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TO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
ip - Costa
DATE: June 1, 1987 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 1940 (Quackenbush)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(_S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Change the Board' s position on AB 1940 by Assemblyman Quackenbush
from "support if amended" to "support" since Assemblyman
Quackenbush has now amended AB 1940 to include Contra Costa
County in its provisions which authorize the imposition of an
additional $1 . 00 fee to be collected from each person ordered, in
lieu of a fine for a traffic offense, to attend traffic school,
the proceeds to be deposited in the Courthouse Construction Fund.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, all counties are authorized to collect a $1. 00
fee from every person ordered, in lieu of -a fine for a traffic
offense, to attend traffic school, the proceeds to be deposited
in the criminal justice facility Temporary Construction Fund.
Assemblyman Quackenbush has introduced AB 1940 which would
authorize San Diego and Santa Clara counties to collect an
additional $1. 00 fee from every person ordered, in lieu of a fine
for a traffic offense, to attend traffic school. This additional
$1. 00 is to be deposited to the Courthouse Construction Fund.
On May 5, 1987, the Board voted to support AB 1940 if it was
amended to include Contra Costa County. Assemblyman Quackenbush
has now amended AB 1940 to include Contra Costa County. Passage
of AB 1940, as amended May 28, will generate between $20,000 and
$25,000 annually for the Courthouse Construction Fund. The
Clerk-Administrator of the Walnut Creek-Danville Municipal Court
has been working closely with the County' s lobbyist to achieve
passage of AB 1940. In view of the fact that the bill has now
been amended, as requested by the Board, it is recommended that
the Board' s position be changed from "support if amended" to
"support" .
AB 1940 has passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee and is
now awaiting a hearing in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; _ YES SIGNATURE: aawh,
_X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER 9
SIGNATURE(S): aAa
ACTION OF BOARD ON June 9, 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED _
JUN 9 1987
Clerk-Administrator, W.C.-Danville PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Muni Court SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Jackson/Barish & Associates
Assemblyman Quackenbush
M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY