CC Resolution 2023-034 RIVCO Vehicle Abatement Program ExtentensionRESOLUTION NO. 2023 — 034
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE
EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE FEE COLLECTED ON
BEHALF OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ABANDONED
VEHICLE ABATEMENT SERVICE AUTHORITY UNTIL
MAY 2034
WHEREAS, the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service
Authority was formed on or about June 1, 1994, pursuant to the provisions of California
Vehicle Code §§ 9950.7 and 22710 enacted by the Legislature in 1990 which authorize
the establishment of a service authority and imposition of a service fee on all registered
motor vehicles located within a county; and
WHEREAS, beginning in June 1994 and continuing to the present, the Riverside
County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority has been the recipient of service
fees collected on its behalf by the California Department of Motor Vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the service fees received by the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement Service Authority are used to reimburse local governmental agencies for a
portion of their costs incurred as a result of the abatement, removal and disposal as public
nuisances of any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts
thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service
Authority apportions and distributes service fee proceeds to each member agency
according to the formula set forth in California Vehicle Code §§ 22710; and
WHEREAS, since the establishment of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
program in June 1994, it has disbursed $35,128,331 in service fee proceeds to member
agencies and caused the abetment of approximately 189,776 abandoned, wrecked,
dismantled, or inoperative vehicles located in various cities and the unincorporated area
of Riverside County; and
WHEREAS, the service fee collected as part of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
Service Authority program is set to expire in May 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature amended California Vehicle Code § 9250.7 to allow
for an extension of the service fee collected as part of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
program in increments of up to 10 years each if the board of supervisors of the county,
by a two-thirds vote, and a majority of the cities comprising a majority of the population of
the incorporated areas within the county adopt resolutions providing for the extension of
the service fee; and
Resolution No. 2023-034
Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Adopted: September 19, 2023
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WHEREAS, it is desirable to the City of La Quinta to have the Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement program continue beyond its current termination date of May 31, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of La Quinta,
California approves the extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the Riverside
County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 31, 2034.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council held on this 19th day of September 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Fitzpatrick, McGarrey, Pena, Sanchez, and Mayor
Evans
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
LINDA EVANS, Mayor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
MONIKA RA EVA, ity Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WILLIAM H. IHRKE, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California