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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JL-037
FROM: Phil Batchelor C=tra
County Administrator CWIa
DATE: June 21, 1988 C"^
SUBJECT: Legislation: Assembly Bill 3063 (Polanco)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position in support of AB 3063 which directs the
Department of Motor Vehicles to develop a pilot program to test
the cost-effectiveness of collecting parking citations on a
vehicle which has been sold.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, no mechanism exists to collect parking tickets
on vehicles which have been sold. Under current law, the
municipal court notifies DMV of excessive numbers of unpaid
parking tickets which DMV ' then attaches to the vehicle' s
registration so that they must be paid in order to get the
vehicle re-registered. However, if the vehicle has been sold
with outstanding parking tickets on it, there is no mechanism to
force the new owner to pay those tickets nor does it seem fair or
equitable to do so. In addition, there has not been a .
cost-effective method of collecting on those parking tickets from
the previous owner.
Roy Chiesa, Municipal Court Administrator, has brought to our
attention AB 3063 which has been introduced by Assemblyman
Polanco. This bill directs the DMV to develop a pilot program in
an effort to design a cost-effective mechanism for collecting
these outstanding parking citations on a vehicle which has been
sold. Mr. Chiesa notes that on many occasions members of the
same family will transfer vehicles among themselves in order to
avoid paying parking tickets, or will otherwise find seemingly
legal mechanisms to avoid paying these parking citations.
While it is not clear from the language of the bill as it was
amended June 9, 1988 exactly what type of program might be
designed, it clearly seems worthwhile to support this legislation
and to cooperate in whatever way is possible with the DMV in
attempting to design such a pilot program.
Mr. Chiesa reports that the County dismisses thousands of dollars
in parking citations each year which have been returned by the
DMV because the individual who was cited no longer owns the
vehicle in question. Mr. Chiesa recommends that the Board
support AB 3063 and this office concurs in that recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE: GCf
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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County Administrator ATTESTED JUN 2 8 1988
Municipal Court Administrator
Assemblyman Richard Polanco PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Ralph Heim, Jackson/Barish SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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