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FROM: Phil Batchelor Costa County Administrator C.rIJJICI
DATE'. May 26, 1988 CC ^
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Senate Bill 2612 (Mello)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AIS JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in support of SB 2612 by Senator Mello which
would create an abandoned vehicle abatement program.
BACKGROUND:
The Board is already on record in support of SB 144 by Senator
McCorquodale which passed the Senate in 1987 and is currently on
third reading on the Assembly floor. Senator Mello has now
introduced SB 2612 which is nearly identical to SB 144. SB 2612
includes the following features:
It imposes a $1 :00 registration fee on each vehicle except those
exempt from registration for three years from July 1, 1989 to
June 30, 1992. The fees are collected by the State and deposited
in the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund.
These fees are used to reimburse the CHP and DMV for their costs
under the bill, to reimburse city police and county sheriffs for
the abandoned vehicle survey required by the bill and to
reimburse cities and counties which choose to conduct an
abandoned vehicle abatement program.
The California Highway Patrol, city police, and county sheriffs
are required to conduct a survey to determine how many abandoned
vehicles there are in California. The CHP is required to report
the results of this survey to the Legislature and thereafter to
annually report to the Legislature on the effect of the abandoned
vehicle abatement program.
SB 2612 also authorizes cities and counties to establish
procedures for the abatement and removal of abandoned vehicles
from public or private property as a nuisance. The bill
authorizes cities and counties to recover their costs by placing
a lien on the owners ' property. The bill also authorizes the
California Highway Patrol to administer a local abandoned vehicle
abatement program at the request of the city or county.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE
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ACTION OF BOARD ON June 7_ _1989 A;;'PROVED AS RECOMMENDED � OTHER _
VOTE -OF SUPERVISORS
1 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.
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CC: County Administrator ATTESTED _ JUN f o'
Sheriff-Coroner
County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Capt. Tom Ross, CHP SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Senator Henry Mello
Ralph Heim, Jackson/Garish BY ,DEPUTY
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If the city or county establishes an abandoned vehicle abatement
program, it can receive money from the $1 .00 registration fee
based on the proportion of registered vehicles in the city or
county compared to the total number of registered vehicles in all
jurisdictions which submit an allocation plan to the Controller
by May 1, 1989 . The Controller is then required to make
transfers of the registration fee money to cities and counties
monthly, beginning August 1, 1989 .
The allocation plan which is required by the bill provides for
how the funds being received from the State will be allocated
among the cities and county which have chosen to operate an
abandoned vehicle abatement program. A city wishing to operate a
program must consult with each of the other cities and the
county. The allocation plan must be adopted by the county and by
a majority of the cities containing a majority of the population
in the incorporated area of the county.
The bill also requires that SB 144 be passed and implemented in
order for SB 2612 to be operative.
SB 2612 passed the Senate Transportation Committee April 7, 1988
by a vote of 10: 0. It passed the Senate Appropriations Committee
May 12 , 1988 by a vote of 7: 0, and passed the full Senate on May
20 by a vote of 29: 0 . The bill is now awaiting assignment to the
Assembly Transportation Committee.