Agenda

Return

C.19

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	April 28, 2009

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

SUPPORT POSITION FOR AB 286 (Salas): Vehicles: Additional Registration Fees

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/28/2009

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

L. DeLaney, 5-1097

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 28, 2009
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

SUPPORT Assembly Bill 286 (Salas), a bill that extends until 2018 the existing provisions that allow counties to impose a $1 vehicle registration fee to be used to enhance the capacity of local police and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle theft crimes, as recommended by the Legislation Committee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Committee staff notes that the authority for counties to impose this fee will expire January 1, 2010, and if the Legislature desires to keep the authority and funding mechanism in place, legislation to extend the sunset must be signed into law in 2009.

BACKGROUND:

Specifically, this bill:

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

1) Extends, until January 1, 2018, existing provisions that allow counties to impose a $1 annual vehicle registration fee to be used to enhance the capacity of local police and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle theft crimes.

2) Requires the year-end reports that counties compile on the usage of the fees to also include details of the expenditures made by the county, including salaries and expenses, purchase of equipment and supplies, and any other expenditures made listed by type with an explanatory comment.

EXISTING LAW:

1) Allows counties, until January 1, 2010, to impose a $1 annual vehicle registration fee in order to fund programs that enhance the capacity of local police and prosecutors to deter, investigate, and prosecute vehicle theft crimes.

2) Requires a county board of supervisors to adopt a resolution in order to impose the $1 fee.

3) Requires a county that has adopted a resolution to impose the $1 fee to provide a quarterly expenditure and activity report to the designated statewide Vehicle Theft Investigation and Apprehension Coordinator in the Department of the California Highway Patrol (CHP).

4) Requires a county that has adopted a resolution to impose the $1 fee to issue a fiscal year-end report to the Controller by August 31 of each year summarizing:

a) The total revenues received by the county from the fee;

b) The total expenditures made by the county;

c) A summary of vehicle theft abatement activities and other vehicle theft programs funded by the fee;

d) The total number of stolen vehicles recovered and the value of those vehicles;

e) A comparison of stolen vehicles from the last fiscal year to the year preceding the last fiscal year; and,

f) Any additional, unexpended fee revenues.

5) Requires the Controller to suspend the fee for one year if the county fails to submit the fiscal year-end report by November 30 of each year.

6) Authorizes the Controller, in consultation with the CHP, to suspend the fee for one year if it is determined that the fee revenues are not being utilized appropriately.

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office [CO-SPONSOR] Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department [CO-SPONSOR] San Diego County District Attorney's Office [CO-SPONSOR] American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs CA District Attorneys Association CA State Association of Counties CA State Sheriffs' Association City Police Departments of: Azusa, La Verne, and Monrovia County Sheriff's Office of: Alameda, Amador, Butte, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Sacramento, San Diego, Shasta, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo

Opposition

Cal-Tax Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association