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q.A -28 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. For more information about these and other bills, please visit the League website's new "Issues and Advocacy" page (www.cacities.orstl issuesandadvocacv) — a one -stop location to access information about legislation, policy issues and related developments. You can track information on bills (www. cavities .org /legislabvesearch), locate legislators and legislative committees, send letters to legislators or the media through the online Advocacy Center, research League policy positions, access useful related links, and much more. REVENUE AND TAXATION AB 694 (Levine). Use Tax. Vehicles, Vessels and Aircraft. Currently, Californians can avoid paying use tax if they purchase a motorhome, yacht, or airplane just across the state border and use it there for 91 days and then bring it into California for its intended purpose. AB 694 will require Californians to pay use tax if the property is subject to vehicle registration or property taxes and the vehicle, boat or plane was stored or used more than half time in the first 12 months of ownership. Staff: Jean Korinke, Status: AsRevTax; Hrg -4/21. Position: Support. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AB 789 (Mountjoy). Vehicles. Removal. Local Ordinance. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance establish- ing procedures for the removal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from private or public property. An ordinance establish- ing procedures for the removal of abandoned vehicles is required. AB 789 requires this ordi- nance to exempt a vehicle that is completely en- closed within a building in a lawful manner where it is not visible from the street or other public or private property. A vehicle meets these require- ments if it 1) has a certification of nonoperation on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles; 2) is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property; and 3) is not readily visible from the street. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsTrans; Hrg -4/21, Position: Review and Comment. AB 1408 (Wolk). Vehicles. Bicycles. Equip- ment. Operation. AB 1408 provides that it is not a violation of the red signal provisions in existing law for a person operating a bicycle and approaching an intersection that has an official traffic control signal equipped with a vehicle sensing device that is not capable of being activated by the bicycle and operator to stop at the intersection and, after completing that stop and determining that there is no other traffic at the intersection capable of acti- vating the sensing device, to proceed with caution when it is safe to do so. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsTrans; Hrg -4/21, Position: Review and Comment. AB 1717 (Committee on Transportation). Trans. portation. AB 1717 eliminates certain reporting requirements and revises other reporting require- ments for the expenditure of transportation capital funds and describes the powers and duties of the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission. AB 1717 revises the routes descriptions for certain state highway seg- ments to local agencies. Additionally, AB 1717 repeals provisions relating to implementation of the computerized cockpit instrument display and autho- rizes certain airport planning functions to be funded from nonfederal sources. AB 1717 identifies Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova as additional cities that may be annexed to the Sacramento Regional Transit District. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsTrans; Hrg -4/21, Position: Review and Com- ment. AS 1737 (Nakano). Vehicles. Driving. Wireless Telephones. Distracting Activities. AB 1737 requires any traffic collision report prepared by a member of the department or any other peace officer, to include information as to whether a PAGE 8 /PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org