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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS


          AB  
          1287 (Chiu)


          As Amended  June 18, 2015


          Majority vote


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          Original Committee Reference:  TRANS.


          SUMMARY:  Deletes the sunset on the City and County of San  
          Francisco's authority to do automated enforcement of parking  
          violations in transit-only traffic lanes, otherwise known as the  
          Transit-Only Lane Enforcement (TOLE) program.


          The Senate amendments strike out provisions in this bill that  
          expanded the authority of the TOLE program to capture other  
          vehicle code violations. 


          AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this bill:


          1)Deleted the January 1, 2016, sunset date on San Francisco's  
            authority to enforce parking violations in transit-only  
            traffic lanes with cameras attached to the front of transit  
            vehicles.








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          2)Expanded the city's authority to use forward-facing cameras on  
            transit vehicles to record all parking violations, violations  
            related to driving in a transit-only lane and crossing a  
            double-yellow line to enter or exit a transit-only lane, and  
            violations related to blocking or obstructing an intersection  
            or a railroad or rail transit crossing.


          3)Required the city to make a public announcement of the  
            expansion of the program at least 30 days prior to starting to  
            issue notices of violation for all violations that were not  
            previously subject to automated enforcement, and to issue only  
            warning notices for 30 days for those violations.


          4)Subjected recorded violations related to driving in a  
            transit-only lane and crossing a double-yellow line to enter  
            or exit a transit-only lane, and violations related to  
            blocking or obstructing an intersection or a railroad or rail  
            transit crossing, to a civil penalty of no more than $100.


          5)Authorized an individual identified by the registered owner as  
            the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation  
            to review the recorded evidence of the alleged violation.


          6)Required the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to refuse to  
            renew the registration of a vehicle if the registered owner or  
            lessee has received a notice of delinquent violation and the  
            owner has not paid the violation penalty and any late payment  
            fees.


          7)Required the city, on or before January 1, 2019, to provide a  
            report to Assembly Transportation Committee and the Senate  
            Transportation and Housing Committee evaluating the  
            effectiveness of automated enforcement of violations related  
            to blocking or obstructing an intersection in reducing  
            pedestrian injuries and fatalities.








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          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          COMMENTS:  San Francisco considers its 26-mile network of  
          transit-only lanes essential to the timeliness of the city's  
          public transportation system, which is operated by the San  
          Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).  Illegal  
          parking and driving in these lanes can significantly impact the  
          ability of SFMTA to meet its on-time performance goals.  The  
          City of San Francisco also has established a goal of eliminating  
          all traffic-related fatalities by 2024 and is planning an  
          ambitious expansion of transit service over the next decade.


          AB 101 (Ma) Chapter 377, Statutes of 2007, authorized SFMTA to  
          initiate a pilot program, referred to as TOLE, to equip transit  
          vehicles with forward-facing parking control devices to record  
          images of vehicles parked in transit-only lanes and issue  
          parking citations based on that video evidence.  AB 101 required  
          SFMTA to evaluate the pilot program and submit a report to the  
          Legislature by March 1, 2011, which it did.  AB 101 also  
          included a sunset date of January 1, 2012.  Based on the results  
          of the initial pilot and the subsequent report to the  
          Legislature, AB 1041 (Ma), Chapter 325, Statutes of 2011,  
          extended the sunset on the program through January 1, 2016, and  
          required SFMTA to submit another report to the Legislature by  
          March 1, 2015, on the effectiveness of the program and its  
          impacts on privacy.  SFMTA submitted the report as required,  
          which indicated that the program has had success, particularly  
          in terms of reducing the number of repeat violators. 


          This bill removes the sunset date of January 1, 2016, and  
          effectively extends SFMTA's TOLE program indefinitely.




          Please see the policy committee analysis for full discussion of  
                          this bill.








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          Analysis Prepared by:                                             
                          Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093  FN:  
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