CC Resolution 2013-005 RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 005
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
2024
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§ 9250.7 and 22710 enacted by the Legislature in 1990
which authorized the establishment of a service authority and imposition of a
service fee on all registered motor vehicles located within a county;
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 522,952,216 in service fee proceeds to
member agencies and caused the abatement of approximately 146,561 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 program is set to expire in May 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature recently 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
Resolution No. 2013-005
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Adopted: February 5, 2013
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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
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
2014.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
La Quinta, California, as follows:
That the City of La Quinta approves the extension of the service fee
collected on behalf of the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service
Authority until May 31, 2024.
Effective Date: This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
City Council held on the 5 day of February, 2013, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Evans, Franklin, Henderson, Osbome, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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DON ADO PH, yor
City of La Quinta, California
Resolution No. 2013-005
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Adopted: February 5, 2013
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ATTEST:
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SUSAN MAYSELS, Ci Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS_TO F a M:
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M. AT ERNE JENS• , City Attorney
City of a Quinta, Ca ' ornia