(1) Existing law requires that there be levied a state penalty in an amount equal to $10 for every $10 or fraction thereof upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for criminal offenses, as specified. The funds collected from the penalty are required to be distributed with 30% to remain on deposit in the county general fund and 70% to be deposited in the State Penalty Fund.
This bill would require that an amount of not more than $250,000 per fiscal year of the moneys otherwise required to be deposited in the State Penalty Fund be available, upon appropriation, for the purposes of the motorcyclist safety program described below.
(2) Existing law requires the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to administer a specified motorcyclist safety program and report to the Legislature by January 15 of each year on specified subjects regarding the program. The authority to collect fees under the program is to expire on December 31, 2002, and the authority to operate the program is to expire on January 1, 2003.
This bill would provide that the report regarding the program shall be submitted to the Senate Committee on Transportation, the Assembly Committee on Transportation, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee not later than January 15 of each year.
The bill would delete the expiration dates specified above and would thereby extend the program indefinitely.