REQUEST FOR VETO: AB 2544 (Lackey): Parking Penalties.

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AB 2544 would extend payment plan requirements originally contained in AB 503 (Chapter 741, Statutes of 2017) to include citations issued prior to May 1, 2018 and also require that previously accrued late fees be waived.

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The CITY OF CITY urges your veto of AB 2544 (Lackey), which would extend payment plan requirements originally contained in AB 503 (Chapter 741, Statutes of 2017) to include citations issued prior to May 1, 2018 and also require that previously accrued late fees be waived.

Individual cities throughout California are owed millions of dollars in late fees by registered vehicle owners with outstanding citations that were assessed to cover the administrative costs of collections and itemizations with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Retroactive forgiveness proposed in AB 2544 would result in significant financial loss to local governments, while providing an incentive for delayed payment of bonafide parking violations.

Cities have already begun implementation of the requirements of AB 503 from just last year. The additional requirements from this bill will result in increased workload beyond what was added by AB 503. Specifically, cities would have to verify indigent status for anyone requesting a payment plan for any citation issued over the last five years, not just new citations under last year’s bill.

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While cities share in the goal of providing assistance to people with unpaid parking violations, AB 2544’s retroactive application will create an even more burdensome process for local governments working to simply enforce local laws. Our local streets and roads are an essential part of our overall infrastructure and provide much more than just parking for our residents. The ability for cities to adequately enforce our parking regulations ensures that we can continue to deliver the public services our residents expect. Creating burdens for local government to perform the basic function of complete parking enforcement is a poor use of limited resources.

For these reasons, the CITY OF CITY urges your veto on AB 2544.

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