Bill Text: CA AB1943 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Parking: county transportation commissions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 512, Statutes of 2016. [AB1943 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1943-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1943 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 512
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 30, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 8, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Linder
(Coauthor: Senator Roth)
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
An act to add Section 130246 to the Public Utilities Code, and to
amend Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code, relating to parking.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1943, Linder. Parking: county transportation commissions.
Existing law establishes county transportation commissions in Los
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties for
the coordination of public transportation services and the
performance of various transportation planning activities. Existing
law authorizes each commission to make contracts of any nature
whatsoever, including to employ labor.
This bill would authorize the Riverside County Transportation
Commission to enter into contracts with private vendors for the
enforcement of parking regulations and the removal of vehicles parked
in violation of parking regulations adopted by the commission.
Existing law prohibits a person from driving or parking a vehicle
or animal upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or grounds
of specified public entities, including a public transportation
agency and a county transportation commission, except with the
permission of, and subject to any condition or regulation that may be
imposed by, the governing body of the specified public entity.
Existing law defines "public transportation agency" for these
purposes.
This bill would revise the definition of "public transportation
agency" to include a county transportation commission.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 130246 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
130246. The Riverside County Transportation Commission may enter
into contracts with private vendors for the performance of the
following services:
(a) Enforcement of parking regulations adopted by the commission.
Parking enforcement shall be performed in the manner provided in
Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of Chapter 1 of Division 17
of the Vehicle Code.
(b) Removal of vehicles parked in violation of a parking
regulation adopted by the commission. Removal of vehicles shall be
performed in the manner provided in Chapter 10 (commencing with
Section 22650) of Division 11 of the Vehicle Code.
SEC. 2. Section 21113 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
21113. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person
shall not drive a vehicle or animal, or stop, park, or leave standing
a vehicle or animal, whether attended or unattended, upon the
driveways, paths, parking facilities, or the grounds of any of the
following:
(A) A public school, state university, state college, or an
educational institution exempted, in whole or in part, from taxation.
(B) A unit of the state park system.
(C) A county park.
(D) A municipal airport.
(E) A rapid transit district, transit development board, transit
district, public transportation agency, county transportation
commission created pursuant to Section 130050 of the Public Utilities
Code, or a joint powers agency operating or managing a commuter rail
system.
(F) Any property under the direct control of the legislative body
of a municipality.
(G) A state, county, or hospital district institution or building.
(H) Any harbor improvement district or harbor district formed
pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5800) or Part 3
(commencing with Section 6000) of Division 8 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code.
(I) A district organized pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with
Section 27000) of Division 16 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(J) State grounds served by the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
(K) Any property under the possession or control of a housing
authority formed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section
34240) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety
Code.
(2) The activities described in paragraph (1) may be performed
with the permission of, and upon and subject to any condition or
regulation that may be imposed by, the legislative body of the
municipality, or the governing board or officer of the public school,
state university, state college, county park, municipal airport,
rapid transit district, transit development board, transit district,
public transportation agency, county transportation commission, joint
powers agency operating or managing a commuter rail system, or
state, county, or hospital district institution or building, or
educational institution, or harbor district, or a district organized
pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 27000) of Division 16 of
the Streets and Highways Code, or housing authority, or the Director
of Parks and Recreation regarding units of the state park system or
the state agency with jurisdiction over the grounds served by the
Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(b) A governing board, legislative body, or officer shall erect or
place appropriate signs giving notice of any special conditions or
regulations that are imposed under this section and the governing
board, legislative body, or officer shall also prepare and keep
available at the principal administrative office of the governing
board, legislative body, or officer, for examination by all
interested persons, a written statement of all those special
conditions and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(c) When a governing board, legislative body, or officer permits
public traffic upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or
grounds under their control then, except for those conditions imposed
or regulations enacted by the governing board, legislative body, or
officer applicable to the traffic, all the provisions of this code
relating to traffic upon the highways shall be applicable to the
traffic upon the driveways, paths, parking facilities, or grounds.
(d) A public transportation agency that imposes any condition or
regulation upon a person who parks or leaves standing a vehicle,
pursuant to subdivision (a), is authorized to do either of the
following:
(1) Enforce that condition or regulation in the manner provided in
Article 3 (commencing with Section 40200) of Chapter 1 of Division
17 of this code. The public transportation agency shall be considered
the issuing agency for that purpose.
(2) Designate regularly employed and salaried employees, who are
engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and
regulations, for the purpose of removing any vehicle in the same
manner as a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency pursuant
to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 22650) of Division 11 of this
code.
(e) With respect to the permitted use of vehicles or animals on
property under the direct control of the legislative body of a
municipality, no change in the use of vehicles or animals on the
property, that had been permitted on January 1, 1976, shall be
effective unless and until the legislative body, at a meeting open to
the general public, determines that the use of vehicles or animals
on the property should be prohibited or regulated.
(f) A transit development board may adopt ordinances, rules, or
regulations to restrict, or specify the conditions for, the use of
bicycles, motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, skateboards,
electrically motorized boards, and roller skates on property under
the control of, or any portion of property used by, the board.
(g) A public agency, including, but not limited to, the Regents of
the University of California and the Trustees of the California
State University, may adopt rules or regulations to restrict, or
specify the conditions for, the use of bicycles, motorized bicycles,
electric bicycles, skateboards, electrically motorized boards, and
roller skates on public property under the jurisdiction of that
agency.
(h) "Housing authority," for the purposes of this section, means a
housing authority located within a county with a population of over
6,000,000 people, and any other housing authority that complies with
the requirements of this section.
(i) "Public transportation agency," for purposes of this section,
means a public agency that provides public transportation as defined
in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 1 of Article XIX A of
the California Constitution or a county transportation commission
created pursuant to Section 130050 of the Public Utilities Code.
