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8A Page 13 AB 144(Ma).Vehicies:distinguishing placards and special license plates.REQUEST SIGNATURE.Allows cities and counties to cite disabled parking placard misuse as a civil parking violation and not just as a misdemeanor,providing a more time and cost-efficient altemative. AB 286(Salas)Vehicles:additional registratton fees.REQUEST SIGNATURE.Extends the repeal date of the Iocal vehicle theft program by eight years,and,therefore,permits the continuation of a$1 vehicle registration fee to fund the program until Jan. 1,2018.Also requires an annual report ftom participating counties to the State Controller that includes information on fees collected,expenditures,summary of vehicle theft abatement programs,and other relevant information as determined by the State Controller. AB 444(Caballero)Land use: natural resources:transfer of long-term management funds. REQUEST SIGNATURE.Authorizes state and local agencies to transfer endowment funds to relevant nonprofit agencies for the management of previously transferred lands or easements. Current law does not explicitly authorize the transfer of endowment funds to a nonprofit agency in order to effectively manage the land or easement. AB 576(Torres)Vandalism:graffiti: recovery of costs.REQUEST SIGNATURE.AAows govemmental entities responsible for repairing,replacing,or restoring graffiti vandalized property to seek restitution for the damages. AB 625(Lfeu)Novelty lighters. REQUEST SIGNATURE.Prohibits the sale or distribution(or offering for promotion}of operable cigarette novelty lighters.The intent of this bill is to keep children away from novelty cigarette lighters that mimic toys and cartoon or children's characters. AB 672(Bass)Transportation: bond-funded projects: letter of no prejudice.REQUEST SIGNATURE.Permlts a Iocal agency to apply for a letter of no prejudice for Proposition 16 projects that have been programmed for funding on or after July 1,2Q08.The local agency would then be able to expend their own funding on the project and be secure in their eligibility for reimbursements when state bond dollars are once again available. AB 720{Caballeroj Land use:housing element.REQUES7 SIGNATURE. Extends the kime period for which local agencies can count rehabilitated units toward meeting their regional housing needs assessment from two to four years, Eo align with the coming eight year planning period under SB 375(2008). AB 1085(Mendoza)State Air Resources Board:regulations.REQUEST SlGNATURE. Requires the California Air Resources Board(ARB)to make available all technical data used in • the development of a proposed regulation before the comment period.ARB is moving forward with regulations pertaining to greenhouse gas emissians and diesel em�ssions.This legislation will ensure that stakeholders are informed about#he rationale behind proposed regulatory language. AB 1336{Eng)Vehicles: parking violations: digital photograph recordings.RE4UEST SIGNATURE.Authorizes a city or vounty to install digital camera equipment on its street sweeping vehictes to use as part of an automated parking enforcement system and record parking violations occurring in street-sweeping lanes during the designated hours of street sweeping operatlons. Local agencies are required to report to the legislature on the effectiveness � of the program in their jurisdiction by January 2014. AB 1388(Hernandez)Bonds: Negotiated Sales.REQUEST SIGNATURE.Authorizes cities and other public agencies to issue and sell general obliga�ion bonds through the negotiated sale method for a price below or above par value. SB 23(Padilla)Manufactured housing:emergency preparedness plans. REQUEST SIGNATURE.Requires that an operator of a mobiiehome park or manufactured housing community develop and make available to park residents an emergency preparedness plan.Also provides enforcement powers to the appropriate state or local authority to ensure these ' emergency preparedness plans are in place. 6