BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1287 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 1287 (Chiu) As Amended June 18, 2015 Majority vote -------------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: | | (June 4, |SENATE: |40-0 | (September 8, | | |49-29 |2015) | | |2015) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. AB 1287 Page 2 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. AB 1287 Page 3 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. AB 1287 Page 4 Analysis Prepared by: Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0001282