HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09121989 - 1.54 TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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DATE: September 5, 1989 '•
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 2313 (Roybal-Allard)
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position of SUPPORT in regard to AB 2313 by Assemblywoman Lucille Roybal-Allard which would allow
the court to send a notice of delinquent parking citation to the individual who was actually renting or leasing the
car at the time the parking citation was issued when the lessee or rentee is identified by the registered owner of the
vehicle. The bill would also prohibit the Department of Motor Vehicles from refusing to renew the registration on
a vehicle where the vehicle has unpaid parking citations if the owner provides an abstract or notice of disposition
of parking violation.The bill also requires the court to provide the owner of a vehicle with such an abstract or notice
of disposition of parking violation.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law,if an individual receives a parking ticket while renting or leasing a vehicle and does not pay the
citation,the owner of the vehicle receives a notice of delinquent parking citation. The owner can complete affidavit
of non-liability for the citation by identifying the individual who was renting or leasing the vehicle at the time the
citation was issued. The court is then required to either cancel the notice of delinquent parking citation or file a
complaint against the rentee or lessee. AB 2313 would also allow the court to serve or mail the identified rentee
or lessee a notice of delinquent parking violation.
Normally,the Department of Motor Vehicles is prohibited from renewing the registration on a vehicle if there are
outstanding delinquent parking citations. Under current law,the owner of the vehicle has to file an affidavit of non-
liability which identifies who was actually renting or leasing the vehicle at the time the delinquent parking citation
was issued in order to get the vehicle reregistered.
Continued on attachment: XX yes Signature:
X' Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee
_ Approve Other:
Signature(s): L ��
Action of Board on: September 12 1989 Approved as Recommended�_ Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Unanimous (Absent ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain: SEP 12 1989
cc: County Administrator Attested
Municipal Court Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
Assemblywoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of Supervisors and County Administrator
Governor George Deukmejian _
Les Spahnn,SRJ.Jackson,Barish&Associates By � ���_ 'Deputy Clerk
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AB 2313 would change this procedure by allowing the registered owner of a vehicle to provide the court with proof
of the identity of the actual rentee or lessee of the vehicle at the time the delinquent parking citation was issued. The
court then provides the registered owner an abstract or notice of disposition of parking violation. The registered
owner can then provide this abstract or notice of disposition of parking violation to the Department of Motor Vehicles
and obtain the registration on the subject vehicle.
The Municipal Court Administrator notes that AB 2313 attempts to address a problem area for the Court and should
be supported by the Board of Supervisors, even though there appear to still be some technical problems with the
process which is outlined in the bill.
At this writing,AB 2313 was in the Third Reading File on the Senate Floor and may well be on the Governor's Desk
by the time the Board of Supervisors has an opportunity to act on this recommendation.