BILL NUMBER: AB 1621	CHAPTERED  10/14/01

	CHAPTER  868
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 14, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 13, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 17, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cardenas

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 4601.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1621, Cardenas.  Vehicles:  registration.
   Under existing law and except as otherwise provided in the Vehicle
Code, every vehicle registration and registration card expires at
midnight on the expiration date designated by the Director of Motor
Vehicles and is required to be renewed prior to the expiration of the
registration year.
   This bill would provide that vehicles registered pursuant to the
International Registration Plan and vehicles registered under the
Partial Year Registration Program expires at midnight of December 31
of the registration year.  The bill would provide that for the
purposes of applying any future reductions or increases in the
vehicle license fee, the vehicle registrations subject to these
provisions are deemed to have a final expiration date in the
succeeding calendar year.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 4601.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   4601.5.  Notwithstanding Section 4601, the registration for
vehicles registered pursuant to the International Registration Plan
as described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4
of Division 3 and for vehicles registered under the Partial Year
Registration Program as described in Article 5 (commencing with
Section 9700) of Chapter 6 of Division 3, expires at midnight of
December 31 of the registration year.  However, for the purposes of
applying any future reductions or increases in the vehicle license
fee, the vehicle registrations subject to this section shall be
deemed to have a final expiration date in the succeeding calendar
year.