California Acts of the 2008 Legislative Session
SB 1519, Chapter 721
BILL NUMBER: SB 1519 CHAPTERED 09/30/08 CHAPTER 721 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 19, 2008 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 12, 2008 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 23, 2008 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 10, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 9, 2008 INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee FEBRUARY 22, 2008 An act to add Sections 53075.7, 53075.8, and 53075.9 to the Government Code, relating to taxicabsLEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1519, Yee. Local governments: taxicabs.
(1) Existing law requires every city or county to adopt an ordinance or resolution regarding taxicab transportation service, including, but not limited to, provisions for a policy for the entry into the business of providing taxicab transportation service and for the establishment or registration of rates for the provision of that service.
This bill would require the local agency, defined as the local entity responsible for the regulation of, and enforcement of, rules, regulations, or ordinances governing, taxicabs within the local jurisdiction, upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investigation, to investigate any business that advertises a taxicab transportation service for hire identified in the complaint. The bill would require the local agency, by ordinance, resolution, or other appropriate procedure, to adopt criteria that establishes the type of information, if contained in a complaint, that is sufficient to warrant an investigation.
This bill would also require every taxicab transportation service to include the number of its certificate, license, or permit in every written or oral advertisement, as defined, of the services it offers, and would authorize the local agency to impose a fine of not more than $5,000 if it finds, after a hearing, that a person or corporation is operating as a taxicab transportation service without a valid certificate, license, or permit, or fails to include the number of the certificate or permit in any written or oral advertisement.
(2) Existing law provides for the termination of telephone service by a telephone corporation or telegraph corporation to a charter-party carrier of passengers without a valid certificate or permit, pursuant to specified procedures by the Public Utilities Commission.
This bill would provide for the termination of telephone service by a telephone corporation or telegraph corporation to a taxicab transportation service without a valid certificate, license, or permit and places enforcement of this prohibition with the local agency. By imposing a new or higher level of service upon local governments, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
53075.7. (a) Upon receipt of a complaint containing sufficient information to warrant conducting an investigation, the local agency shall investigate any business that...
