Italics indicate
changes from the
2003-04
First Extraordinary Session:
The following bill would amend the: a) Budget Act of 2003, or
b)
Budget
and Trailer Bills for FY 2003-04 SB 1048 (Senate Budget Committee):
SB
1048 was amended in the Assembly to delete the transfer of $4.8 million from the
Aeronautics Account to the General Fund for FY 2003-04. SB 1048
passed the Assembly, and is pending in the Senate Committee on Rules.
2003-04
Regular Session
AB
118 (Frommer),“Rental Vehicle Transaction Fee” and SB 300 (Torlakson and Alpert)
“Rental Vehicle License Transaction Fee”: AB
118 would require rental car agencies to collect an “Impact Fee” of 2.29 percent
on each rental car transaction, to mitigate the congestion caused by rental cars
on the State’s highways. The fees would be deposited in the State Highway
Account to fund road improvement and traffic congestion relief projects near
airports and tourist destinations. SB 300 would allow rental car
companies to recoup 80% of new increased Vehicle License Fees from consumers by
allowing them to charge a separate line item fee on their rental agreements. The
bill also provides for various fines for noncompliance with the bill’s reporting
requirement. SB 300 is pending in the Assembly Committee on
Appropriations. AB 118 is in the Senate, but has not been assigned to a
policy committee.
AB
694 (Levine)
Inactive: see AB 2107.
AB
920 (Nakano): “Real Estate Disclosures: Nuisance: Local Government”:
AB
2776 established a city or county disclosure requirement for real property in
the vicinity of an airport influence area, effective January 1, 2004. AB 920
provides that on or after
AB 1869 (Maldonado): “Sales and use tax
exemption: Space Flight.” Existing
law provides a sales tax exemption for personal property that has space flight
capability (launch vehicles and satellites). This bill expands the sales tax
exemption to include equipment and materials used to construct, launch, and
transport commercial space flight property and facilities used in spaceport
operations. This bill was amended on
AB
2039 (La Suer) and AB 2284 (Plescia): “Airports: San Diego County Regional
Airport Authority” Existing
law (PUC Section 170028) provides for the appointment of three members of the
public to the San Diego Regional Airport Authority’s Executive Committee to four
year terms, and to receive a base salary commensurate to that of superior court
judges in the county. AB 2039 would require the three public members of the
executive committee be elected at large from the county, beginning with the
2006 statewide general election, and that they receive a salary
commensurate with that of members of the state legislature. AB 2284 would delete
the requirement that the San Diego Association of Governments and the port
transfer all contracts related to the location of an airport over to the
authority by
AB 2107 (Levine): “Use Tax: Vehicles, Vessels, and
Aircraft”: This bill will make a “rebuttable presumption” that an aircraft
purchased outside of California (CA) will be subject to CA’s use tax, under any
of the following circumstances: a) It was purchased by a CA resident; b) It was
subject to the CA property tax during the first 12 months of ownership; or c) It
was used or stored in CA more than ½ the time during the first 12 months of
ownership. This presumption may be “controverted” by documentary proof that the
aircraft was purchased for use outside of CA during the first 12 months of
ownership. If the aircraft is used in interstate or foreign commerce, it
will not be subject to the bill. The bill will provide for an exemption
for aircraft brought into California for the purpose of repair, retrofit, or
modification, if the work is completed, and less than 25 hours of air time has
been logged by the aircraft owner, or an agent designated by the owner who is
operating the aircraft. If more than 25 hours is logged, then the aircraft
will be subject to the use tax. This act will become operative on the
first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 90 days after the
effective date of this act. (This bill is based on AB 694 from the last
report.)
AB
2430 (Wiggins): Commercial Air Carriers: Hot Air Balloons.
This
bill excludes hot air balloon operators from the definition of “commercial air
operator” and excludes hot air balloons from the definition of aircraft. This
bill also requires hot air balloon operators to maintain a minimum of $1,000,000
of liability insurance in addition to obtaining and maintaining a valid local
business certificate. This bill has been re-referred to the Committee on
Judiciary.
AB
2676 (Nakano): “Airports: Heliport Construction Plans: Before
submitting an application for the construction of a new heliport to any local
state or federal agency, the plan must first be approved by the department
responsible for approving heliport development of the city or county in which
the heliport is to be located.
Although this bill would authorize a county board of supervisors or a
city council to delegate its approval authority to the city or county planning
agency, this authority already exists. This bill was amended on
SB
924 (Karnette): “Global Gateways Development Council”: This bill would create, until January 1,
2011, an eight-member Council in the Business Transportation and Housing
Agency, to advise the Department, CTC, and regional transportation planning
agencies, concerning the needs of commercial transportation in California. The Council would report annually to the
agency, and the Assembly and Senate Transportation Committees and the
Governor on the goods movement transportation system. The council may only convene after the
Department of Finance has determined that nonstate funds have been deposited
with the state to fully support the activities of the Council. This bill was read the second time on
SB
926 (Knight): “Technology Development”:
This bill would transfer the space enterprise development program, the
California Space Authority, and a competitive grant program for space enterprise
from the Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency to the Business, Transportation
and Housing Agency. SB 926 has
been placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member
Runner.
SB
1095 (Chesbro) and AB 1800 (Oropeza): “Budget Act of 2004”:
This bill calls for the transfer of $745,000 from Aeronautics funds to the
General Fund.
The
transfer will decrease the State’s potential to fund future FAA Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) matching grants, Acquisition and Development (A&D)
safety projects and Airport Land Use Compatibility Planning (ALUCP)
projects. AIP grants are matched at
5%, so the transfer would potentially cause the State to lose up to $14.9m in
Federal funds, depending on the number of AIP matching grants needing funding.
In addition, the 2004/05 budget has potentially 14 A & D safety projects
estimated at $2,615,444 and 17 ALUCP projects estimated at $2,303,090. SB 1095 is now in the Committee on
Budget and Fiscal Review. AB 1800 is now in the Committee on
Budget.
SB
1233 (
SCA
2 (Torlakson): “Local Government: Sales Taxes: Transportation and Smart Growth
Planning”:
This proposed Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) would authorize a county,
city and county, a local transportation authority, or a regional transportation
planning agency to submit an increase in the sales tax to voters, upon approval
of 2/3 of voters, for the purpose of funding local transportation projects and
related smart growth planning. “Smart Growth planning means land use
planning programs that conserve open space, reduce air pollution, and provide
housing in close proximity to population and employment centers.” SCA 2
was amended
SJR
16 (Morrow) and HR 23 (Parra/Dutton): "Military Air
Fares":
These resolutions would urge all airline companies in the United States to
permanently establish, for active duty military personnel, a reduced price fare
equal to, or lower than, the lowest fare offered for each ticketed flight.
This bill was chaptered on
SJR
23 (Ashburn and Knight):“Military Base Closures”:
This
resolution requests the President and Congress of the United States to include
“intellectual capital” and “ total mission support” in the list of essential
2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act evaluation criteria. This bill has been
chaptered: Resolution Chapter 7, Statutes of 2004.