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Supervisor Thomas, member of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Joint Powers Authority, recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 103-2021 extending the sunset date to maintain the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement fee with the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which provides for the statutorily authorized one-dollar ($1.00) vehicle registration fee. (4/5 vote required)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In 1991, pursuant to Vehicle Code§ 22710, the County, the City of Placerville, and the City of South Lake Tahoe formed a Joint Powers Authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles. With the concurrence of its members and pursuant to Vehicle Code §§ 9250.7 and 22710, the Authority imposed a $1 fee on all vehicles registered to an owner with an address in the County. The fee is collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles at the time of registration or renewal of registration. Collection of the fee commenced on May 1, 1992. Fee revenue can be used “only for the abatement, removal, or the disposal as a public nuisance of any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle or part of the vehicle from private or public property.” (Veh. Code, § 22710(c)(2)(A).)
The statute authorizing the fee provides that the fee shall remain in effect only for a period of 10 years from the date that the actual collection of the fee commenced unless later extended in increments of up to 10 years. Accordingly, the County and the cities of Placerville and South Lake Tahoe passed resolutions extending the fee in 2002 and again in 2011, resulting in the fee being authorized through April 30, 2022.
Although the fee is authorized through April 30, 2022, the DMV has requested that the County take action on the reauthorization now. Providing early notice of reauthorization to the DMV will (1) ensure that the DMV has sufficient time to process the extension prior to April 2022 and (2) allow the DMV to spread the cost of processing...
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