Bill Text: CA AB498 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Graffiti offenses: penalties: abatement program fine:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB498 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB498-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 498	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act relating to local government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 498, as introduced, Alejo. Local government: graffiti
abatement.
   Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city, county, or
city and county to provide for the summary abatement of any nuisance
resulting from the defacement of the property of another by graffiti
or any other inscribed material at the expense of the minor or other
person creating, causing, or committing the nuisance, and by
ordinance, as specified.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address graffiti abatement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would address the abatement of graffiti.