Bill Text: CA SB814 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Transportation: omnibus bill.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2021. [SB814 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB814-Introduced.html
any a person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power power, except as provided in Section 312.5, through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels. Persons A person riding bicycles are a bicycle is subject to the provisions of this code specified in Sections 21200 and 21200.5. An electric bicycle is a bicycle.
Bill Title: Transportation: omnibus bill.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2021. [SB814 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB814-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 814
| Introduced by Committee on Transportation (Senators Gonzalez (Chair), Allen, Archuleta, Bates, Becker, Cortese, Dahle, Dodd, McGuire, Melendez, Min, Newman, Rubio, Skinner, Umberg, Wieckowski, and Wilk) |
March 02, 2021 |
An act to amend Sections 231, 467.5, and 9250.14 of the Vehicle Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 814, as introduced, Committee on Transportation.
Transportation: omnibus bill.
(1) Existing law generally regulates the operation of bicycles, including, among other things, providing that a person operating a bicycle on the highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle. These provisions also apply to a pedicab, defined, among other things, as a bicycle with 3 or more wheels that is capable of transporting passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire. A violation of the Vehicle Code provisions regulating the operation of a bicycle or pedicab is an infraction. Existing law defines a bicycle, for purposes of these provisions, as a device having one or more wheels upon which a person may ride that is propelled exclusively by human power, as specified.
This bill would expand the definition of a pedicab to include electric bicycles and would expand the definition of a bicycle to include electric bicycles. Because a violation of these provisions is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) Existing law authorizes a county, upon the adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, to impose a fee on motor vehicles, as specified, that is paid quarterly to the Controller and continuously appropriated for disbursement to the county, as specified, to be used to fund programs relating to vehicle theft crimes. Existing law requires a county that imposes this fee to issue an annual report to the Controller on or before August 31. Existing law requires the Controller to suspend a county’s fee for one year if the county fails to submit the report by November 30 and requires the Controller to inform the Department of Motor Vehicles on
or before February 1 that a county’s authority to collect the fee is suspended.
This bill would instead require a county that imposes this fee to issue the annual report to the Controller on or before November 30.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 231 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:231.
A bicycle is a device upon whichSEC. 2.
Section 467.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:467.5.
“Pedicab” means any of the following:(a) A bicycle bicycle, including an electric bicycle, that has three or more wheels, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire.
(b) A bicycle bicycle, including an electric bicycle, that pulls a trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire.
(c) A four-wheeled device that is primarily or exclusively pedal-powered, has a seating capacity for eight or more passengers, cannot travel in excess of 15 miles per hour, and is being used for transporting passengers for hire. A pedicab defined under this subdivision is subject to the requirements of Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 21215) of Chapter 1 of Division 11.
SEC. 3.
Section 9250.14 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:9250.14.
(a) (1) In addition to any other fees specified in this code and the Revenue and Taxation Code, upon the adoption of a resolution by any county board of supervisors, a fee of one dollar ($1) shall be paid at the time of registration or renewal of registration of every vehicle, except vehicles described in subdivision (a) of Section 5014.1, registered to an address within that county except those expressly exempted from payment of registration fees. The fees, after deduction of the administrative costs incurred by the department in carrying out this section, shall be paid quarterly to the Controller.(2) (A) If a county has adopted a resolution to impose a one-dollar ($1) fee pursuant to paragraph (1), the county may
increase the fee specified in paragraph (1) to two dollars ($2) in the same manner as the imposition of the initial fee pursuant to paragraph (1). The two dollars ($2) shall be paid at the time of registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle, and quarterly to the Controller, as provided in paragraph (1).
(B) If a county has not adopted a resolution to impose a one-dollar ($1) fee pursuant to paragraph (1), the county may instead adopt a fee of two dollars ($2) in the manner prescribed in paragraph (1).
(C) A resolution to impose a fee of two dollars ($2) pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be submitted to the department at least six months prior to before the operative date of
the fee increase.
(3) In addition to the service fee imposed pursuant to paragraph (1), and upon the implementation of the permanent trailer identification plate program, and as part of the Commercial Vehicle Registration Act of 2001 (Chapter 861 of the Statutes of 2000), all commercial motor vehicles subject to Section 9400.1 registered to an owner with an address in the county that established a service authority under this section, shall pay an additional service fee of two dollars ($2).
(4) (A) If a county imposes a service fee of two dollars ($2) by adopting a resolution pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2), the fee specified in paragraph (3) shall be increased to four dollars ($4). The four dollars ($4) shall be paid at the time of registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle, and quarterly to the Controller as provided in
paragraph (1).
(B) A resolution to increase the additional service fee from two dollars ($2) to four dollars ($4) pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) shall be submitted to the department at least six months prior to before the operative date of the fee increase.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys paid to the Controller are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the administrative costs of the Controller, and for disbursement by the Controller to each county that has adopted a resolution pursuant to subdivision (a), based upon the number of vehicles registered, or whose registration is renewed, to an address within that
county.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, moneys allocated to a county pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be expended exclusively to fund programs that enhance the capacity of local police and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle theft crimes. In any county with a population of 250,000 or less, the moneys shall 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, in violation of Section 23152 or 23153, or vehicular manslaughter in violation of Section 191.5 of the Penal Code or subdivision (c) of Section 192 of the Penal Code, or any combination of those crimes.
(d) The moneys collected pursuant to this section shall not be expended to offset a reduction in any other source of funds, nor for any purpose not authorized under
this section.
(e) Any funds received by a county prior to before January 1, 2000, pursuant to this section, that are not expended to deter, investigate, or prosecute crimes pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be returned to the Controller, for deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. Those funds received by a county shall be expended in accordance with this section.
(f) Each county that adopts a resolution under subdivision (a) shall submit, on or before the 13th day following the end of each quarter, a quarterly expenditure and activity report to the designated statewide Vehicle Theft Investigation and Apprehension Coordinator in the Department of the California
Highway Patrol.
(g) A county that imposes a fee under subdivision (a) shall issue a fiscal yearend report to the Controller on or before August 31 November 30 of each year. The report shall include a detailed accounting of the funds received and expended in the immediately preceding fiscal year, including, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) The amount of funds received and expended by the county under subdivision (b) for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(2) The total expenditures by the county under subdivision (c) for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(3) Details of expenditures made by the county under subdivision (c), including salaries and expenses, purchase of equipment and supplies, and any other expenditures made listed by type with an explanatory comment.
(4) A summary of vehicle theft abatement activities and other vehicle theft programs funded by the fees collected pursuant to this section.
(5) The total number of stolen vehicles recovered and the value of those vehicles during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(6) The total number of vehicles stolen during the immediately preceding fiscal year as compared to the fiscal year prior to before the
immediately preceding fiscal year.
(7) Any additional, unexpended fee revenues received under subdivision (b) for the county for the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(h) Each county that fails to submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (g) by November 30 of each year shall have the fee suspended by the Controller for one year, commencing on July 1 following the Controller’s determination that a county has failed to submit the report.
(i) (1) On or before January 1, 2013, and on or before January 1 of each year, the Controller shall provide to the Department of the California Highway Patrol copies of the yearend reports submitted by the counties under subdivision (g) and, in consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, shall review the fiscal yearend reports
submitted by each county pursuant to subdivision (g) to determine if fee revenues are being utilized in a manner consistent with this section. If the Controller determines that the use of the fee revenues is not consistent with this section, the Controller shall consult with the participating counties’ designated regional coordinators. If the Controller determines that use of the fee revenues is still not consistent with this section, the authority to collect the fee by that county shall be suspended for one year.
(2) If the Controller determines that a county has not submitted a fiscal yearend report as required in subdivision (g), the authorization to collect the service fee shall be suspended for one year pursuant to subdivision (h).
(3) If the Controller determines that a fee shall be suspended for a county, the Controller shall inform the Department of Motor Vehicles on or
before February 1 of each year that the authority to collect a fee for that county is suspended.
(j) On or before January 1 of each year, the Controller shall prepare and post on the Controller’s Internet Web site internet website a revenue and expenditure summary for each participating county that includes all of the following:
(1) The total revenues received by each county.
(2) The total expenditures by each county.
(3) The unexpended revenues for each county.
(k) For the purposes of this section, a
county-designated regional coordinator is that agency designated by the participating county’s board of supervisors as the agency in control of its countywide vehicle theft apprehension program.
