BILL NUMBER: AB 527	CHAPTERED  08/13/01

	CHAPTER  201
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 13, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 12, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 21, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 7, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2001

   An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 5068 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 527, Kehoe.  Special interest license plates and decals:
veterans' organizations.
   Existing law authorizes private organizations, including veterans'
organizations, to participate in special interest license plate
programs in which the Department of Motor Vehicles issues license
plates with a participating organization's distinctive design or
decal, and specifies the various fees concerning the issuance,
renewal of registration of, and replacement of damaged or
unserviceable plates and decals.
   This bill would, operative July 1, 2002, reduce the fee for a
replacement decal issued to a member of the veterans' organization
from $35 to $10.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 5068 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   5068.  (a) (1) Any veterans' organization may apply either
individually or with other veterans' organizations to meet the 5,000
application threshold set forth in Section 5060 for special interest
plates.  An organization that meets the 5,000 minimum application
requirement by applying with other organizations pursuant to this
subdivision shall be issued a regular license plate bearing a
distinctive design or decal approved pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 5060.
   (2) Special interest plates issued pursuant to this section may be
issued in a combination of numbers or letters, or both, requested by
the owner or lessee of the vehicle, to be displayed in addition to
the design or decal authorized under paragraph (1), subject to
Section 5105.
   (b) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration,
a renewal of registration, or a transfer of registration, the
following fees shall be paid by individuals applying for a veterans'
organization special interest license plate or decal:
   (1) Thirty dollars ($30) for the initial issuance of the plates
and decals.  The plates shall be permanent and shall not be required
to be replaced.
   (2) Thirty dollars ($30) for each renewal of registration which
includes the continued display of the plates or decals.
   (3) Fifteen dollars ($15) for transfer of the plates to another
vehicle.
   (4) Thirty-five dollars ($35) for replacement plates or decals, if
they become damaged or unserviceable.
   (5) Forty dollars ($40) for the personalization of the plates, as
authorized under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
  (c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2002, and, as
of January 1, 2003, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2003, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5068 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   5068.  (a) (1) Any veterans' organization may apply either
individually or with other veterans' organizations to meet the 5,000
application threshold set forth in Section 5060 for special interest
plates.  An organization that meets the 5,000 minimum application
requirement by applying with other organizations pursuant to this
subdivision shall be issued a regular license plate bearing a
distinctive design or decal approved pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 5060.
   (2) Special interest plates issued pursuant to this section may be
issued in a combination of numbers or letters, or both, requested by
the owner or lessee of the vehicle, to be displayed in addition to
the design or decal authorized under paragraph (1), subject to
Section 5105.
   (b) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration,
a renewal of registration, or a transfer of registration, the
following fees shall be paid by individuals applying for a veterans'
organization special interest license plate or decal:
   (1) Thirty dollars ($30) for the initial issuance of the plates
and decals.  The plates shall be permanent and shall not be required
to be replaced.
   (2) Thirty dollars ($30) for each renewal of registration which
includes the continued display of the plates or decals.
   (3) Fifteen dollars ($15) for transfer of the plates to another
vehicle.
   (4) Thirty-five dollars ($35) for replacement plates and or ten
dollars ($10) for replacement decals, if they become damaged or
unserviceable.
   (5) Forty dollars ($40) for the personalization of the plates, as
authorized under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
   (c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2002.