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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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DATE: June 2, 1988 CO
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Legislation: Assembly Bill 3132 (Harris)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position in support of AB 3132 by Assemblyman Harris
which would transfer $11 million from the motor vehicle account
in the State Transportation Fund to the Abandoned Vehicle Trust
Fund for the purpose of funding city and county abandoned vehicle
abatement programs.
BACKGROUND:
Under existing law, the Department of the California Highway
Patrol is authorized to disburse money to local 'governments from
the Abandoned Vehicle Trust; Fund to finance local governments '
efforts to remove abandoned vehicles from public property.
Unfortunately, the $1.00 vehicle registration surcharge which
originally funded the program expired many years ago and all
remaining funds in the account have either been spent for
abandoned vehicle programs or transferred to other accounts.
Assemblyman Harris has introduced AB 3132 which transfers $11
million from the motor vehicle account to the Abandoned Vehicle
Trust Fund. The Highway Patrol would be authorized to transfer
these funds to cities and counties which establish abandoned
vehicle abatement programs designed to remove abandoned vehicles
from public property. The money would be allocated to each
county in proportion to the,, number of abandoned vehicles which
have been surveyed throughout the State.
AB 3132 does provide for a local match of 200 of any amounts
received from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund.
Since AB 3132 would go a long way toward providing a short-term
abandoned vehicle abatement program, it is recommended that the
Board support the bill even with the local match requirement.
Obviously, it would be preferable if the local match requirement
could be dropped in view of the county' s financial condition.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATUREe&.&4
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_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S 1:
ACTION OF BOARD ON June 14, 198R APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC:
County Administrator ATTESTED ._ JUN 1 4 1988
Sheriff-Coroner
Building Inspector PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Capt. Tom Ross, CHP SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman Elihu Harris
Ralph Heim, Jackson/Barish BY ,DEPUTY
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It is recommended that the Board support this bill as well as
several others on abandoned vehicles since AB 3132 is a
relatively short-term solution to the problem and other
legislation which the Board has supported provides for a more
permanent funding for the program.