Transportation

• Development and Financing
• High-Speed Rail
• Highways
• Motor Vehicle Emissions
• Vehicles and Licensing
• Miscellaneous

Note: * Denotes Urgency or Tax Levy Legislation.

Development and Financing

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SB 203 (Pavley-D) Local transportation funds: Ventura County

Eliminates the requirement that all Transportation Development Act funds in Ventura County be used exclusively for public mass transit purposes, in effect aligning Ventura with the way existing law treats all other California counties. Requires the Ventura County Transportation Commission, beginning 9/1/14 and annually for the next four years, post on its Internet Web site a report on transit services within Ventura County. Requires that the report include a description of changes to transit routes, service levels, and ridership numbers for all transit routes within Ventura County, and include annual budget numbers for transit services provided by the Commission, Gold Coast Transit, other multiagency operators, and individual municipal operators.
Chapter 464, Statutes of 2013

SB 230 (Knight-R) Local transportation funds: performance audits

Excludes principal and interest payments on all capital projects funded with certificates of participation from specified performance audits.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 408 (De León-D) Transportation funds

Provides that transportation funds not spent on administration, operation, maintenance, local assistance, safety, rehabilitation, and certain environmental enhancement and mitigation expenditures, are available for the study of, and development and implementation of, capital improvement projects.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

SB 486 (DeSaulnier-D) Department of Transportation: performance

Requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Transportation Agency to identify Caltrans' performance measurement benchmarks and report at least quarterly on its success in meeting these performance benchmarks. Requires the Secretary of the Agency, in consultation with the Director of Caltrans, to identify performance measurement benchmarks for Caltrans related to enhancement of public safety, system preservation and rehabilitation, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of project delivery, and environmental sustainability.
(On Assembly Inactive File)

SB 628 (Beall-D) Infrastructure financing: transit priority projects

Allows a city or county to create an infrastructure financing district to implement a transit priority project without having to hold an election, and requires the local entity to use 25% of the resulting revenues for affordable housing.
(Held at Senate Desk)

SCA 4 (Liu-D) Local government transportation projects

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 requires the approval of 55% of its voters voting on the proposition, if the proposition proposing the tax includes certain requirements. Prohibits a local government from expending any revenues derived from a special transportation tax approved by 55% of the voters at any time prior to the completion of a statutorily identified capital project funded by revenues derived from another special tax of the same local government that was approved by a 2/3-vote.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SCA 8 (Corbett-D) Transportation projects: special taxes: voter approval

Reduces, subject to a future vote of the people, the voter threshold from 2/3 to 55% for passage of local sales taxes dedicated to transportation purposes, if the local ballot proposition: (1) contains a specific list of projects, programs, and purposes to be funded by the tax proceeds; (2) requires an annual independent audit of the tax proceeds collected and expended; and (3) requires the governing board to create a citizens' oversight committee.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 466 (Quirk-Silva-D) Federal transportation funds

Requires the Department of Transportation to continue allocating federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program funds to regions pursuant to a weighted formula that accounts for population and pollution levels.
Chapter 736, Statutes of 2013

AB 493 (Daly-D) Toll facilities

Permits toll facility operators in the state to implement technologies or business practices that provide for nationwide interoperability of electronic toll collection programs.
Chapter 79, Statutes of 2013

AB 603 (Cooley-D) Design-build: Capitol Southeast Connector Project

Authorizes the Capitol Southeast Connector Joint Powers Authority to utilize design-build procurement for the Southeast Connector Project in Sacramento County, subject to authorization by the California Transportation Commission.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 716 (Quirk-Silva-D) Infrastructure: state planning and funding

Requires the Strategic Growth Council to assist the Governor in submitting the annual five-year infrastructure plan to the Legislature, adds housing to the definition of infrastructure for purposes of the plan, and requires the proposals for funding infrastructure identified in the plan to include investment coordination opportunities related to infill and transit-oriented development.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 730 (Alejo-D) Monterey-Salinas Transit District

Authorizes the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to approve, with a 2/3-vote of its governing board, the issuance of up to $50 million in revenue bonds. Limits the use of revenue bonds to a project or projects not located on or adjacent to the former Fort Ord, with the exception of a project or projects located entirely within the existing right-of-way of State Highway Route 1 owned by the Department of Transportation or within the existing right-of-way of the Monterey branch rail line, owned by the Monterey County Transportation Agency.
Chapter 394, Statutes of 2013

AB 749 (Gorell-R) Public-private partnerships

Extends the operation of the provisions of existing law governing public-private partnerships for the Department of Transportation and regional transportation agencies from 1/1/17 to 1/1/22.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 797 (Gordon-D) Transit districts: contracts

Authorizes the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority and the San Mateo Transit District to utilize the construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) project delivery method for transit projects within their respective jurisdictions under the condition that after evaluating the traditional design-bid-build process as well as the CM/GC process in a public meeting, they make a written finding that use of the CM/GC process on a particular project will result in one or more of specified objectives.
Chapter 320, Statutes of 2013

AB 863 (Torres-D) Transit projects: environmental review process

Authorizes the Department of Transportation to assume responsibilities for federal review and clearance under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for a transit project, as defined, that is subject to the Act, provides that the State of California consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts in that regard, and further provides that the Department may not assert immunity from suit under the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with regard to actions brought relative to those responsibilities under federal law.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1046 (Gordon-D) Innovative Delivery Team Demonstration Program

Permits the Department of Transportation staff to perform reimbursable work for projects on and off the state highway system within the boundaries of Santa Clara County, pursuant to a master agreement.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1070 (Frazier-D) California Transportation Financing Authority

Clarifies that specific bond issuance powers and responsibilities may apply to either the California Transportation Financing Authority or the project sponsor.
Chapter 198, Statutes of 2013

AB 1272 (Medina-D) California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Authorizes the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to formally participate in regional, national and international organizations related to infrastructure financing.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1290 (John A. Pérez-D) Transportation planning

Increases the membership and duties of the California Transportation Commission (CTC), requires regional transportation planning agencies to submit specified information to the CTC, expands the duties of the Strategic Growth Council, and requires the Council to annually report to the CTC.
Vetoed

High-Speed Rail

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SB 557 (Hill-D) High-speed rail

Reiterates a number of restrictions contained in existing law related to bond funds that the Legislature appropriated for the development of high-speed rail in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prohibits funds dedicated to the San Francisco-to-San Jose Peninsula corridor from being used to expand the project beyond the agreed-upon "blended system" with existing commuter rail service, or to build a four-track system.
Chapter 216, Statutes of 2013

AB 441 (Patterson-R) High-Speed Rail Authority: contracts

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to provide, to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, a copy of each contract entered into by the authority, if the dollar value of the goods or services to be provided or performed under the contract is $25,000 or more, as well as a copy of each contract amendment and contract change order agreed to by the Authority for $25,000 or more.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 463 (Logue-R) High-Speed Rail Authority: contracts

Requires the High-Speed Rail Authority, as well as its contractors and subcontractors, to provide the Legislature with a copy of each contract, contract amendment, and contract change order valued at $25,000 or more.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 481 (Lowenthal-D) High-speed rail

Grants the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) similar property management authority as granted to the Department of Transportation. Excludes high-speed rail rights-of-way from Department of General Services property management authority and instead provides for HSRA to manage the property. Enables the Chief Executive Director of HSRA to lease to public agencies or private entities the airspace above or area below high-speed rail rights-of-way as long as these leases do not impact safety, and allows HSRA to sell excess high-speed rail rights-of-way through a competitive process, or without seeking competitive bids under the same conditions as the Department of Transportation.
Chapter 132, Statutes of 2013

AB 528 (Lowenthal-D) State Rail Plan and High-Speed Rail Authority business plan

Makes several changes to the required contents of and timelines for the State Rail Plan and the high-speed rail business plan.
Chapter 237, Statutes of 2013

AB 842 (Donnelly-R) High-speed rail

Makes findings and declarations that spending state and federal funds on highway and bridge improvements and repair projects should take priority over spending those funds on California's high-speed rail project. Prohibits state agencies, including the High-Speed Rail Authority, from spending state and federal funds on the construction of California's high-speed rail project except as necessary to meet contractual commitments entered into before 1/1/14.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee; reconsideration granted)

Highways

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SB 31 (Padilla-D) Outdoor advertising displays: arenas

Allows a qualifying arena to place up to two displays at approaching highway off ramps and treat them as though they are arena displays as long as the displays are authorized by a local ordinance as of 1/1/19. Requires the Department of Transportation to review and certify that the proposed displays and sign ordinance meet the minimum statutory requirements. Specifies that if an advertising display is subject to a notice from the United States Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, or any other applicable federal agency to the state that the operation of that display will result in the reduction of federal aid highway funds, then the authorization of that display shall cease and the display owner shall remove all advertising copy from the display within 60 days after the state notifies the display owner of the receipt of the federal notice.
Chapter 542, Statutes of 2013

SB 169 (Emmerson-R) State highways: scenic highways

Removes a 37 mile segment of Interstate 10 from eligibility for inclusion in the State Scenic Highway System.
Chapter 173, Statutes of 2013

SB 219 (Yee-D) Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones

Permanently extends the designation of specific highway segments as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 286 (Yee-D) Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes

Extends the sunset date on provisions of existing law that allows green high-occupancy vehicle sticker vehicles to use the high-occupancy vehicle lanes with a single occupant from 1/1/15, to 1/1/19, or until federal authorization expires or until the Secretary of State receives a specified notice, whichever occurs first.
Chapter 414, Statutes of 2013

SB 314 (Cannella-R) State Highway Route 25

Provides for relinquishment of a portion of State Highway Route 25 in the City of Hollister prior to relocation of that route to a proposed new easterly bypass alignment. Requires a determination by the California Transportation Commission that it is in the best interest of the state to do so and in terms and conditions approved by the Commission. Requires the relinquishment be subject to an agreement by the City to accept the relinquishment.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 337 (Emmerson-R) State Highway Route 74

Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to the City of Hemet that portion of State Highway Route 74 located within its city limits or sphere of influence under specified conditions.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 444 (Hueso-D) State Highway Route 86: relinquishment

Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to the Cities of Brawley, El Centro, Imperial and the County of Imperial, specified portions of State Highway Route 86 under certain conditions. Redesignates a specified portion of State Highway Route 86 as a part of State Highway Route 78 following relinquishment, and requires the relinquishments to be done at no cost to the state, unless the Commission makes a finding of need.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 684* (Hill-D) Advertising displays

Amends the redevelopment agency exemption to the Outdoor Advertising Act to reflect the elimination of redevelopment agencies. Specifies that the applicable city, county, or city and county shall annually, by December 31, certify to the Department of Transportation that the advertising copy of the advertising display its advertising businesses or activities operating within the boundaries of the redevelopment project area and that at least 10% of the advertising copy, up to a maximum of 100 square feet, is used to display the address or location of the business or activity, or to identify the route to the business or activity from the nearest freeway off-ramp. Clarifies that if the United States Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, or any other applicable federal agency provides notice to the state that the operation of that display will result in the reduction of federal aid highway funds, then the authorization of that display shall cease and the display owner shall remove all advertising copy from the display within 60 days after the state notifies the display owner of the receipt of the federal notice.
Chapter 544, Statutes of 2013

SB 694 (Correa-D) Outdoor advertising: transit stations

Exempts, from the Outdoor Advertising Act, advertising displays at a publicly owned multimodel transit facility that is to serve as a station for the high-speed train system, as specified, and requires revenues from the advertising display to be used to support the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Facility. Clarifies that if the Federal Highway Administration, or any other applicable federal agency provides notice to the state that the operation of that display will result in the reduction of federal aid highway funds, then the authorization of that display shall cease and the display owner shall remove all advertising copy from the display within 60 days after the state notifies the display owner of the receipt of the federal notice.
Chapter 545, Statutes of 2013

SB 811 (Lara-D) State Highway Route 710

Requires the Department of Transportation, or another agency if it agrees to assume responsibility as the lead agency for State Highway Route 710 corridor project, to consider alternatives to address air quality, public health, and mobility impacts the project will have on neighboring communities.
Vetoed

SCR 4 (Fuller-R) Vernon P. Valenzuela Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 204 between F Street and Q Street in the City of Bakersfield as the Vernon P. Valenzuela Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 69, Statutes of 2013

SCR 6 (Wolk-D) Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway

Names a portion of State Highway Route 37 in Solano County as the Vallejo Police Officer James Capoot Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 85, Statutes of 2013

SCR 13 (Nielsen-R) Redding Police Officer Owen "Ted" Lyon Memorial Bridge

Designates the Sacramento River Bridge, located on State Highway Route 273 as it crosses the Sacramento River into downtown in the City of Redding, as the Redding Police Officer Owen "Ted" Lyon Memorial Bridge.
Resolution Chapter 86, Statutes of 2013

SCR 23 (Cannella-R) Soledad State Prison Correctional Officers Memorial Highway

Names a portion of State Highway Route 101 in Monterey County as the Soledad State Prison Correctional Officers Memorial Highway, honoring John V. Mills, William C. Shull, Robert J. McCarthy, and Kenneth E. Conant.
Resolution Chapter 95, Statutes of 2013

SCR 27 (Jackson-D) National Purple Heart Trail

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 101 in the County of Santa Barbara from mile marker 36.16 to the Santa Barbara and Ventura County line, and the entire portion of State Highway Route 101 in the County of Ventura, for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail.
Resolution Chapter 88, Statutes of 2013

SCR 35 (Cannella-R) State Route 25: Pinnacles National Park Highway

Designates the segment of State Highway Route 25 in San Benito County from the southern county border with Monterey County to Sunnyslope Road in Hollister, and the segment from San Felipe Road in Hollister to the northern county border with Santa Clara County as the Pinnacles National Park Highway.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 36 (Berryhill-R) Bill Whitehurst Memorial Highway

Names State Highway Route 152 between its intersections with State Highway Route 233 and State Highway Route 99 in Madera County as the Bill Whitehurst Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 71, Statutes of 2013

SCR 38 (Hueso-D) Stephen Palmer, Sr., Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 94 between Old Campo Road and Melody Road in San Diego County as the Stephen Palmer, Sr. Memorial Highway.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 43 (DeSaulnier-D) CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial Undercrossing

Names the Livorna Road undercrossing of State Highway Route 680 in Contra Costa County as the CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial Undercrossing.
Resolution Chapter 98, Statutes of 2013

SCR 44 (DeSaulnier-D) Joe Eddy McDonald Memorial Overcrossing

Names the Willow Avenue Overcrossing over State Highway Route 4 in Contra Costa County as the Joe Eddy McDonald Memorial Overcrossing.
Resolution Chapter 124, Statutes of 2013

SCR 45 (Wolk-D) Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway

Designates the segment of Interstate 80 between Midway Road and the State Highway Route 12 East interchange in Solano County as the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 92, Statutes of 2013

SCR 53 (Gaines-R) Shawn Baker and Robert Jones Memorial Highways

Designates the portions of State Highway Route 5 in Siskiyou County from post mile 35.7 to post mile 39.5, inclusive, and post mile 41.5 to post mile 43.5, inclusive, as the Shawn Baker and Robert Jones Memorial Highways, respectively, to honor these two selfless employees of the Department of Transportation.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 55 (Gaines-R) Dean Patton Memorial Interchange

Designates the interchange between State Highway Route 99 and Riego Road in Sutter County as the Dean Patton Memorial Interchange.
Resolution Chapter 125, Statutes of 2013

SCR 57 (Hernandez-D) Harold E. Horine and Bill Leiphardt Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of Interstate 10 from the Baldwin Park Overcrossing to the Sunset Avenue Undercrossing in the County of Los Angeles as the CHP Officers Harold E. Horine and Bill Leiphardt Memorial Highway.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 59 (Knight-R) William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home of California

Requests that the Department of Transportation erect signs on State Highway Route 14, in Los Angeles County, directing motorists to the William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 60 (Knight-R) Lance Corporal Javier Olvera Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 14 from its south junction with State Route 138 to West Avenue O8 in the City of Palmdale as the Lance Corporal Javier Olvera Memorial Highway.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SCR 64 (Roth-D) Sergeant Gilbert Cortez and K-9 Mattie Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 15 from Second Street in Norco to Limonite Avenue in Eastvale in Riverside County as the Sergeant Gilbert Cortez, Sr. and K-9 Mattie Memorial Highway.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 62 (Hueso-D) State Highway Route 86: relinquishment

Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to the Cities of Brawley, El Centro, and Imperial and the County of Imperial, specified portions of State Highway Route 86 under certain conditions, and redesignates a specified portion of State Highway Route 86 as a part of State Highway Route 78 following the relinquishment.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 178 (Beth Gaines-R) Highways: exit information signs

Requires the Department of Transportation to allow the placement of business logo signs along State Highway Route 65 within, or at exits leading to, the City of Lincoln. Requires the Department, on or before 1/1/20, to report to the transportation committees of the Senate and Assembly on the implementation of this bill.
Chapter 131, Statutes of 2013

AB 266 (Blumenfield-D) Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes

Extends the sunset date on provisions of existing law that allows white high-occupancy vehicle sticker vehicles to use the high-occupancy vehicle lanes with a single occupant from 1/1/15, to 1/1/19, or until federal authorization expires or until the Secretary of State receives a specified notice, whichever occurs first.
Chapter 405, Statutes of 2013

AB 401 (Daly-D) Transportation: design-build: highways

Authorizes the Department of Transportation and regional transportation agencies to use the design-build procurement method for transportation projects in California, while requiring the Department to oversee construction inspection of these projects on the state highway system.
Chapter 586, Statutes of 2013

AB 405 (Gatto-D) Highways: high-occupancy vehicle lanes

Restricts, as of 7/1/14, the hours of operation of any high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on State Highway Route (SR) 134 between SR 170 and SR 210 and HOV lanes on SR 210 between SR 134 and SR 57 in Los Angeles County to the times of day with heavy commuter traffic, as determined by the Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Requires Caltrans to report to the Legislature on the traffic impact of limiting operations of these HOV lanes by 1/1/16. Allows Caltrans to reinstate 24-hour HOV lanes on or after 5/1/15, if it determines that restricting the hours of operation has created an adverse impact on safety, congestion, or the environment, and submits a notice of such determination to the Legislature.
Vetoed

AB 444 (Lowenthal-D) Pedestrians: highway workers

Exempts a highway worker, as defined, from the provisions of current law which requires that a pedestrian upon a roadway yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway so near as to constitute an immediate hazard, unless the pedestrian is within a crosswalk, pedestrian tunnel, or overhead crossing, and prohibits a pedestrian from crossing the roadway at any place except in a crosswalk.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 680 (Salas-D) Transportation: interregional road system

Adds State Highway Route 43 to the list of eligible interregional and intercounty routes on the state highway system that are eligible for state interregional transportation improvement project funding.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 747 (Levine-D) State Highway Route 131: relinquishment

Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to the Town of Tiburon the portion of State Highway Route 131 within its town limits, upon terms and conditions the Commission finds to be in the best interest of the state. Provides that the relinquishment will become effective immediately following the county recordation of the relinquishment resolution, and specifies that following the effective date of relinquishment, the relinquished segment will no longer be a state highway and may not be considered for future adoption as a state highway. Requires the Town of Tiburon to ensure the continuity of traffic flow, including any traffic signal progression, and to provide signage directing motorists to the continuation of the highway.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 946 (Stone-D) Transit buses: Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz

Authorizes the Monterey-Salinas Transit District and Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, in consultation with the Department of Transportation and the California Highway Patrol, to designate certain highway shoulders as transit bus-only corridors. Requires the Districts to each determine jointly with the Department and the Highway Patrol appropriate segments for bus-on-shoulder programs based on factors such as right-of-way availability and capacity, peak congestion hours, and the most heavily congested areas.
Chapter 426, Statutes of 2013

ACR 3 (Logue-R) The CHP Officer Robert J. Quirk Memorial Highway

Designates the approximately two-mile portion of State Highway Route 5 from the Sunset Hills Drive overcrossing to the Nine Mile Hill overcrossing in the County of Tehama as the CHP Officer Robert J. Quirk Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 73, Statutes of 2013

ACR 14 (Yamada-D) Deputy Tony Diaz Memorial Rest Area

Designates the rest area on Interstate 5 in Dunnigan as the Deputy Tony Diaz, Yolo County Sheriff's Office, Memorial Rest Area.
Resolution Chapter 63, Statutes of 2013

ACR 16 (Hagman-R) Gerald "Blackie" Sawyer Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 39 from Hillsborough Drive to Stage Road in Los Angeles and Orange Counties as the Detective Gerald "Blackie" Sawyer Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 68, Statutes of 2013

ACR 18 (Gorell-R) Seabees Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 1 in the County of Ventura, from the milepost nearest to Point Mugu to South Rice Avenue in the City of Oxnard, as the Seabees Memorial Highway, in order to honor all Seabees who have served in the Navy of the United States.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

ACR 37 (Harkey-R) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bridge

Designates the Mission Avenue Bridge at Interstate 5 in the City of Oceanside, California as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bridge.
(In Assembly; unassigned to a committee)

ACR 41 (Chávez-R) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bridge

Designates the Mission Avenue Bridge over Interstate 5 in the City of Oceanside as the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bridge honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Resolution Chapter 64, Statutes of 2013

ACR 51 (Jones-R) Jimmy A. Arevalo Memorial Highway

Designates a portion of State Highway Route 8 in San Diego County as the Jimmy A. Arevalo Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 65, Statutes of 2013

ACR 55 (Stone-D) Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 68 between Blanco Road in the City of Salinas and Anza Drive in the County of Monterey as the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Highway.
Resolution Chapter 135, Statutes of 2013

ACR 57 (Jones-R) James Craig Schmidt Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 94 between Bancroft Drive and Avocado Boulevard in San Diego County as the James Craig Schmidt Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 136, Statutes of 2013

ACR 62 (Ian Calderon-D) The Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 72 between Penn Street and Costa Glen Avenue in the City of Whittier as the Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 139, Statutes of 2013

ACR 65 (Hall-D) The Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bridge

Renames the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which connects downtown San Francisco to Yerba Buena Island in the City and County of San Francisco, as the Willie L. Brown, Jr. Bridge.
Resolution Chapter 140, Statutes of 2013

ACR 67 (Alejo-D) State highways: designations

Designates specific portions of State Highway Routes 152, 1, 129, and 101 in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties as the Dolores Huerta Highway, the Senator Henry J. Mello Highway, Oscar Rios Highway, and Gateway to the Pinnacles Highway.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

ACR 68 (Donnelly-R) Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial Highway

Designates the portion of State Highway Route 38 between post miles 24 and 29 in San Bernardino County as the Detective Jeremiah MacKay Memorial Highway.
Resolution Chapter 142, Statutes of 2013

ACR 69 (Salas-D) CHP Officer Dean Esquibel Memorial Bridge

Designates the Cross Creek Bridge on State Highway Route 198 in Kings County as the CHP Officer Dean Esquibel Memorial Bridge.
Resolution Chapter 143, Statutes of 2013

ACR 70 (Chesbro-D) CHP Officer Kenneth E. Marshall Memorial Interchange

Designates the interchange at U.S. Route 101 and State Highway Route 200 in Humboldt County as the CHP Officer Kenneth E. Marshall Memorial Interchange.
Resolution Chapter 144, Statutes of 2013

Motor Vehicle Emissions

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SB 11* (Pavley-D) Alternative fuel and vehicle technologies: funding programs

Extends, until 1/1/24, extra fees on vehicle registrations, boat registrations, and tire sales in order to fund the AB 118 (Núñez-D, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), the Carl Moyer Program and AB 923 (Firebaugh-D, Chapter 707, Statutes of 2004), programs that support the production, distribution, and sale of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies, as well as emissions reduction efforts. Suspends, until 2024, the Air Resources Board's authority to require fuel suppliers to provide hydrogen fueling stations and instead allocates up to $220 million to construct and operate retail hydrogen fueling stations. Extends the authority of local air districts to impose vehicle registration surcharges, in their respective areas, to achieve air emission reductions from vehicles and off-road engines.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 459 (Pavley-D) Vehicle retirement: low-income motor vehicle owners

Requires the Air Resources Board to update the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program guidelines, as specified.
Chapter 437, Statutes of 2013

SB 549 (Galgiani-D) Vehicular air pollution: exemption: low-use vehicles

Requires the Air Resources Board to amend a specified regulation that, among other things, exempts low-use vehicles, as defined, from prescribed mobile source emissions reductions, to include a vehicle operated fewer than 2,000 miles in California in any compliance year as a low-use vehicle.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 600 (Lieu-D) Vehicles: alternative fuel

Requires the Air Resources Board to revise its procedures for small manufacturers seeking the Board certification of alternative fuel conversion systems.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 621 (Gaines-R) Vehicular air pollution: in-use, diesel-fueled vehicles

Requires the Air Resources Board to amend the truck and bus rule, relating to the emissions restrictions of diesel criteria pollutants, to extend compliance dates by five years. Requires the Board to extend by five years all compliance dates in all generally applied schedules and phase-in options, exemptions, and delays included in the regulation.
(Failed passage in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 8* (Perea-D) Alternative fuel and vehicle technologies: funding programs

Extends until 1/1/24, extra fees on vehicle registrations, boat registrations, and tire sales in order to fund the AB 118 (Núñez-D, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), the Carl Moyer Program, and AB 923 (Firebaugh-D, Chapter 707, Statutes of 2004), programs that support the production, distribution, and sale of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies, as well as air emissions reduction efforts. Suspends until 2024, the Air Resources Board's authority to require through regulation, any fuel supplier to provide hydrogen fueling stations and instead allocates up to $220 million of these fee funds to construct and operate retail hydrogen fueling stations. Extends the authority of local air districts to impose vehicle registration surcharges in their areas to achieve air emission reductions from vehicles and off-road engines.
Chapter 401, Statutes of 2013

AB 220* (Ting-D) Low-emission vehicles

Provides, until 1/1/18, either a partial exemption or a partial exclusion from the sales and use tax with respect to the sale of specified low-emission vehicles, as specified.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

AB 278 (Gatto-D) California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

Directs the Air Resources Board to consider the impact on food supply of its low-carbon fuel regulations and to adopt policies that favor fuels with the highest possible sustainability.
(On Senate Inactive File)

AB 418 (Mullin-D) Electric vehicles

Requires the State Controller, upon the order of the Director of Finance, to transfer, as a loan, $30,000,000 from the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund to the Air Quality Improvement Fund. Appropriates to the Air Resources Board $30,000,000 from the Air Quality Improvement Fund for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1092 (Levine-D) Electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Requires the Building Standards Commission, as part of the next building code adoption cycle, to include mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in multifamily dwellings and non-residential development.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2013

AJR 21 (Olsen-R) Renewable Fuel Standard program: reform

Urges the U.S. Congress to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard program, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use all available authority, to expeditiously transition away from biofuel sources that compete with food production, as well as implement aggressive mechanisms to promote the development of advanced, sustainable noncrop-based fuels, including, but not limited to, cellulosic ethanol.
Resolution Chapter 155, Statutes of 2013

Vehicles and Licensing

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SB 109 (Corbett-D) Charter-party carriers: limousines: emergency exits

Requires that limousines for hire, which someone has modified to increase the number of passengers they can carry, have at least two doors and one or two push-out windows to serve as emergency exits.
Chapter 752, Statutes of 2013

SB 151 (DeSaulnier-D) Vehicles: license plates

Repeals the Department of Motor Vehicle's authority to make rules governing the use and display of stickers or devices in lieu of license plates. Requires that any vehicle displaying devices in lieu of license plates must display a front and rear device, so that the characters are upright and display from left to right, and that the rear device will be at least 12 and not more than 60 inches above the ground.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 234* (Walters-R) Recreational off-highway vehicles

Limits the requirement that passengers in an recreational off-highway vehicle (ROHV) may sit only in seats installed by the original manufacturer to ROHVs with a 2014 or later model year. Requires seats installed in 2013 or earlier model year ROHVs, that are in locations other than those provided by the manufacturer, to be installed such that the passenger sitting there must be fully contained inside of the vehicle's rollover protection structure.
Chapter 179, Statutes of 2013

SB 334* (Fuller-R) Recreational off-highway vehicles: seat location: passengers

Delays for 18 months state law that requires passengers in recreational off-highway vehicles to only occupy seats provided by the manufacturer of the recreational off-highway vehicles.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 338 (Hill-D) Charter-party carriers of passengers: limousines

Requires owners of limousines offered for hire in California to equip their limousines with two fire extinguishers, one in the drivers' compartment and at least one accessible to the passengers, as specified, and requires the California Highway Patrol to establish and administer an inspection program for certain limousines, as specified.
Vetoed

SB 359 (Corbett-D) Vehicles: retirement and replacement

Provides monies for Air Resources Board projects and programs aimed at encouraging the deployment of zero-emission and hybrid vehicles.
Chapter 415, Statutes of 2013

SB 397 (Hueso-D) Vehicles: enhanced driver's license

Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue enhanced driver's licenses, which include transmission technology to denote identity and citizenship, for purposes of entering the United States at land and sea ports of entry.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 424 (Emmerson-R) Vehicles: windshields: obstructions

Exempts from the prohibition against placing an object that obstructs or reduces the driver's clear view objects or materials placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon a vehicle owned by a government agency if those objects or materials do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 478 (Cannella-R) Vehicles: length limitations: livestock vehicles

Exempts livestock semitrailers from California's vehicle length limit laws if they (1) are no more than 53 feet in length; (2) are designed and used exclusively to haul livestock; and (3) have a design that prohibits the owner or operator from configuring the rearmost of two rear axles at a distance of 40 feet from the kingpin or 38 feet for a single axle.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 789 (Liu-D) Vehicles: special interest license plates

Allows the California Arts Council to use specified revenues from the sale of the arts special interest license plate for administrative expenses.
Chapter 221, Statutes of 2013

SB 806 (Hueso-D) License plate alternatives pilot program

Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a pilot project to test devices that will serve as alternatives to license plates, registration stickers, and registration cards.
Chapter 569, Statutes of 2013

SCR 41 (Huff-R) Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

Proclaims May 2013 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.
Resolution Chapter 56, Statutes of 2013

AB 17 (Hueso-D) Vehicles: enhanced driver's license

Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a federal agency for the purpose of facilitating travels within the western hemisphere pursuant to the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative through the issuance of an enhanced driver's license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card. Authorizes the Department to issue or renew, upon request, an enhanced driver's license, instruction permit, provisional license, or identification card for specified persons, and requires the Department to submit an annual report to specified committees of the Legislature on the implementation of the enhanced driver's license and identification card.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 27 (Medina-D) Vehicles: registration: one-trip permits

Extends, from five days to 30 days, the time for a vehicle to operate under a one-trip permit.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 49 (Buchanan-D) License plates: breast cancer awareness

Requires the Department of Health Care Services to apply to sponsor a breast cancer awareness license plate program, and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue the license plates if the Department of Health Care Services meets certain requirements. Requires that license plates issued under the program consist of a breast cancer awareness ribbon and message, as specified, on a light pink background that the California Highway Patrol determines does not obscure the readability of the license plate.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 60 (Alejo-D) Driver's licenses: eligibility: required documentation

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driver's licenses to persons who are ineligible for a Social Security Number (SSN) if additional documentation is provided, as specified. Provides that an applicant who is unable to provide satisfactory proof of legal presence in the U.S. may sign an affidavit attesting they are ineligible for a SSN and unable to provide proof of legal presence. Requires the Department to accept the affidavit in lieu of a SSN and specifies that the affidavit is not public record.
Chapter 524, Statutes of 2013

AB 64 (Donnelly-R) Vehicles: fifth-wheel travel trailers

Makes an exception to the vehicle length limits for fifth-wheel travel trailers, allowing them to be up to 48 feet in length, provided the kingpin to the rear axle (KP-RA) length is no more than 40 feet for a fifth-wheel with two or more axles, or 38 feet for a fifth-wheel with a single axle. Requires a fifth-wheel manufacturer include in the delivery documents the information necessary to register the fifth-wheel, including its overall length and declaration that its KP-RA length is in compliance with the limitations above.
Chapter 548, Statutes of 2013

AB 206 (Dickinson-D) Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation

Allows the Sacramento Regional Transit District to install larger bike racks on its buses. Requires a traffic engineer to certify that all proposed routes are safe for these 40-inch bike racks on 45-foot buses. Requires the District report to the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee and the Assembly Transportation Committee by 12/31/18, on the program, as specified.
Chapter 95, Statutes of 2013

AB 244 (Bonilla-D) Vehicles: license plates: veterans

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to sponsor a veterans' special interest license plate and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue the veterans' plate if the Department of Veterans Affairs meets the current statutory requirements.
Chapter 690, Statutes of 2013

AB 281 (Donnelly-R) Vehicle registration: late penalties: waiver

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to waive past due registration fees and penalties for a used car buyer if the fees and penalties accrued before the buyer purchased the vehicle.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee; reconsideration granted)

AB 313 (Frazier-D) Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices

Repeals a 2012 statute by again prohibiting the use of voice-operated, hands-free texting devices while driving, and also repeals a provision authorizing drivers to activate or deactivate a feature or function on an electronic wireless communications device while driving.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 335 (Brown-D) Vehicles: impoundment

Prohibits a peace officer from impounding a vehicle if the vehicle could be, or is legally, parked at a location near the traffic stop, if control of the vehicle is relinquished to a licensed driver who is present and authorized by the driver to take the vehicle, or if a licensed driver retrieves the vehicle within a reasonable time. Requires the peace officer to inform the driver that the vehicle will not be towed and impounded if the vehicle could be or is legally parked at a location near the traffic stop, if control of the vehicle is relinquished to a licensed driver who is present and authorized by the driver to take the vehicle, or if a licensed driver can retrieve the vehicle within a reasonable amount of time.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 397 (Fox-D) Vehicles: emergency contact locator database

Enacts California Motor Vehicle Emergency Contact Locator Act of 2013 and defines the term "VIN# ECON database" as the national law enforcement vehicle identification number emergency contact locator database that may be established by this state, in conjunction with other states and law enforcement agencies.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 443 (Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: delinquent parking and traffic violations

Prohibits, for family transfers only, the Department of Motor Vehicles from transferring ownership on a vehicle for which a processing agency has filed an itemization of outstanding parking or toll evasion penalties until the penalties are paid.
Chapter 101, Statutes of 2013

AB 501 (Nazarian-D) Vehicles

Allows motor vehicle dealers to continue to sell non-certified brake friction material installed on a vehicle before the vehicle was acquired by the dealer, and provides that a "tire broker" does not include a vehicle dealer or a tire retailer engaged in the retail sale, service, and installation of new tires on customer vehicles.
Chapter 392, Statutes of 2013

AB 529 (Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: motor carriers: inspections and fees

Changes, beginning in 2016, the program through which the state inspects large commercial trucks and trailers from a periodic inspection of these vehicles and the operations associated with them to one in which the California Highway Patrol, through regulation, creates a performance-based truck terminal inspection regime.
Chapter 500, Statutes of 2013

AB 531 (Frazier-D) Driver's licenses: veteran designation

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer a driver's license or identification card printed with the word "VETERAN" indicating the licensee or possessor of an identification card is a military veteran.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 541 (Daly-D) Buses: illuminated advertising: UC Irvine

Authorizes, if certain conditions are met, the University of California at Irvine to equip the sides of its buses with illuminated signs to display advertising until 1/1/19.
Chapter 133, Statutes of 2013

AB 722 (Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses: medical examinations

Makes chiropractors eligible to perform and report medical examinations on individuals applying to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle.
Chapter 160, Statutes of 2013

AB 724 (Cooley-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses

Extends the state's Provisional Driver's License requirements to those under age 20 instead of under age 18.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 767 (Levine-D) Vehicles: additional registration fees: vehicle-theft crimes

Authorizes counties to increase, from $1 to $2, vehicle registration surcharges that they impose to fund vehicle theft prevention, investigation, and prosecution programs, and it deletes the 2018 sunset date on the authorization to impose these surcharges.
Chapter 241, Statutes of 2013

AB 840 (Ammiano-D) Vehicles: driver's licenses: application requirements

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to have on every application for an original or renewal of a driver's license a statement requiring the applicant acknowledge that he/she understands the dangers of distracted driving.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 853 (Brown-D) Vehicles: motorsport license plates

Authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a program for a series of motorsports and auto-enthusiast themed license plates. Provides that the original issue and renewal fee for those plates will be deposited in the Motorsport License Plate Account of the Specialized License Plate Fund, which is created by this bill.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 902 (Beth Gaines-R) Vehicles: rules of the road: right-of-way

Increases the maximum base fine to $100 for violating the state's move-over law, which requires a driver approaching a stationary emergency vehicle displaying its emergency lights to lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the authorized emergency vehicle or tow truck with due regard for safety and traffic conditions, if practicable and not prohibited by law, or slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions if making a lane change is not possible, making the maximum total penalty $489.
Vetoed

AB 988 (Jones-R) Recreational off-highway vehicles

Includes dealers, distributors, and manufacturers of recreational off-highway vehicles under the purview of the New Motor Vehicle Board.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1002 (Bloom-D) Vehicles: registration fee

Imposes a tax of $6 upon vehicle registration or renewal of the registration. Restricts the imposition of the fee to those counties that are within a metropolitan planning organization that is required to prepare a sustainable communities strategy.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)

AB 1047 (Linder-R) Commercial driver's licenses

Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to charge a fee to conduct a driving test for a commercial learner's permit holder from another state. Requires the Department to refuse to issue or renew a commercial driver's license to an individual who commits fraud related to obtaining the license, and makes numerous technical changes to bring California into compliance with new federal regulations.
Chapter 649, Statutes of 2013

AB 1092 (Levine-D) Electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Requires the Building Standards Commission, as part of the next building code adoption cycle, to include mandatory building standards for the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in multifamily dwellings and non-residential development.
Chapter 410, Statutes of 2013

AB 1096 (Nestande-R) Vehicles: specialized license plates: Salton Sea

Authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a Salton Sea special interest license plate along with the requirement that the license plate have graphics covering the full plate.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 1113 (Frazier-D) Provisional driver's licenses: restrictions

Increases, from six to nine months, the minimum time an individual must hold an instruction permit before applying for a provisional driver's license. Provides that a provisional licensee is subject to certain restrictions during the entire time she/he holds the provisional license, not just during the first 12 months. Expands by one hour the driving ban for provisional licensees, to the hours between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Raises by one year the age of passengers a provisional licensee may transport, to 21 years of age. Expands by one hour the period during which a provisional licensee may transport an immediate family member without supervision, as specified, to the hours between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Vetoed

AB 1115 (Jones-R) Vehicles: driver's licenses

Prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver's license to a person who is 18 years of age or older unless that person demonstrates that he/she completed a written examination before being issued an instruction permit, that he/she held the instruction permit prior to applying for a driver's license, satisfactory completion of a specified driver education program that is approved by the Department, and satisfactory completion of a driving test as required by the Department. Establishes a specified waiting period before a driver's license applicant may retake a specified examination or test.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1158 (Waldron-R) Vehicles: on-street parking for electric vehicles

Expressly authorizes local authorities to adopt rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, regarding designating and enforcing on-street parking spaces for electric vehicles.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1192 (Beth Gaines-R) Vehicles: parking: motorcycles

Prohibits an owner or operator of a public or private off-street parking facility from prohibiting motorcycles from using the facility, and prohibits a local authority from prohibiting a motorcycle from parking at a location at which other motor vehicles are authorized to park.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1253 (Blumenfield-D) Vehicles: mobile advertising displays

Clarifies that a city or county may establish civil penalties for violation of a local ordinance or resolution regulating mobile billboards.
Chapter 652, Statutes of 2013

AB 1314 (Bloom-D) Vehicles: compressed natural gas vehicles: inspections

Requires that a cylinder and tank bracket inspection be conducted on all motor vehicles with a compressed natural gas fuel system every three years by an independent qualified compressed natural gas cylinder inspector, except as provided, and that the cylinder be replaced on these vehicles before the manufacturer expiration date marked on the cylinder. Requires a smog check technician, when inspecting a motor vehicle with a compressed natural gas fuel system, to locate and report the manufacturer expiration date marked on the vehicle's cylinder to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in a manner to be determined by DMV. Requires DMV to refuse to renew the registration of a motor vehicle with a compressed natural gas fuel system if DMV has not received an inspection report confirming that the vehicle has received a cylinder and tank bracket inspection in the last three years or if the cylinder attributed to the vehicle is past the expiration date on record with DMV.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 1324 (Skinner-D) Vehicles: additional registration fees

Authorizes Alameda County, upon adoption of a resolution, to increase the tax on the registration of motor vehicles from $1 to $2, and its commercial vehicle service tax from $2 to $4. Requires that the resolution approved by Alameda County be submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles at least six months prior to the operative date of the tax increase.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1369 (Achadjian-R) Vehicles: farm pickup trucks

Redefines a farm pickup truck as a motor truck used exclusively by a farmer or rancher in a not-for-hire capacity that is operated solely in California and not in interstate commerce, that has a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 14,000 pounds, and that is equipped with a bed, including, but not limited to, a flat bed, not exceeding nine feet in length.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

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SB 55 (Hill-D) Ignition interlock devices

Requires a person convicted of driving under the influence, as specified, for a second or subsequent time to install an ignition interlock device on his/her vehicle(s) for a specified time period in order to receive a restricted driver's license or to reinstate his/her driving privileges.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 110* (DeSaulnier-D) East Span, Bay Bridge Safety Review Task Force

Establishes a safety review task force to assess the seismic safety of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, exempts the task force and its members from liability, and subjects the task force to open meeting and public record access requirements.
Vetoed

SB 122 (Lieu-D) Vessels: abandonment: abatement

Deletes the 1/1/14, sunset date on a pilot program that allows boat owners to voluntarily surrender a vessel to a local agency at no cost, if that vessel is in danger of being abandoned.
Chapter 204, Statutes of 2013

SB 194 (Galgiani-D) Vehicles: electronic wireless communications device

Prohibits drivers under 18 years of age from operating an electronic wireless communication device, while driving, even if it is equipped with a hands-free device.
Chapter 754, Statutes of 2013

SB 242 (Wyland-R) Toll collection: alternative technologies

Permits, until 1/1/18, the Department of Transportation or local and regional transportation agencies to conduct a pilot program of alternative electronic toll collection technologies. Requires the alternative technology vendor cover all related costs incurred by the state or participating agency, including the preparation of the required report.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 350 (Beall-D) Vehicles: motorcycles

Prohibits, with an exception for a peace officer, a person operating a motorcycle from passing another vehicle in a portion of a lane occupied by that vehicle unless certain conditions are met, including that the passing occurs during traffic congestion, and the passing occurs at a safe speed.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 416 (Liu-D) Surplus residential property

Makes a number of changes to the Roberti Act, which governs the sale of surplus property in the State Highway Route 710 corridor, including authorization for the Department of Transportation to sell properties in an "as-is" condition to specified income-qualified persons.
Chapter 468, Statutes of 2013

SB 427 (Monning-D) Vessels: equipment requirements

Expands the definition of vessel to include an artificial contrivance used for transportation on water. Modifies the requirement for use of a personal flotation device to require that it be wearable and used in accordance with approval labels and manufacturer's instructions, and narrows the existing exemption from the requirement to wear a personal flotation device for vessels engaged in emergency rescue operations to apply only to persons who are 13 years of age or older.
Chapter 256, Statutes of 2013

SB 448 (Leno-D) Energy: petroleum supply and pricing

Requires the California Energy Commission, upon appropriation of funds, to investigate suspected motor vehicle fuel price manipulation and make recommendations to the Legislature on how to limit motor vehicle fuel price volatility.
Vetoed

SB 454 (Corbett-D) Electric vehicle charging stations

Prohibits the provider of an electric vehicle charging station from requiring a subscription or membership as a condition of using the station; requires the total actual charges for the use of a charging station, including any network roaming charges, be disclosed at the point of sale; and requires that a charging station accept payment by credit card or mobile technology, or both.
Chapter 418, Statutes of 2013

SB 469 (Corbett-D) Public transit vehicles

Requires a local authority awarding a procurement contract for the purchase of a public transit vehicle to give a 10% preference to any bidder that agrees that all vehicles to be purchased under the contract are to be manufactured within the State of California.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 573 (Lieu-D) Vehicles: emergency vehicles

Authorizes the issuance of an emergency vehicle permit to a vehicle owned and operated by a hospital designated by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services as a disaster resource center hospital, that is used exclusively to transport mass-casualty decontamination apparatus medical supplies, lifesaving equipment, or personnel to the scene of an emergency, as specified.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 592* (Lieu-D) Trade promotion of California ports

Requires the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development to provide a port trade promotion strategy to the Legislature by 4/1/14, and convene a statewide business partnership for port trade promotion.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

SB 604 (Anderson-R) Vehicles: rules of the road

Authorizes a local jurisdiction to enact an ordinance prohibiting soliciting or vending from the center median of a roadway within 300 feet of an intersection controlled by a traffic signal.
(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

SB 613 (DeSaulnier-D) Bay Area Toll Authority

Prohibits the Bay Area Toll Authority from purchasing or otherwise acquiring, directly or indirectly, office space and office facilities in addition to the office space and office facilities located at 390 Main Street in San Francisco.
Chapter 603, Statutes of 2013

SB 788 (Senate Transportation And Housing Committee) Transportation

Makes numerous technical changes to transportation-related law. Updates statutory descriptions of nine state highways to reflect that portions of these routes have been relinquished by the Department of Transportation to local agencies or otherwise superseded or changed, and authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish specified sections of state highways.
Chapter 523, Statutes of 2013

SB 791* (Wyland-R) Motor vehicle fuel tax: rate adjustment

Deletes the duty of the Board of Equalization to adjust annually the excise tax on gasoline, and instead requires that by March 1 of each year, the Department of Finance calculate the gasoline excise tax rate to equal the revenue loss attributable to exempting gasoline from state sales tax. If this calculated rate is less than or equal to the current rate, then that rate shall take effect automatically on July 1. If this calculated rate exceeds the current rate, then the increased rate will only take effect if included in a bill passed by 2/3-vote of both houses of the Legislature, otherwise the rate will remain unchanged.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

SB 792 (DeSaulnier-D) Regional entities: Bay Area

Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to report biannually to the Legislature and the public at large on the progress in implementing the policies and programs of the sustainable communities strategy, establishes additional requirements for a sustainable communities strategy adopted on or after 1/1/14, within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and imposes additional duties relating to a sustainable communities strategy on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SB 793 (Lara-D) Air pollution: oceangoing vessels

Specifies that, pursuant to existing "at-berth" regulations, a vessel exceeding hours of service limitations because testing and inspection of vessel equipment have not validated safety shall be subject to minimum allowable penalty rates if repairs necessary to complete the inspection have been ordered or scheduled at the earliest practicable time. Requires the Air Resources Board to consider circumstances beyond the control of a vessel fleet if, upon initial visit to a port, the Board finds that equipment testing compliance efforts are affected by delays in construction, technical issues, and requirements of third parties.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

SJR 7 (Lieu-D) Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2013

Requests the U.S. Congress to pass and the President to sign S. 208 and H.R. 456, identical bills requiring the Federal Aviation Administration to enact regulations to address helicopter noise in Los Angeles County.
Resolution Chapter 101, Statutes of 2013

SR 17 (Evans-D) Bicycle and pedestrian safety

Encourages the State of California to promote a comprehensive and sustainable program, such as the existing model curriculum for pedestrian and bicycle safety now in use in most of schools of the County of Marin and other schools located throughout the U.S., and endorse increased pedestrian, bicycle, and skateboard safety education programs.
(In Senate Rules Committee)

AB 14 (Lowenthal-D) State freight plan

Requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan that complies with the federal Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act and provides a comprehensive plan to govern the state's short- and long-term planning activities and capital investments relating to freight movement. Requires the Agency to establish a freight advisory committee consisting of a representative cross section of public and private freight sector stakeholders, as specified. Requires the Agency to submit the state freight plan to the Legislature, Governor, California Transportation Commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Air Resources Board by 12/31/14, and every five years thereafter.
Chapter 223, Statutes of 2013

AB 61 (Gatto-D) Parking: parking meters

Prohibits, until 1/1/17, a city or county from citing vehicles for parking at an inoperable parking meter or parking payment center for up to the posted time limit.
Chapter 71, Statutes of 2013

AB 141* (Gorell-R) Port Hueneme shoreline protection

Appropriates $2 million from the General Fund to the City of Port Hueneme for emergency measures to prevent erosion and flood damage to roads and properties along Hueneme Beach.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 179 (Bocanegra-D) Public transit: electronic transit fare collection systems

Applies existing privacy protection that state law gives to a toll bridge or toll road user to riders of transit system employing electronic fare collection systems. Permits the sharing of data between transportation agencies, with respect to the systems, for the purpose of interoperability between those agencies.
Chapter 375, Statutes of 2013

AB 225 (Nestande-R) Medium-speed electric vehicles

Defines "medium-speed electric vehicle" as a vehicle that can attain a speed of no more than 45 MPH on a paved, level surface, has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds, is propelled solely by an electric motor, and contains a vehicle identification number that meets international standards. Requires that medium-speed vehicles must meet specified safety requirements, and subjects medium-speed vehicles and their drivers to provisions of state law applicable to motor vehicles and their drivers.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 306 (Lowenthal-D) Vehicles: motor carrier

Requires that before a tow truck operator tows a vehicle to or from another's tower's impound yard, the impound yard operator must ensure the tow truck operator has a valid motor carrier permit.
Chapter 96, Statutes of 2013

AB 487 (Linder-R) Vehicles: confidential home address

Requires a person who requests the confidentiality of his/her home address to provide the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with a current employment address for purposes of processing the service and collection of a traffic, parking, or toll road violation. Requires that the applicable statutory time periods for processing the service and collection of traffic, parking, or toll road violations be tolled until DMV provides the law enforcement agency, governmental agency, or issuing agency with the person's current employment address. Requires a person who has requested the confidentiality of his/her home address to notify DMV of any change in his/her employment address within 10 days.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)

AB 600 (Bonta-D) Intermodal marine terminals

Clarifies the extent to which parties in the drayage marketplace, such as the shippers, terminal operators, and truckers, are able to contract for drayage services for the movement of intermodal marine equipment, as defined. Establishes restrictions upon intermodal marine terminals relative to parking violations or citations issued to intermodal motor carriers. Requires intermodal marine terminals, beginning 1/1/15, to ensure that outstanding cargo charges, including but not limited to demurrage charges, be paid electronically by the responsible party or that party's agent prior to transport of the container. Establishes restrictions on intermodal marine terminal operators from imposing additional charges if a loaded container is not available for transport by an intermodal motor carrier.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 612 (Nazarian-D) Automated enforcement systems

Establishes longer yellow light intervals at intersections with automated enforcement systems and requires courts to dismiss citations occurring at intersections where local agencies have not designated these yellow light intervals.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 664 (Williams-D) Gold Coast Transit District

Dissolves the existing Gold Coast Transit joint powers agency in Ventura County and creates the Gold Coast Transit District, succeeding to and vested with the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of the former agency.
Chapter 503, Statutes of 2013

AB 707 (Ting-D) Pedestrians

Authorizes a local agency to post a standard "SENIOR" pedestrian warning sign when it makes a determination that there is need for the sign, but does not require that private donations pay for the cost of posting the sign. Authorizes a local agency to request Pedestrian Safety Account grant funding, or any other grant funding for which it is eligible, to pay for the sign.
Chapter 240, Statutes of 2013

AB 755 (Ammiano-D) Suicide barriers

Requires a project study report that is prepared for any new project involving the construction of a new bridge, or the replacement of a bridge with a history of documented suicides, to include a document demonstrating that a suicide barrier was a feature considered during the project's planning process.
Chapter 593, Statutes of 2013

AB 935 (Frazier-D) Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority

Increases from five to seven, the number of board members on the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority by giving one additional appointment each to the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly. Establishes requirements for two of the three existing appointments to the Authority made by the Governor, as specified.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1081 (Medina-D) Goods-movement-related infrastructure

Requires the Governor's annual five-year infrastructure plan to address infrastructure needs related to goods movement in the state, including recommendations for private sector financing, as specified.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

AB 1122 (Levine-D) Department of Motor Vehicles

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to coordinate with the Secretary of State, to the extent the state's implementation plan for the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is inconsistent with federal law, to take additional steps to fully implement and further comply with the Act, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1191 (Patterson-R) Energy: assessments and forecasts

Requires the California Energy Commission to conduct the transportation forecasting and assessment activities of the Integrated Energy Policy Report on an annual basis from 2014 to 2020. Requires, as part of this annual reporting, the Commission to evaluate the sufficiency of credits issued under the Air Resources Board's low carbon fuel standard regulations.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

AB 1194 (Ammiano-D) Safe Routes to School Program

Modifies the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program. Adds a non-infrastructure element to the state SR2S program including, public awareness campaigns and outreach to press and community leaders, traffic education and enforcement in the vicinity of schools, student sessions on bicycle and pedestrian safety, health, and environment, and funding for training, volunteers, and managers of SR2S programs. Specifies that 20% of the program funds are to be used for non-infrastructure-related activities and up to 20% of these funds are to be used for a statewide technical assistance resource center. Provides the Transportation Agency discretion to transfer the responsibility to administer the SR2S program from the Department of Transportation to the California Transportation Commission.
(In Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)

AB 1270 (Eggman-D) Department of Motor Vehicles: records

Allows code enforcement officers to enroll in the Department of Motor Vehicle's Confidential Records Program.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

ACR 40 (John A. Pérez-D) Donate Life California Day: driver's license

Proclaims 4/9/13, as DMV/Donate Life California Day and April 2013 as DMV/Donate Life California Month in California; encourages all Californians to register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry when applying for or renewing a driver's license or identification card or by signing up at www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.
Resolution Chapter 19, Statutes of 2013

AJR 4 (Hueso-D) The United States-Mexico border

Requests that the federal government fund infrastructure improvements at the Calexico, Otay Mesa, and San Ysidro Ports of Entry.
Resolution Chapter 24, Statutes of 2013

AJR 6 (Fox-D) Unmanned aircraft systems

Requests the Federal Aviation Administration to consider California as one of the test sites for unmanned aircraft systems.
Resolution Chapter 78, Statutes of 2013

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