Bill Text: CA AB2586 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Parking.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2586 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2586-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2586 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 25, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 30, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to amend Section 22507.6 of, to add Section 22508.7 to, and
to repeal and amend Section 22508.5 of, the Vehicle Code, relating
to parking.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2586, Gatto. Parking.
Existing law authorizes a local authority to prohibit or restrict
the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or
highways, or portions thereof, for the purposes of street sweeping,
as specified. Existing law states the intent of the legislature that
if a local authority prohibits or restricts the parking or standing
of vehicles for that purpose that the local authority shall ensure
that the designated street, highway, or portion thereof is promptly
made available to motorists as soon as the street sweeping has
concluded.
This bill would also permit a local authority to prohibit or
restrict the parking or standing of vehicles as described above for
other maintenance activities. The bill would instead, by January 1,
2020, require a local authority that prohibits or restricts the
parking or standing of vehicles for the purposes of street sweeping
or other maintenance activities to ensure that the street, highway,
or portion thereof that is restricted is made available to motorists
as soon as the street sweeping or other maintenance activities have
concluded.
Existing law authorizes parking, for up to the posted time limit,
in any parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter
or an inoperable parking payment center, as defined. Existing law
prohibits, until January 1, 2017, a local authority from enacting an
ordinance or resolution prohibiting or restricting the parking of
vehicles under the above circumstances.
This bill would instead authorize parking for up to two hours
under the circumstances described above. The bill would provide that
a violation of that conduct is subject to civil penalties and is
neither an infraction nor a public offense. The bill would delete the
January 1, 2017, date of repeal for the above provisions, and thus
extend those provisions indefinitely.
This bill would prohibit a local authority that contracts with a
private entity to enforce parking regulations from providing any
monetary or other incentive in connection with the issuance of
violation notices.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 22507.6 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
22507.6. (a) Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution,
prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on
designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for the purpose
of street sweeping or other maintenance activities. An ordinance or
resolution relating to the parking or standing of commercial vehicles
in a residential district shall not be effective with respect to any
commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, or
merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the
restricted street or highway, or for the purpose of delivering
materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling, or
reconstruction of any building or structure for which a building
permit has previously been obtained. The ordinance or resolution
shall not be effective until the street or highway, or portion
thereof, has been sign-posted in accordance with the uniform
standards and specifications of the Department of Transportation, or
local authorities have caused to be posted in a conspicuous place at
each entrance to the street a notice not less than 17 inches by 22
inches in size, with lettering not less than one inch in height,
setting forth the day or days and hours parking is prohibited. As
used in this section, "entrance" means the intersection of any street
or streets comprising an area of restricted parking for
street-sweeping or other maintenance purposes on the same day or days
and hours with another street or highway not subject to that parking
restriction, or subject to parking restrictions on different days
and hours.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), by January 1, 2020, if a
local authority prohibits or restricts the parking or standing of
vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for
the purpose of street sweeping or other maintenance activities, the
local authority, as soon as the street sweeping or other maintenance
activities have concluded, shall ensure that the designated streets,
highways, or portions thereof are promptly made available to
motorists, regardless of the posted hours.
SEC. 2. Section 22508.5 of the Vehicle Code, as amended by Section
1 of Chapter 71 of the Statutes of 2013, is repealed.
SEC. 3. Section 22508.5 of the Vehicle Code, as added by Section 2
of Chapter 71 of the Statutes of 2013, is amended to read:
22508.5. (a) A vehicle may park, for up to two hours, in any
parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an
inoperable parking payment center.
(b) A local authority shall not, by ordinance or resolution,
prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles in a space that is
regulated by an inoperable parking meter or inoperable parking
payment center.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Inoperable parking meter" means a meter located next to and
designated for an individual parking space, which has become
inoperable and cannot accept payment in any form or cannot register
that a payment in any form has been made.
(2) "Inoperable parking payment center" means an electronic
parking meter or pay station serving one or more parking spaces that
is closest to the space where a person has parked and that cannot
accept payment in any form, cannot register that a payment in any
form has been made, or cannot issue a receipt that is required to be
displayed in a conspicuous location on or in the vehicle.
(d) A violation of subdivision (a) is subject to civil penalties
and is neither an infraction nor a public offense.
SEC. 4. Section 22508.7 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
22508.7. A local authority, when contracting with a private
entity to enforce parking regulations, shall not provide any monetary
or other incentive, such as the promise of a future contract for the
issuance of a specified or higher number of violation notices, in
connection with the issuance of violation notices.
