state and local fairs, and state parks.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was SB 899 (La Malfa-R) which died in Senate Rules Committee.

SB 1460 (Yee-D) Automotive repair: replacement parts

Repeals and recasts statutory provisions for an auto insurer's authorization of nonoriginal equipment manufacturer aftermarket crash parts used to repair an insured’s vehicle.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1492 (Leno-D) Vehicle assessment

Enacts the Local Assessment Act, which authorizes the City and County of San Francisco to place on the ballot a measure to impose an additional assessment on vehicles owned by residents of San Francisco.
Chapter 838, Statutes of 2012

SB 1534* (Harman-R) Vehicles: video event recorders: taxicabs

Permits a video recorder that is installed in a taxicab for purposes of routine video monitoring to block the windshield or side windows of that taxi. Defines a "video recorder" as a device that continuously records both audio and video. Defines "routine video monitoring" as video recording by a video or electronic imaging system designed to record regular and ongoing operations, including mobile in-car video systems.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SB 1566 (Negrete McLeod-D) Vehicle license fees: allocation

Reallocates vehicle license fee (VLF) revenues to recently incorporated cities and to cities that annexed inhabited territory. Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from receiving its VLF collection costs from the proceeds of VLF revenues.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
This bill is identical to AB 1098 (Carter-D) which was vetoed.

SB 1570 (Wyland-R) Automated parking enforcement

Permits the installation of an automated parking enforcement system on streetsweepers operated by a vendor pursuant to a contract with a local public agency.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)

SJR 15 (DeSaulnier-D) Harbor Maintenance Tax: Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund

Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to significantly increase federal funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund surplus for navigational improvements and continued operational and maintenance dredging in those federal channels that serve California's ports such that these expenditures equal the amounts contributed by California to halt adding to the surplus in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, and to recognize the role of California's ports in contributing the greatest share of the Harbor Maintenance Tax revenues.
Resolution Chapter 66, Statutes of 2012

AB 3 (Miller-R) Vehicles: confidential home addresses: citations

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide notice of outstanding toll evasion violations to individuals who have requested a confidential home address.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 45 (Hill-D) Charter-party carriers of passengers: alcoholic beverages

Repeals specified provisions of the Passenger Charter-party Carriers Act related to the requirements for a driver of a limousine for hire operated by a charter-party carrier of passengers (carrier) concerning the consumption of alcoholic beverages by passengers under 21 years of age, and instead requires the chartering party, as defined, to name a "designee" to be present on any party bus or limousine, as specified. Imposes various responsibilities and liabilities upon the designee, driver, and carrier to prevent the consumption of alcohol by persons under 21 years of age. Makes failure to comply with certain of its requirements a misdemeanor and makes any violation of its requirements by a carrier or its driver subject to civil penalties imposed by the Public Utilities Commission.
Chapter 461, Statutes of 2012

AB 57 (Beall-D) Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Increases the membership of Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to 21 by adding two new voting members, the Mayor of Oakland and the Mayor of San Jose. The mayors may serve or may appoint a member of their respective city councils. Requires that the Bay Conservation and Development Commission appoint a member, provided that member shall be a resident of the City and County of San Francisco and shall be approved by the Mayor of San Francisco. Provides that no more than three members of MTC's governing board may be residents of the same county. Sets the initial term for new commissioners appointed by the mayors of Oakland and San Jose to end in February 2015.
Chapter 88, Statutes of 2012

AB 66* (Chesbro-D) Vehicle license fees

Repeals the sunset of the additional 0.15% vehicle license fee.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 81* (Beall-D) Air common carriers: sales and use taxes: exemptions

Provides a partial sales and use tax exemption for fuel and petroleum products sold to or purchased by an air common carrier for consumption or shipment in the conduct of its business as an air common carrier on domestic flights.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 190 (Wieckowski-D) Vehicle Code violation: spinal cord injury

Authorizes, pending an affirmative decision by the board of supervisors, each county to assess an additional penalty assessment of $3 on all Vehicle Code violations, other than parking fines, to provide additional support to the spinal cord injury research program at the University of California.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 205* (Hagman-R) Vehicle registration payment fees: tax credit

Allows a personal income tax credit, for taxable years beginning on or after 1/1/11, equal to the "qualified costs" paid by a taxpayer for a "qualified vehicle." Defines "qualified costs" as the fees, paid by a taxpayer during the taxable year, assessed on a vehicle by the Department of Motor Vehicles as part of the vehicle registration process.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 296 (Skinner-D) Cool pavement

States the intent of the Legislature that the California Environmental Protection Agency develop a standard definition of the term "urban heat island effect," and upon completion of a definition the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) develop a standard specification for sustainable or cool pavements that can be used to reduce the urban heat island effect index. Requires the California Building Standards Commission, in the next triennial adoption process for the code adopted after the development of a standard specification by Caltrans, consider incorporating that specification as an additional strategy for "Heat Island Effect: Hardscape Alternatives in the California Green Building Standards Code."
Chapter 667, Statutes of 2012

AB 336 (Dickinson-D) Car title loans

Establishes standards, prohibitions, and requirements on lenders that provide loans collateralized by a motor vehicle (car title loans).
(Died in Assembly Banking and Finance Committee)

AB 452 (Ma-D) Vehicles: driving under the influence

Prohibits any driving under the influence (DUI) program activities from (1) being conducted through a program that is not licensed by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and (2) being completed through an online, distant learning, or remote learning method. Prohibits any credit from being given for any DUI program activities completed through an unlicensed program or through an online, distant learning, or remote learning method.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 476 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: tow trucks: illegal operation

Provides that a tow truck driver who illegally tows is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by having the tow truck impounded for a period of 30 days and a $2,500 fine.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 482 (Williams-D) Ventura Port District: dredging contracts

Authorizes the Ventura Port District to award a dredging contract for maintaining the interior of Ventura Harbor without a competitive bid.
Chapter 51, Statutes of 2012

AB 492 (Galgiani-D) Public transportation agencies: administrative penalties

Allows all public transportation agencies to establish an alternative civil infraction process for specified transit violations committed by an adult.
Chapter 366, Statutes of 2012

AB 511 (Yamada-D) Aeronautics: meteorological towers

Requires a meteorological tower that is between 50 and 200 feet in height to be marked according to specifications that are used by the Federal Aviation Administration for towers exceeding 200 feet.
Chapter 182, Statutes of 2012

AB 601 (Yamada-D) Vehicles: transfer of interest: power of attorney

Authorizes an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces as the owner, co-owner, owner of record, registered owner, or legal owner of a vehicle to execute a valid military power of attorney approved by the United States Department of Defense for the purpose of using, operating, titling, or transferring his/her interest in or licensing and registering any vehicle in this state.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 610* (Solorio-D) Vehicles: specialized license plates

Provides the California Veterinary Medical Board extra time to collect 7,500 prepaid applications and fees in order to establish a special interest license plate.
Chapter 9, Statutes of 2012

AB 662 (Hueso-D) San Diego County Regional Airport Authority

Exempts from the military airport inclusion requirement the preparation, adoption, or amendment by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority of an airport land use compatibility plan for the City of Coronado.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 695 (Norby-R) Vehicles: motorcycles: safety helmets: exceptions

Exempts from the requirement to wear a helmet, motorcycle drivers who are 18 years or older and have either completed a motorcyclist safety training program meeting the standards established by the California Highway Patrol or been issued a class M1 license or endorsement, or comparable license from another jurisdiction, for two years or more.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 753 (Monning-D) Vehicles: rentals

Enacts the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Rental Car Safety Act, which prohibits the short-term rental of a vehicle that is subject to a federal safety recall notice unless specified conditions are met. Prohibits a person engaging in the short-term rental of vehicles from selling a vehicle at retail unless the vehicle meets specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 817 (Gatto-D) Vehicle rental contracts

Requires the California Law Revision Commission to study whether the laws regulating rental car companies and their customers would benefit from greater clarity and concision, and report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by 12/31/12.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)

AB 819 (Wieckowski-D) Bikeways

Requires, by 1/1/13, the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to establish procedures to permit exceptions to the California Highway Design Manual and the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices related to bikeways and roadways where bicycle travel is permitted for the purposes of research, experimentation, testing, evaluation, or verification. Requires Caltrans to submit a report to the Legislature, by 11/1/14, on permitting exceptions to established design standards and specifications.
Chapter 716, Statutes of 2012

AB 838 (Hill-D) Charter-party carriers of passengers: reports

Requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to ensure that every charter-party carrier of passengers operates on a prearranged basis within the state. The PUC shall require every charter-party carrier of passengers to include on a waybill or trip report at least all of the following: (1) the name of at least one passenger in the traveling party, or identifying information of the traveling party's affiliation, along with the point of origin and destination of the passenger or traveling party; and (2) information as to whether the transportation was arranged by telephone, written contract, or electronic communication.
Chapter 341, Statutes of 2012

AB 869 (Davis-D) Vehicles: fleet owners: multiyear registration

Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to establish multiyear registration periods for fleet vehicles. Redefines "fleets," for the purposes of determining which vehicles qualify for participation in DMV's fleet registration program, to be those with 25 vehicles or more. Allows DMV to establish the registration period of any fleet vehicle to be for one year or for a multiyear period. Requires the vehicle owner to pay a registration fee that reflects that duration of the registration period assigned to that vehicle.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 877 (Skinner-D) Vehicles: nonfelony offenses and infractions

Expands existing law that allows for the dismissal of nonfelony Vehicle Code violations pending at the time of a defendant's commitment to state prison to also include an individual who has served 90 days or longer in a consecutive 12-month period in a county jail or other county correctional facility, court or county rehabilitation facility, or involuntary in home detention, and prohibits the suspension or revocation of a driver's license for a pending nonfelony offense or as a result of a notice received for failure to appear that occurred prior to incarceration in state prison.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 890 (Olsen-R) Roadway improvements: CEQA exemption

Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act repair, maintenance, and minor alterations of existing roadways, provided the project is carried out by a city or county to improve public safety, does not cross a waterway, and involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use. The exemption sunsets 1/1/16.
Chapter 528, Statutes of 2012

AB 904 (Skinner-D) Parking spaces

Enacts the Sustainable Minimum Parking Requirements Act which has the effect of eliminating excessive minimum parking requirements for infill and transit-oriented development.
(Died in Senate Governance and Finance Committee)

AB 977 (Harkey-R) Harbors and ports: loans: OC Dana Point Harbor

Requires the Department of Boating and Waterways to extend, until 6/30/16, all phases of certain loan contracts between the Department and the County of Orange, OC Dana Point Harbor.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1008 (Cook-R) Vehicles: automated traffic enforcement systems

Prohibits, starting 1/1/12, a local agency from installing an automated traffic enforcement system, and requires a traffic safety study for those local government agencies already operating an automated traffic enforcement system, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1031 (Donnelly-R) Vehicles: driving under the influence (DUI)

Requires an arresting authority to report the presence of an individual to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement if that individual is arrested for DUI or DUI with injury, as specified, and the individual fails to provide the arresting authority with the appropriate documentation demonstrating his/her legal presence in the United States.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1047 (Jeffries-R) Motorcycle-only checkpoints

Prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from conducting motorcycle-only checkpoints.
Chapter 89, Statutes of 2012

AB 1061 (Eng-D) Vehicles: consumer warranties

Requires every manufacturer, distributor, or retailer making express warranties with respect to a new vehicle also to fully set forth, in simple and readily understood language, a detailed list of items that are not covered under the warranty.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)

AB 1063 (Bradford-D) Automobile insurance: underinsured motorist coverage

Expands the scope of underinsured motorist coverage by repealing certain statutory limitations on the scope of coverage.
(Died in Assembly Insurance Committee)

AB 1098* (Carter-D) Vehicle license fees: allocation

Reallocates vehicle license fee (VLF) revenues to recently incorporated cities and to cities that annexed inhabited territory. Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from receiving its VLF collection costs from the proceeds of VLF revenues.
Vetoed
This bill is identical to SB 1566 (Negrete McLeod) which died on the Senate Appropriations Suspense File.

AB 1099 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: motor carriers: inspection of terminals program

Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from registering commercial vehicles of a 1996 or older model year with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds. Provides an exception for commercial vehicles registered prior to 1/1/12, as long as those vehicles are continuously registered or certified nonoperational after that date, and for construction trucks that have been granted an extension for compliance with specified regulations.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1104 (Pan-D) Vehicles: driving under the influence

Requires, rather than allows, driver's license revocations for specified driving under the influence convictions to be delayed until offenders are released from prison or county jail. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles 30 days prior to the release of an inmate whose license has been suspended.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1171 (Fong-D) Vehicles: ski or toboggan on roadway

Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes in existing law that makes it unlawful for a person to ski or toboggan on or across any roadway in a manner as to interfere with the movement of vehicles on the roadway.
(Died at Assembly Desk)

AB 1202 (Jeffries-R) Vehicles: driver's license applicant: organ donations

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide a discount of an unspecified amount to a person who, when applying for or renewing his/her driver's license or identification card, enrolls in the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry, a registry of organ and tissue donors. Directs DMV to seek funding from the federal government to pay for the discount and makes the other provisions operative only if the state receives such federal funding.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1227 (Huber-D) Boating and Waterways Commission

Abolishes, as of 1/1/14, the Boating and Waterways Commission and the duties and responsibilities carried out by the Commission.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)

AB 1242 (Achadjian-R) Vehicles: special interest license plates: NASCAR

Authorizes the Foundation for California Community Colleges to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a program for a series of specialized National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing license plates that bear emblems, seals, or other symbols or designs displaying themes of professional stock car auto racing or professional stock car auto racing drivers.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1266* (Nielsen-R) Vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles

Delays the effective date of a recently-enacted requirement that Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROHV) passengers must occupy seats provided by the vehicle manufacturer and deletes the requirement that ROHV passengers be able to place both feet flat on the floor board when riding in an ROHV.
Chapter 529, Statutes of 2012

AB 1291 (Davis-D) Vehicles: existing and emerging technologies

Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to pursue the use and development of existing or emerging technologies for the purpose of maximizing the efficient delivery of vehicle registration services and achieving cost savings for business partners, service providers, or other customer groups.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1311 (Miller-R) Vehicles: automated speed enforcement systems

Authorizes a local authority to participate in a local traffic safety program that studies the feasibility of using an automated speed enforcement system for speed enforcement only in areas designated as school zones.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1387 (Solorio-D) License plates: cartoon character Snoopy

Appropriates an additional $100,000 (Proposition 40 bond funds) to the California Cultural and Historical Endowment in the 2012-13 fiscal year for start-up costs for the cartoon character Snoopy specialized license plate.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1389 (Allen-D) Vehicles: sobriety checkpoints: impoundment

Authorizes the California Highway Patrol, and a city, county, or city and county, by ordinance or resolution, to establish a sobriety checkpoint program on highways within their respective jurisdictions to identify drivers who are in violation of specified driving under the influence offenses. Requires that the program be conducted by the local governmental agency or department with the primary responsibility for traffic law enforcement. Requires that the selection of the site of the checkpoint and the procedures for a checkpoint operation be determined by supervisory law enforcement personnel and that the law enforcement agency employ a neutral methodology for determining which vehicles to stop at the checkpoint or that all vehicles that drive through the checkpoint be stopped.
Vetoed

AB 1404 (Feuer-D) Vehicles: additional registration fees

Authorizes the Counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernardino to increase the fee imposed upon registration of a vehicle to fund vehicle theft programs from $1 to $2. Upon approval of the increase that applies to all vehicles, the amount imposed upon commercial vehicles increases from $2 to $4.
Chapter 775, Statutes of 2012

AB 1446 (Feuer-D) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Authorizes Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to place before the voters an ordinance to either eliminate or extend the sunset date on Measure R and requires that 2/3 of the voters vote in favor for it to be adopted. Requires the proposing ordinance be accompanied by a new expenditure plan for the net revenues derived from the tax. Requires this new expenditure plan identify the years in which the MTA anticipates net revenues derived from the tax will be available to each project or program in the new expenditure plan. Authorizes MTA to incur bonded indebtedness payable from the revenue from the new sales tax.
Chapter 806, Statutes of 2012

AB 1447 (Feuer-D) Automobile sales finance: sellers

Prohibits a buy-here-pay-here (BHPH) dealer from selling or leasing a used vehicle at retail price without giving the buyer or lessee a written warranty that shall have a minimum duration of at least 30 days from the date of delivery or when the odometer has registered 1,000 miles from what is shown on the contract, whatever occurs first. If the dealer fails to give the buyer a written warranty, the dealer shall be deemed to have provided the warranty as a matter of law. Prohibits a BHPH dealer, after the sale of a vehicle, from (1) utilizing electronic tracking to obtain or record the location of the vehicle, unless the buyer is expressly made aware of the tracking device by the dealer, provides written consent, and certain conditions are met, and (2) disabling the vehicle using starter interrupt technology, unless the dealer complies with specified requirements.
Chapter 740, Statutes of 2012

AB 1452 (Hill-D) Vehicles: child passenger restraints

Requires hospitals, clinics, and birthing centers, when discharging a child, to give the parent or the person to whom the child is released specific contact information for organizations that provide assistance with the use, law, and installation of child passenger restraint systems.
Chapter 185, Statutes of 2012

AB 1458 (Buchanan-D) California Transportation Commission

Provides that notwithstanding the Governors Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012 (GRP 2), the California Transportation Commission (CTC) shall retain independent authority to perform its duties as prescribed under law. Makes it explicit that the CTC will retain its independent authority to perform its duties as prescribed under law regardless of the fact that the GRP 2 places the CTC in the Transportation Agency under the authority of the Transportation Secretary. Becomes operative on 7/1/13, and only if the GRP 2 becomes effective. Stipulates that this bill shall prevail over any provision of the GRP 2, regardless of the dates on which this bill and the GRP 2 take effect.
Chapter 138, Statutes of 2012

AB 1462 (Mendoza-D) Vehicular manslaughter

Limits the credits available to a person who is serving a sentence in state prison, a county jail, industrial farm, road camp, or city jail for specified cases of vehicular manslaughter, including gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, to 15% of the worktime credits.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1516 (Alejo-D) Vehicles: driver's license requirements

Exempts a farmer from the requirement to have a Class A driver license to drive a combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight between 26,001 pounds and 28,501 pounds provided: (1) the gross vehicle weight of the towing vehicle is no more than 14,000 pounds; (2) it is used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations; (3) it is operated within 150 miles of the farmer's farm; (4) it is not used as a for-hire carrier or for compensation; and (5) the vehicles are registered in the state and operate solely in the state. Defines a pickup, for purposes of commercial motor vehicle permitting exemption, as a motortruck with a gross vehicle rating of 14,000 pounds or less-an increase of 2,500 pounds over the current legal limit.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1520 (Mendoza-D) Vehicles: mobile billboard advertising displays

Expands the definition of "mobile billboard advertising display" to include an advertising display that is attached to any registered vehicle and is for the summary purpose of advertising.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1524 (Allen-D) Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons

Strikes all sunset clauses, thereby permanently exempting commercial balloon operators from regulation by the Public Utilities Commission and maintaining local oversight and mandatory insurance requirements.
Chapter 108, Statutes of 2012

AB 1534 (Wieckowski-D) Vehicles: dealers: used vehicle sales

Requires a buy-here-pay-here (BHPH) dealer to affix a label on any used vehicle being offered for retail sale that states the reasonable market value of that vehicle. Defines "BHPH" dealer to mean an automobile seller who does both of the following: (1) enters into conditional sale contracts (within the meaning of Civil Code Section 2981(a)) or lease contracts (within the meaning of Civil Code Section 2985.7(d)) and subject to specified provisions of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code governing vehicle sales financing and leasing, except that a "conditional sale contract" does not include a contract for the sale of a motor vehicle if all amounts owed under the contract are paid in full within 30 days; and (2) assigns less than 90% of all unrescinded conditional sale contracts and lease contracts to unaffiliated third-party finance or leasing sources within 45 days of the consummation of those contracts.
Chapter 741, Statutes of 2012

AB 1539 (Hayashi-D) Vehicles: specialized license plates

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Department of Education, to design and make available for issuance specialized license plates that contain a message that promotes the policy of the state that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics and disability, gender, gender identity, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Requires this to be known as the "Antibullying License Plate Program." Requires the plates to have a design or contain a message that publicizes or promotes a state agency or policy and meets design criteria required of other specialized license plates.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1550 (Bonilla-D) Vehicles: veterans' organizations license plates

Increases the fees required to issue, renew, and personalize veterans license plates. Permits the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a distinctive design of veterans' plates and the associated decals to honor all veterans or veterans who served in a particular war or armed conflict. Permits any vehicle owner to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for a veterans' plate with a decal that honors all veterans or veterans who served in a particular war or armed conflict. Requires DMV, by 7/1/13, to issue a distinctive decal to any veteran for his/her veterans' plate that recognizes his/her veteran status in, or honoring veterans of, a particular war or armed conflict. In lieu of such a decal, DMV must offer a "yellow ribbon/support our troops decal" to veterans.
Chapter 398, Statutes of 2012

AB 1567 (Jeffries-R) Department of Motor Vehicles: firefighting endorsement

Eliminates the requirement to submit a report of medical examination to qualify for a firefighter endorsement on ones driver’s license, and instead requires the submission of self-reported medical information upon application for the endorsement and every two years thereafter.
Chapter 111, Statutes of 2012

AB 1577 (Atkins-D) Driver's licenses: parolees

Authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or county jails to provide an offender with a parolee identification card and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to honor that card as a valid source of identification for the purposes of applying for a driver's license or an identification card.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 1595 (Cook-R) Vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles

Defines recreational off-highway vehicles (ROHVs) and prescribes safety regulations for their use in California. Defines ROHVs as a motor vehicle designed for operation primarily off of the highway and that has (1) a steering wheel, (2) non-straddle seating for the operator and passengers, (3) a maximum speed capability of greater than 30 miles per hour, and (4) an engine displacement equal to or less than 1,000 cubic centimeters. Includes ROHVs among off-highway motor vehicles subject to the Department of Motor Vehicles registration and identification requirements. Establishes requirements for the operation of ROHVs on public lands.
Chapter 165, Statutes of 2012

AB 1657 (Wieckowski-D) Traffic offenses: additional penalty

Imposes a $1 assessment upon every conviction for a violation of any rule of the road and directs the funds, upon appropriation of the Legislature, to the University of California's spinal cord injury research programs.
Vetoed

AB 1658 (Gatto-D) Vehicles: specialized license plates

Establishes a Legacy License Plate Program through which the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) shall issue specialized license plates that replicate the look of California license plates from the state's past. Imposes additional fees for legacy plates of $50 for original issuance, $40 for annual renewal, $15 to transfer to another vehicle, and $35 for replacement. Precludes DMV from issuing any of these plates until it has received at least 7,500 paid applications for any one of the legacy license plates. If it does not receive 7,500 paid applications for any one of the three plates by 1/1/15, then DMV must immediately refund all the application fees that it has received.
Chapter 720, Statutes of 2012

AB 1665 (Galgiani-D) Railroad crossings: California Environmental Quality Act

Specifies that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to the closure of a railroad grade crossing by order of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) when the PUC has found the crossing to present a threat to public safety, until 1/1/16. Requires a state agency, whenever it determines that a project is not subject to CEQA pursuant to designated provisions and the state agency approves or determines to carry out the project, to file a specified notice of that approval or determination with the Office of Planning and Research.
Chapter 721, Statutes of 2012

AB 1706 (Eng-D) Vehicles: transit bus weight

Permanently allows the operation of overweight transit buses on non-interstate highways that were procured before 1/1/13. Authorizes transit operators to purchase new overweight transit buses to replace existing buses of equal or lesser weight, or to incorporate a new fleet class under specified conditions, until 2015.
Chapter 771, Statutes of 2012

AB 1708 (Gatto-D) Vehicles: electronic verification

Clarifies existing law to allow motorists to present proof of insurance electronically to law enforcement agents upon request. Authorizes auto insurance companies to provide, upon request of a policyholder, an electronic version of the proof of insurance card required by law.
Chapter 236, Statutes of 2012

AB 1725 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Driver's licenses: identification cards: veterans

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to print, upon request, an appropriate insignia upon the driver's license or identification card of a veteran of the armed forces.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1749 (Pan-D) Vehicles

Exempt from vehicle registration requirements a motor vehicle specifically designed for, and used exclusively in, an agricultural operation for the purposes of carrying walnuts, or returning empty from carrying walnuts, that is operated by a farmer, an employee of the farmer, or a contracted employee of the farmer, and that is only operated on a highway between one part of a farm to another part of that farm or from the first point of processing and return.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1758 (Valadao-R) Vehicles: hay stack retrievers

Includes a hay stack retriever as an implement of husbandry used exclusively in agricultural operations.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1760 (Halderman-R) Navigable airspace: meteorological evaluation towers

Requires that any meteorological evaluation tower, as defined, be painted in alternating bands of aviation orange and white paint and requires that sleeves and high visibility spherical marker or cable balls of aviation orange color be placed, as specified, on its guy wires.
(Died in Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee)

AB 1768 (Davis-D) Vehicles: additional registration fees

Allows counties, by a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors, to impose a $3 annual vehicle registration fee surcharge in order to enhance the capacity of local police and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle theft crimes. (In a county with a population of 250,000 or less, the proceeds of the fee must be expended exclusively for those vehicle theft crime programs and for the prosecution of crimes involving driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, or vehicular manslaughter, or any combination of those crimes.)
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1854 (Brownley-D) Vehicles: inflatable restraint systems

Makes it illegal to rewire an airbag safety system to show that the airbag is functional when it is not.
Chapter 97, Statutes of 2012

AB 1888 (Gatto-D) Vehicles: commercial driver's licenses

Permits a driver holding a class A, B, or commercial class C license to attend a traffic violator school (TVS) if the person commits a traffic offense while driving a vehicle requiring only a class C or M license. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to disclose and not mask the violation if the commercial license holder attends a TVS. DMV will not, however, apply the conviction toward the driver's negligent operator point count.
Chapter 302, Statutes of 2012

AB 1915 (Alejo-D) Safe routes to school

Permits the Department of Transportation to use up to 10% of state Safe Routes to School program funds for infrastructure improvements creating safe routes to schoolbus stops not in the vicinity of schools.
Chapter 640, Statutes of 2012

AB 1984 (Wagner-R) Buses: illuminated advertising

Authorizes the University of California at Irvine to equip the sides of its buses with illuminated signs to display advertising until 1/1/18.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1989 (Carter-D) Bicycle facilities: state parks

Imposes a $2 surcharge on the sale of every new bicycle in California for the purpose of bicycle trail and path maintenance.
(Died in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee)

AB 1992 (Huber-D) New Motor Vehicle Board: repeal

Abolishes the New Motor Vehicle Board and its duties and responsibilities on 1/1/22.
(Died in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)

AB 1993 (Ma-D) Vehicles: towing and impoundment: unlicensed drivers

Prohibits a peace officer from towing and impounding a vehicle driven by an unlicensed driver if the vehicle can be legally parked near the scene of the traffic stop and retrieved by a licensed driver within a reasonable amount of time. Requires a peace officer to inform the unlicensed driver that the vehicle will not be towed or impounded if a licensed driver can retrieve the vehicle within a reasonable amount of time. Authorizes a peace officer to use his/her discretion in allowing a licensed driver to appear to retrieve the vehicle. Authorizes a peace officer to use his/her discretion and available resources in assisting the unlicensed driver in contacting a licensed driver to retrieve the vehicle. Requires the licensed driver to present a valid driver's license and evidence of financial responsibility prior to assuming control over the vehicle.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1996 (Huber-D) Vehicles: driver's record: violation point counts

Authorizes a person whose driving record has been assessed a point due to a traffic accident to request an administrative hearing with the Department of Motor Vehicles within one year of the assessment in order to contest the violation.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2020 (Pan-D) Vehicles: driving under the influence: chemical tests

Removes the option of providing urine samples, and mandate blood tests, for determining the level of drug intoxication when a person is accused of driving under the influence of drugs.
Chapter 196, Statutes of 2012

AB 2042 (Huber-D) Bar pilots: San Francisco Bay Area

Sunsets, as of 1/1/22, the Board of Pilot Commissioners and transfers, as of that date, the Board's duties to the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.
(Died in Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

AB 2053 (Allen-D) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

Authorizes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to establish a vesting requirement for post-retirement health benefits coverage that is different than what is allowed under current law for agencies that contract with the California Public Employees Retirement System.
Vetoed

AB 2061 (Norby-R) Provisional driver's licenses: restrictions: exceptions

Allows the holder of a provisional driver's license to drive at any hour to transport an immediate family member without being accompanied and supervised by a licensed driver who is the licensee's parent or guardian, a licensed driver who is 25 years of age or older, or a licensed or certified driving instructor, due to the necessity of the licensee or the licensee's immediate family member when reasonable transportation facilities are inadequate and operation of a vehicle by a minor is necessary to transport the licensee or the licensee's immediate family member.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2065 (Galgiani-D) Automotive repair

Deletes tire repair and changing from the list of services exempt from licensure as an automotive repair dealer (ARD) under the Bureau of Automotive Repair, as specified. Deletes tire repair and tire changing from the list of services exempt from licensure as an ARD and an automotive technician's duties when commercially performed for payment. Exempts tires service provided by or on behalf of a motor vehicle club holding a specified certificate of authority or a tow truck operator possessing a valid motor carrier permit, from licensure as an ARD.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2068 (Portantino-D) License plates: legislative and congressional members

Increases fees for distinctive legislative and congressional member license plates and directs the additional revenue into the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
Chapter 748, Statutes of 2012

AB 2095 (Campos-D) Department of Transportation: signs

Authorizes, until 1/1/14, the Department of Transportation to place and maintain destination signs to a culturally unique and historically significant community if the county in which the community exists requests the sign and the city within which the community exists provides a letter indicating that the city is not opposed to the placement of the signs. Provides that any sign placed in accordance with these provisions need not be removed when the authority to place the sign is repealed.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)

AB 2098 (Jones-R) Driver's licenses: requirements

Requires 18 and 19 year old driver's license applicants to complete driver education and training. Prohibits a student from taking driver training instruction, unless he/she has successfully completed driver education. Prohibits the governing board of a school district from requiring a person who has completed the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) approved driver education and training elsewhere to be required to complete driver education and training at a secondary school in order to graduate from high school. Allows DMV to issue a distinctive driver's license that displays a distinctive color or a distinctively colored stripe or other distinguishing characteristic, to a person who is 18 or 19 years of age.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2104 (Gordon-D) Vehicles: conditions or regulations

Clarifies that public transportation agencies have the authority to regulate parking at their facilities and remove vehicles.
Chapter 724, Statutes of 2012

AB 2111 (Campos-D) Vehicle registration: exemptions

Adds utility terrain vehicles and farm shade trailers to the list of vehicles exempt from registration when used exclusively in off-road, agricultural operations.
Chapter 168, Statutes of 2012

AB 2113 (Hueso-D) Vehicles: enhanced driver's license

Authorizes issuance of enhanced driver licenses, instruction permits, provisional licenses or identification cards, to denote identity and citizenship for purposes of entering the United States at land and sea ports of entry.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2118 (Butler-D) Household goods carriers

Amends the Household Goods Carriers Act to enhance the authority of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to regulate household goods carriers. Identifies "broker" as a person engaged by others in the act of arranging for service by a household goods carrier and makes a "broker" subject to permit requirements. Clarifies that an entity falling within the definition of "household goods carrier," including a "broker," is subject to penalties regardless of whether it has obtained a permit and maintains the failure to obtain a permit as a separate violation. Increases fines from a maximum of $1,000 to $2,500 and requires that the fine for a violation that involves operating or holding oneself out as a household goods carrier without a permit be not less than $1,000. Authorizes the PUC to suspend or revoke a household goods carrier's permit, or assess a fine, for unauthorized use of another person's trademark and authorizes assessments to cover the expense of a commission trademark infringement investigation.
Chapter 544, Statutes of 2012

AB 2128 (Cook-R) Vehicles: automated traffic enforcement systems

Requires the Department of Transportation or a local authority to determine the appropriate yellow light signal interval based on the prevailing traffic speed rather than on posted speed limit set based on a rounding down to the nearest five mile per hour increment. Revises and recasts provisions clarifying that drivers stopped at red light signals are prohibited from proceeding straight through an intersection or making a left turn (except for a left turn from a one-way street onto a one-way street) until an indication to proceed is shown, a violation of which is subject to a base fine of $100. Revises and recasts provisions clarifying that a driver, after having come to a complete stop at a red light signal, is authorized to turn right or turn left from a one-way street onto a one-way street (except when a sign is in place prohibiting such a turn), a violation of which is subject to a base fine of $35.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2137 (Bradford-D) Airport law enforcement: peace officers

Places Los Angeles World Airports peace officers within the top category of peace officers (Penal Code 830.1, rather than 830.33) whose authority extends to any place within California without restrictions on arrest powers and authority to carry specified firearms.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2147 (Cedillo-D) Vehicles: automated rail enforcement systems

Adds specific procedures for the processing of a notice of violation based upon evidence from an automated rail or fixed guideway enforcement system in lieu of the existing procedures for the issuance of a notice to appear. Adds specific requirements for a driver or pedestrian when making a stop at a railroad or fixed guideway crossing.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2173 (Skinner-D) Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Revises current law which authorizes the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to submit to the voters a regional gas tax in the nine-county Bay Area region by providing for the Commission to submit the proposed ballot measure to voters of one or more counties within the nine-county region rather than to all counties.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2182 (Torres-D) Airports: firearms: arrest

Requires that a peace officer must arrest a person for violating the provisions of law prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms when the offense occurs within an airport, as defined, in an area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property, and requires the peace officer to confiscate the firearm. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property begins wherever signs have been posted notifying airport users that the possession of restricted items is prohibited.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2188 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Commercial motor vehicles

Brings the states commercial driver’s license (CDLs) program into compliance with federal CDLs.
Chapter 670, Statutes of 2012

AB 2189 (Cedillo-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses

Allows a vehicle rental company to verify a renters identity by comparison of the driver’s license photograph to the driver renting the vehicle, creates an exemption from the verification requirement for a rental company that is located remotely, and specifies that a person whose presence in the United States is authorized by federal law, but who is ineligible for a social security number, is eligible to obtain a driver's license in California.
Chapter 862, Statutes of 2012

AB 2192 (Miller-R) Vehicles: confidential home address

Requires persons whose home addresses are afforded a higher degree of confidentiality by the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide the Department with a current employment address for purposes of collecting traffic, parking, or toll evasion fines.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2231 (Fuentes-D) Sidewalks: repairs

Requires voter approval to repeal an existing city or county ordinance that requires the local entity to repair sidewalks. Prohibits a city or county that has such an ordinance in place from charging property owners for sidewalk repairs unless the owner consents to the charge.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2245 (Smyth-R) Bicycle lanes: CEQA

Exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a project that consists of restriping of streets and highways for bicycle lanes in an urbanized area that is consistent with a city of county bicycle transportation plan. Prior to determining that a project is exempt the lead agency is to prepare an assessment of any traffic and safety impacts of the project, to mitigate potential vehicular traffic impacts and bicycle and pedestrian safety impacts and hold hearings in areas affected by the project to hear and respond to public comments. Requires the hearings be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the proposed project. Whenever an agency determines that a project is not subject to CEQA pursuant to the bill and it determines to approve or carry out that project, the notice is to be filed with the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and if a local agency so determines the notice is to be filed with OPR, and filed with the county clerk which the project is located.
Chapter 680, Statutes of 2012

AB 2247 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Public transportation: offenses

Makes it a criminal infraction for a person to sell any goods, merchandise, property, or services in a public transportation system without the express written consent of the system operator and adds this violation to the list of violations which specified transit districts may enforce through an alternative civil infraction process.
Chapter 750, Statutes of 2012

AB 2258 (Wieckowski-D) Retail fuel sales: price discounts

Establishes conditions under which a retail fuel discount program is not subject to California's Unfair Practices Act.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Committee)

AB 2287 (Swanson-D) Bar pilotage: rates

States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that requires a second bar pilot for safety in the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries for ultra large container vessels, and what the appropriate compensation is for the second pilot.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2289 (Jeffries-R) Vehicles: specially constructed vehicles

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to establish, maintain and make available on its Web site, a current listing of the date and time it received each application for the registration of a specially constructed passenger vehicles and pickup trucks (SCV) in the order the applications were received and a tally of the requests received for that calendar year. Requires DMV to adopt regulations to secure the privacy of applicants for SCV registration subject to the Web site listing described above. Requires DMV, when it receives an application for registration of an SCV after it has registered 500 SCVs in that calendar year, to consider that application, in the order it was received, the following calendar year.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 2291 (Blumenfield-D) Vehicles: advertising signs

Defines the types of displays that are exempt from local regulation of advertising on parked vehicles. Exempts from local regulation legal license plate frames and paper advertisements issued by a dealer and contained within legal license plate frames. Provides that advertising is permanently affixed when it is (1) painted directly on the body of a motor vehicle; (2) applied as a decal on the body of a motor vehicle; and (3) placed in a location on the body of a motor vehicle that the manufacturer specifically designed, in compliance with both state and federal law or guidelines, for the express purpose of containing an advertising sign.
Chapter 373, Statutes of 2012

AB 2313 (Grove-R) Vehicles: unladen weight fees: commercial vehicles

Reduces by 20% each year the unladen weight fee imposed on pickup trucks that are not being used for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit. Exempts these pickup trucks after five years from payment of this fee.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2324* (Gatto-D) Vehicles: first-line service provider: dealer charges

Limits to $22 the amount a business providing electronic vehicle registration services can charge a dealer for those services.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 2352 (Roger Hernández-D) Vehicles: CalWORKs eligibility

Excludes the value of a motor vehicle from consideration as property when determining or redetermining CalWORKs eligibility. Deletes existing requirements on county welfare departments for assessing the value of a motor vehicle for the purposes of CalWORKs eligibility.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2366 (Eng-D) Vehicles: equipment violations: parking control officers

Increases the cost of a fix-it ticket issued by a parking enforcement officer to $25, making it equivalent to a fix-it ticket issued by a peace officer.
Vetoed

AB 2375 (Knight-R) Vehicles: public transit buses: illuminated signs

Authorizes the Antelope Valley Transit Authority to equip the sides of its buses with illuminated signs to display advertising if Santa Monica has not already done so by 3/1/13.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 2379 (Huber-D) Rental vehicles: damage waivers

Revises consumer protections regarding vehicle rentals. Disconnects damage waiver fee caps from the retail price of the vehicle and ties them instead to vehicle class.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)

AB 2382 (Gordon-D) Department of Transportation

Requires the Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority by 7/1/13 that enumerates the roles and responsibilities of each entity with respect to a demonstration program for innovative project delivery in Santa Clara County.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 2383 (Ammiano-D) Vehicles: confidential records

Allows the City Attorney of San Francisco to obtain copies of full-face engraved pictures or photographs of individuals directly from the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purposes of performing functions related to city and county operations.
Chapter 304, Statutes of 2012

AB 2433 (Hill-D) SF Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Staggers the terms of the board members of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority and provides for a transition period, during which four of the board members' terms are shortened as follows: (1) two of the three gubernatorial appointees shall serve a two-year term, and (2) the two legislative appointees shall each serve a four-year term.
Chapter 305, Statutes of 2012

AB 2440 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Expands the contracting authority of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to permit the use of objective selection criteria in addition to price for design-build projects, shortens notice requirements for design-build projects costing less than $10 million dollars, and raises or eliminates certain contracting thresholds for other alternative procurement processes.
Chapter 703, Statutes of 2012

AB 2443 (Williams-D) Vessels: registration fee

Imposes a Quagga and Zebra mussel infestation prevention fee on vessel registrations to fund a grant program for implementation and administration of dreissenid mussel infestation inspection and prevention programs.
Chapter 485, Statutes of 2012

AB 2468 (Knight-R) Vehicles: fleeing a peace officer

Increases the penalty from a misdemeanor to a felony, punishable by two, three or four years in state prison, for a person who willfully flees or attempts to elude a pursuing peace officer and the person operating the pursued vehicle willfully drives that vehicle on a highway in a direction opposite to that in which the traffic lawfully moves upon that highway if the person evading is on parole, post-release supervision, post-release community supervision, or probation for a felony, or who is a defendant serving a specified felony sentence.
(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

AB 2477 (Garrick-R) Vehicles: commercial vehicles: video event recorders

Authorizes the placement of a video event recorder on a commercial vehicle's windshield in an area no more than two inches below the upper edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers and outside the driver's line of sight to the road and highway signs and signals. Provides that the authorization becomes inoperative when the California Highway Patrol (CHP) declares that an existing federal exemption for these recorders has expired or when the CHP declares that a subsequent renewal if the federal exemption has expired, whichever is later.
Chapter 375, Statutes of 2012

AB 2484 (Davis-D) Vehicular manslaughter: statute of limitations

Specifies that a criminal complaint for vehicular manslaughter, as specified, may be filed within one year after the person initially identified by law enforcement as a suspect in that offense, or within the existing statute of limitations, whichever is later.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)

AB 2488 (Williams-D) Vehicles: buses: length limitations

Authorizes Gold Coast Transit in Ventura County to extend the length of its buses by four inches for a bike rack mounted on the front of its buses. Establishes a three-member route review committee to review the routes on which buses equipped with the bicycle racks will operate to ensure that the buses can be safely operated on the proposed routes.
Chapter 376, Statutes of 2012

AB 2489 (Hall-D) Vehicles: license plates: obstruction or alteration

Prohibits a person from altering or covering a license plate in order to avoid law enforcement reading the license plate with a camera.
Chapter 702, Statutes of 2012

AB 2502* (Blumenfield-D) Vehicles: conditional sale contracts

Revises, as of 7/1/13, the automobile conditional sales contract law to allow electric vehicle charging stations to be sold with, and financed as part, of an automobile purchase, with a required disclosure regarding charges.
Chapter 675, Statutes of 2012

AB 2505 (Ma-D) Motor vehicle replacement parts

Requires that an automotive repair dealer include the name of the certifying entity on an estimate and invoice when the dealer uses a non-original equipment manufacturer certified aftermarket crash part.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 2552 (Torres-D) Vehicles: driving under the influence

Revises and recasts provisions related to driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or the combination of drugs and alcohol by separating the provisions into three distinct sections and subsections (1) driving under the influence of alcohol, (2) driving under the influence of drugs, and (3) driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Chapter 753, Statutes of 2012

AB 2583 (Blumenfield-D) Alternatively fueled vehicles: state fleet

Requires the Department of General Services (DGS) and the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to develop and implement advanced technology vehicle parking incentive programs in specified DGS- and Caltrans-operated parking facilities to incentivize the purchase and use of alternative fuel vehicles in the state.
Chapter 676, Statutes of 2012

AB 2585 (Nestande-R) Vehicles: child passenger restraints

Reinstates six years and 60 pounds as the maximum age and weight for mandatory use of child safety restraint systems motor vehicles.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2589 (Bradford-D) Automobile insurance: underinsured motorist coverage

Requires the California Law Revision Commission to conduct a survey to compare the key provisions of California's underinsured motorist coverage laws with the laws of other states, as specified. Requires the Commission to conduct the survey in consultation with automobile insurers, consumer attorneys, and the Department of Insurance, and to report its findings to the Legislature no later than 12/31/13.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)

AB 2600 (Norby-R) Vehicles: driving privilege: marijuana

Prohibits the driver's license of a juvenile person, under the age of 21, from being suspended or revoked for a conviction of possession of not more than 28.5 grams or one ounce of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis, when the juvenile person is convicted of an infraction for possession of the substance.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2644 (Butler-D) Electric vehicle charging stations

Requires the Building Standards Commission, as a part of the next triennial edition of the California Building Standards Code adopted after 1/1/14, to adopt building standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of electric vehicle charging stations for parking spaces in single-family residential real property, in accordance with prescribed requirements.
(Died in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

AB 2652 (Furutani-D) Vehicles: financial responsibility

Extends the period to submit evidence of financial responsibility or establish that the vehicle is not being operated from 45 days to 60 days.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 2659 (Blumenfield-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses

Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to waive the driving skills test required to obtain a commercial driver's license for a person with a U.S. Armed Forces military driver's license in compliance with federal regulations. Deletes the requirement that the signature of the driver whom the vehicle is being rented to be written in the presence of the person renting the vehicle and instead allows the person renting the vehicle to instead compare the photograph on the driver's license of the person with the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented, except as specified.
Chapter 406, Statutes of 2012

AB 2660 (Solorio-D) Vehicles: peace officer vehicles: window tinting or glazing

Permits a federal, state, or local agency that employs peace officers to tint, cover, or otherwise block the side or rear windows of a vehicle it owns and operates for use by peace officers it employs.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2012

AB 2679 (Assembly Transportation Committee) Transportation: omnibus bill

Makes various non-substantive, technical changes to transportation-related provisions. Cleans up statutes to reflect highway relinquishments that have already occurred and those that will not occur. Authorizes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish to the City of Watsonville a portion of State Highway Route 152 within the city limits upon terms and conditions the CTC finds to be in the best interests of the state. Allows for an alternate placement location for a license plate on the rear of certain tow trucks to ensure that the view of the license plate is not obstructed by the swing arm. Codifies regulations relative to bus stop placement and authorize private school officials to designate school bus stops.
Chapter 769, Statutes of 2012

ACR 100 (Bonnie Lowenthal-D) Transportation facility designations

Names 26 transportation facilities throughout the state in honor of 27 individuals and two specific groups of people.
Resolution Chapter 109, Statutes of 2012

HR 26 (Eng-D) Rail Safety Culture Day

Declares 3/20/12 as Rail Safety Culture Day.
Adopted by the Assembly

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