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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Contra
Costa
DATE: March 11 , 1985 CourYty
SUBJECT: Support for Assembly Bill 532 (Hauser)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in support of AB 532 by Assemblyman Hauser transferring $1 million
from the General Fund to the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund was established in 1971 to pay for the California
Highway Patrol 's (CHP) cost for administering and operating the Abandoned Vehicle
Program, and for making allocations to cities and counties which establish procedures
for the abatement and removal of abandoned vehicles. In lieu of conducting their
own abatement programs, cities and counties are allowed to contract with the CHP to
carry out such programs on their behalf.
The Trust Fund was initially funded by a $1 license surcharge during the first year.
Because the program was new and required time to get operating, the Trust Fund grew
through a combination of accumulating interest and little use. Subsequently, the
Legislature transferred $12.4 million from the Trust Fund to other program areas.
Meanwhile, the growing program expenditures and temporary attempts to transfer funds
to the Trust Fund caused it to be depleted in 1981 .
This bill would transfer $1 ,000,000 from the General Fund to the Abandoned Vehicle
Trust Fund in order to restore the Abandoned Vehicle Program. CSAC staff has indicated
their concurrence with and support of AB 532.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) C!�C /�
ACTION OF BOARD ON March , 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
REQUESTED County Administrator to prepare letters to the cities within
the County, the League of California Cities , and the County Supervisors
Association of California asking for their endorsement of the legislation,
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISO S ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator7 "
CC: Auditor-Controller ATTESTED 2 /? C,Z S
Treasurer-Tax Collector PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Sheriff-Coroner SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-E3 BY �(� DEPUTY