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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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DATE: July 24, 1989 '
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 1457 (Katz)
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of SUPPORT for AB 1457 by Assemblyman Katz which would require towing
companies to accept credit cards, allow the furnishing of electronically produced facsimile copies
of parking citations and authorize parking enforcement officers to specifically enforce vehicle
registration laws.
BACKGROUND:
Existing law does not require towing companies to accept credit cards for the cost of towing and
storage of vehicles. AB 1457 would require these companies to accept valid bank credit cards for
the payment of towing and storage charges.
Existing law requires a police department which has issued a citation for a parking violation to
provide the person who received the citation a photostatic copy of the original citation on request.
AB 1457 would also allow the police department to meet this requirement by providing an
electronically produced facsimile copy of the citation.
Existing law does not specifically authorize parking enforcement officers to enforce vehicle
registration laws. AB 1457 would provide such specific authority.
Continued on attachment: yes Signature:
Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee
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Action of Board on:-- August 1 1989 Approved as Recommended Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
X Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain: AUG 17989
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Municipal Court Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
Director,Justice.Systems Programs of Supervisors and County Administrator
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By , Deputy Clerk
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Each of these provisions either is a benefit to the consumer in that they can pay a towing and storage
bill with a credit card when they may not have the cash readily available, or is a liberalization of
current law to reflect technological advances such as we now have with the Walnut Creek Police
Department where the parking citation is produced by computer and there is not an"original"citation
to copy, or clarifies existing law in a way which is beneficial to law enforcement agencies and the
Courts by specifically authorizing traffic enforcement officers to enforce vehicle registration laws,
meaning they can cite the owner for having an expired vehicle registration tag on the car, which
should help to generate additional revenue for the County. The Municipal Court Administrator
recommends that the Board of Supervisors support AB 1457 and this office concurs with that
recommendation.
AB 1457 passed the Assembly June 22, 1989 by a vote of 68:3 and is currently on referral to the
Senate Transportation Committee.