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SB-897 • 2026

Vehicles: abandoned vehicles.

Vehicles: abandoned vehicles.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Choi
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Vehicles: abandoned vehicles.

SB 897, as introduced, Choi.

What This Bill Does

  • SB 897, as introduced, Choi.
  • Vehicles: abandoned vehicles.
  • Existing law authorizes a county satisfying specified conditions to establish a service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles and to impose a $1 vehicle registration fee for the abatement of abandoned vehicles.
  • The fees imposed and the moneys received by the service authority from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, can only be used for the abatement, removal, and disposal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from private or public property.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  2. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  3. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4033.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  4. 2026-04-16 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  5. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3872.) (April 14).

  6. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 14.

  7. 2026-02-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  8. 2026-01-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16.

  9. 2026-01-16 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 897, as introduced, Choi.
Vehicles: abandoned vehicles.
Existing law authorizes a county satisfying specified conditions to establish a service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles and to impose a $1 vehicle registration fee for the abatement of abandoned vehicles. The fees imposed and the moneys received by the service authority from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, can only be used for the abatement, removal, and disposal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from private or public property. The service authority is authorized to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement, removal, and disposal, as a public nuisance, of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle and for the recovery of costs.
This bill, notwithstanding these provisions, would authorize the City of Laguna Woods to use the amount of
abandoned vehicle abatement funds received from the fee imposed by the service authority that formerly operated in the County of Orange, and the interest accrued thereon, for purposes of enforcing provisions of this code on public highways.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Laguna Woods.

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