Vehicles: notice of delinquent parking violation.

Existing law requires a parking processing agency to cancel the notice of parking violation, upon written request of a person, if the description of the vehicle on the notice of parking violation does not substantially match the corresponding information on the registration card for the vehicle and if the processing agency is satisfied that the vehicle has not been incorrectly described due to the intentional switching of license plates. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime. This bill would instead require the processing agency to verify that all notices of delinquent parking violations substantially match the corresponding information on the registration of the vehicle and to cancel the parking violation if the information is not a match. It would also delete the requirement that a person provide a written request for cancellation of the parking violation to the parking processing agency. To the extent that certain local agencies perform the processing agency function and to the extent that certain processing agencies are run by private entities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program by increasing duties on local agencies and by creating a new crime. 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.