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Legislative Bill Action The following are summaries of just a few of the legislative bills that are currently being acted upon by the League of California Cities, The League encourages you to review the bills and contact the appropriate committees to demonstrate your support or opposition of issues that are important to your community, Your assistance is appreciated, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC with which to avoid indemnifying and defending a WORKS public agency, by stating that a particular action was not "in the pefformance of tho contract." ~ believe that AB 1BIX)(Kehoe), Motor Vehicles. Persons With existing statutory requirements agreed upon by local Disabilities. AB 1800 is on the Assembly Floor. This bill government and design professionals in Chapter 722, authorizes, until January 1, 2006, a disabled person or Statutes of 1997 (AB 994) are sufficient protection for disabled veteran, displaying special disabled person both local agencies and the design professional. Staff: license plates or a placard, to park in restricted zonesNatasha Fooman, Status: AsmFIr, Position: Oppose. designated for street sweeping, without being issued a parking violation, AB 1800 runs counter to the require- AB 2031 (Canciamilla). Vehicles. Funeral Processions, ments being put in place by the State and Regional Keep those letters of opposition coming! AB 2031 has Water Quality Control Boards relative to NPDES and TMDL been postponed yet again, and is scheduled to be heard permits. Allowing an exemption from parking restric- on Monday, April 22. The bilk requires local authorities in tions for street sweeping would result in cities not being counties with a population greater than 100,000 people, able to meet the conditions of their NPDES permits, whenever the regulation of traffic is authorized for a which require that debris be removed from gutters so funeral procession, to regulate formal training of, and that it does not enter the storm drain system and creeks, issue to each funeral escort an identification card and an ~ amendment was taken on April 16 that states that it official insignia patch indicating the funeral escort is is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this authorized to direct traffic in accordance with the bill not be construed to create a violatior~ of amy munici* movement of the funeral procession. AB 2031 raises pal storm water National PoUutau'~ Discharge Elimination concerns regarding dual:jurisdiction processions, When System permit. These amendments do not go far a mortuary is in one city and the gravesite in anothor, enough to protect local government, and the League would each.jurisdiction the procession moves through remains opposed to AB 1800 as amended. The League is be required to train and issue a separate identification working closely with the author and sponsor on addi- card and badge to funeral escorts? If cities are expected tional amendments. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: to take on a new training and licensing role, we need AsmFIr, Position: Oppose. additional state funds. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsTrans; Hrg-4/22, Position: Oppose. AB 1839_ (Campbell). Indemnity. Public Agency. AB 1~39 is currently on the Assembly Floor. AB 1839 limits SB 1555 (Torlaksen). Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety. the conditions under which a design professional would SB 1555 levies an assessment of $4 on any person be required to defend, indemnify or hold harmless a convicted of violating the safe operation of a motor public agency for the negligence, recklessness and willful vehicle or bicycle, or any pedestrian who is convicted of misconduct of the design professional and persons violating provisions involving the safety of the pedes- employed or utilized by the design professional, that istrian while crossing a road or highway. This fee would be the normal tort rule, and hence provides for no indemni-deposited into the Pedestrian and Bicyclist Mobility and fication. AB 1839 further limits the indemnity of the Safety Fund, to be used for the operation or funding of public agency to causation arising from action "in the programs relating to pedestrian and bicyclist safety and performance of the agreement or contract." This would mobility. Please let League staff know if you have any allow the design professional an additional loophole PAGE 4/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org