Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about how recovery fees should be calculated or what other types of charges are grandfathered before June 1, 1989.

Local Agency Charges for Street Use

This law limits local agencies from charging fees based on vehicle weight for using streets or highways, but allows them to charge fees to cover the cost of street maintenance and repair.

What This Bill Does

• Limits local agencies from imposing charges based on vehicle weight for using streets or highways.
• Allows local agencies to charge fees to recover costs related to street maintenance and repairs.
• Clarifies that these recovery fees are not considered taxes, permit fees, or other prohibited charges.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local government agencies
• Drivers using streets and highways

Terms To Know

Vehicle Code

The set of laws governing the operation, regulation, and use of vehicles in California.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how local agencies should calculate recovery fees.
• Only applies to charges based on weight; other types of charges are still restricted unless grandfathered before June 1, 1989.

Official Summary Text

SB 922, as amended, Laird.
Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways.
Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing a tax, permit fee, or other charge for the privilege of using its streets or highways, other than a permit fee for an extralegal load unless the local agency had imposed the fee prior to June 1, 1989.
This bill would expressly limit this prohibition to charges based on weight. The bill would also explicitly state that a fee, charge, or surcharge imposed by or for a local agency to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair and other costs associated with the use of its streets, roads, or highways to provide public services or public works is not a tax, permit fee, or other charge that is prohibited by the provision above. The bill would provide that nothing in the Vehicle Code prohibits a local agency from imposing or collecting this fee, charge, or surcharge. The bill would delete
obsolete references and make other technical changes.

Current Bill Text

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