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... —. :. .:. . .: :. — a a — .:::.::..:. : PI-15 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.org/ issuesandadvocacy) — a one -stop location to access information about legislation, policy issues and related developments. You can track information on bills ( www. cacities .org /legislativesearch), 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. TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS AB 453 (Yee). Public Works Contracts. Compensation of Contractors. AB 453 seeks to change California statutory and case law that have been in place for at least a century. The current law can be harsh at times, but it has served both the state and local agencies very well over the decades. AB 453 passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 13, and the League urges that letters be sent in opposition to this bill. It provides that if a contract with a public agency is declared void, then no payments can be made under it. Competitive bidding laws exist to benefit and enrich- ment of bidders. AB 453 is similar to AB 750 (Brewer), which was vetoed by the Governor in 1998. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: AsmFlr, Position: Oppose. AB 559 (Harman). Vehicles. Residence Addresses. Release to Private Parking Entities. AB 559 authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to provide residence address information to a city or county for the purpose of enabling the city or county to provide that information to a private entity that has been issued a license or a permit by the city or county, or has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the city or county, authorizing the private entity to enforce parking laws. AB 559 prohibits the department from releasing a residence address to a city or county under these provisions until the department has entered into a contract with the private entity. AB 559 specifies that the current attorney authorization to access confidential informa- tion in the DMV files does not apply to those attor- neys acting on behalf of a private parking facility owner. AB 559 is also similar to last year's SB 2031 (Kamette), a measure that was held on this committee's Suspense File. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: AsApps- Suspense File, Position: Review and Comment. ACA 7 (Dutra). Transportation Funding. Sales and Use Tax. ACA 7 authorizes a local transportation agency and a regional transportation agency to impose an additional sales and use tax for a period of 20 to 30 years, as specified, at a rate of 0.5% exclusively for transportation purposes within the jurisdiction of the local or regional transportation agency if the additional tax is approved by 55% of the voters of the jurisdiction voting on the proposition to impose the tax. Additionally, ACA 7 requires the revenues derived from these taxes to be deposited in the Local Transportation Infrastructure Account to be used for specified transportation purposes. This bill passed out of the Assembly Transportation Commit- tee on May 13 by a vote of 13 -5. Staff: Natasha Fooman, Status: AsElecRedist &ConAm, Position: Support. SJR 7 (Karnette). Highways. Trucking Size. SJR 7 requires the President and Congress to maintain truck safety requirements during the reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21" Century (TEA 21). This resolution would protect the safety of motorists on California high- ways and prevent further degradation of the nation's taxpayer supported infrastructure network. Heavier single trailer trucks and longer combination vehicles would overstress bridges, increase pavement Visit the League Official Web Site- -www.cacitise.ccg PRICfltl7.'4 FC)CS15 /PIKZ 15