Bill Text: CA AB1342 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Disability access.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-01-15 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB1342 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1342-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1342	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Steinorth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to  amend Section 39800 of the Education Code,
   add Section 8299.12 to the Government Code, 
relating to  pupil transportation.   disability
access, and making an appropriation therefor. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1342, as amended, Steinorth.  Pupil transportation.
  California Commission on Disability Access.  

   Existing law establishes the California Commission on Disability
Access for purposes of developing recommendations to enable persons
with disabilities to exercise their right to full and equal access to
public facilities and facilitating business compliance with
applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Existing law sets
forth the powers and duties of the commission, as specified. Existing
law provides that those provisions shall not remain operative unless
funds are appropriated for those purposes.  
   This bill would appropriate the sum of $500,000 from the General
Fund to the California Commission on Disability Access for the
2015-16 fiscal year for those purposes.  
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district
to provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school
whenever, in the judgment of the governing board of the school
district, the transportation is advisable and good reasons exist
therefor.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
 no   yes  . Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 8299.12 is added to the 
 Government Code  , to read:  
   8299.12.  For the 2015-16 fiscal year, the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars ($500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the commission, for expenditure without regard to fiscal
years. The moneys shall be used to implement the duties imposed on
the commission pursuant to this chapter.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 39800 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   39800.  (a) The governing board of a school district may provide
for the transportation of pupils to and from school if, in the
judgment of the governing board of the school district, the
transportation is advisable and good reasons for the transportation
exist. The governing board of the school district may purchase or
rent and provide for the upkeep, care, and operation of vehicles, or
may contract and pay for the transportation of pupils to and from
school by common carrier or municipally owned transit system, or may
contract with and pay responsible private parties for the
transportation. The contracts may be made with the parent or guardian
of the pupil being transported. The governing board of a school
district may allow the transportation of preschool or nursery school
pupils in schoolbuses owned or operated by the school district. A
state reimbursement may not be received by a school district for the
transportation of preschool or nursery school pupils.
   (b) As used in this article, "municipally owned transit system"
means a transit system owned by a city, or by a district created
pursuant to Part 1 (commencing with Section 24501) of Division 10 of
the Public Utilities Code.