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& A -H Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... quires a magistrate, when presented with an affidavit from a peace officer establishing reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle is being operated as a for hire taxicab or passenger vehicle in violation of local licensing requirements, to issue a warrant or autho- rize the peace officer to seize the vehicle in question. It also requires that the vehicle be impounded for a period up to 30 days, with the impounding agency notifying, within two working days, the legal owner of the vehicle. Additionally, AS 299 was amended to prohibit a charter -party carrier of passengers from advertising or otherwise representing their services to the public, as a taxicab or taxi service. The City of Los Angeles is the sponsor of the bill. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: SenTrans, Hrg. 7/1, Position: Support. AB 327 (Runner). Vehicles. Parking. Per- sons with Disabilities. Violations. AS 327 in- creases the penalty for violating statues related to disabled persons parking privileges. AS 327 raises from $250 to $500 the minimum fine for the improper use of disabled persons distinguished license plates or placards. It also raises from $250 to $500 the minimum fine for illegally parking in a stall or space designated for disabled persons and disabled veter- ans. The author points out that current punishment for abusing disabled placards were established in 1992 and are increasingly failing to serve as an effective deterrent. Assembly Member Runner believes that the low minimum fines encourage people to take their chances when faced with other- wise limited parking opportunities. Therefore raising the minimum fine will serve as a deterrent as well as raise local revenues. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: SenTrans, Hrg. 7/1, Position: Support. vote of 39 -0. SB 966 permits a contractor to recover increased costs from an awarding body of public works, if the work has been determined to be subject to prevailing wages after the job has begun. Existing law requires the payment of prevailing wages to workers employed by private contractors on public works projects valued at $1,000 or more. The awarding body must obtain the applicable prevailing rates from the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). It is not always clear at the time of negotiation or bidding of the project whether the specific project will be covered by prevailing wage laws. If the project is a public work as determined by DIR, then the contractor performing the work is obligated to pay prevailing wages. The League has been working with the author's office and EBMUD on amendments to this bill. Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: AsLab &Emp, Hrg. 6/25, Position: Review and Comment. ENVIRONMENTAL AS 1051 (Goldberg). Capital Facilities Fees. AB 1051 would clarify existing law regarding how public municipal utilities charge other public agencies for capital facilities fees. This bill is in response to numerous lawsuits filed by schools and other public agencies regarding utility fees. Cities that have municipal water, sewer, gas or electric utilities should take a close look at AB 1051 which is co- sponsored by the City of San Francisco, the City of Los Angeles and the East Bay Municipal Utility District. The bill was approved by the Senate Local Government Commit- tee this week, and will be heard next in the Senate Education Committee. Staff: Yvonne Hunter; Status: SenEd, Position: Support. SJR 7 (Karnette). Highways. Trucking Size. SJR 7 passed out the Senate on 5/22 by a vote of 22- 11. SJR 7 memorializes the President and the Con- gress of the United States to maintain the current federal truck size and weight limitations and to oppose proposals to experiment with longer and heavier trucks on public highways in the reauthorization of the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21 ` Century (Public Law 105 -178). Staff: Natasha Fooman; Status: AsTrans, Hrg. 6/23. Position: Support SB 966 (Alarcon). Contractor's Costs. SB 966 passed out of the Senate on May 8, 2003 by a SB 20 (Sher). Electronic Waste. SB 20 would establish a manufacturer responsibility program for the collection and recycling of electronic waste. It would prohibit any person from selling certain elec- tronic devices, designated as hazardous, in California unless they either develop and implement a program to provide convenient recycling opportunities for their products, or they could pay a fee in lieu of such a program to be used to support grants to local govern- ments. The bill also includes provisions that protect California manufacturers from out of state computer manufacturers who avoid complying with the provi- PAGE 14 /PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site -- www.cacities.org