BILL NUMBER: AB 1787	CHAPTERED  07/23/04

	CHAPTER  188
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 23, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 23, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 12, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bogh
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Bates, Benoit, Berg, Chu, Houston,
Kehoe, Leslie, Levine, Longville, Nakano, Oropeza, Parra, Pavley,
Reyes, Salinas, and Spitzer)

                        JANUARY 5, 2004

   An act to add Section 9560 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1787, Bogh.  Vehicles:  registration:  late penalties:
exemptions: deployed military.
   Existing law imposes renewal fee penalties for late payment of
registration on a vehicle except in limited specified cases.
   This bill would require the department to waive all penalties that
may be due for late payment of registration renewal fees on a
vehicle for any period during which the registered owner is a member
of the armed forces, or is a member of the armed forces reserve or
the National Guard who has been called to active duty or active
service, and has been deployed, as defined, to a location outside of
the state.
   The bill would specify that the waiver provision does not apply to
a registered owner who applies for registration renewal more than 60
days after termination of his or her deployment.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 9560 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   9560.  (a) The department shall waive all penalties that may be
due for late payment of registration renewal fees on a vehicle for
any period during which the registered owner is deployed to a
location outside of the state.
   (b) (1) For the purposes of this section, "deployed" means being
ordered to temporary military duty during a period when a
Presidential Executive order specifies that the United States is
engaged in combat or homeland defense and the registered owner is one
of the following:
   (A) A member of the armed forces.
   (B) A member of the armed forces reserve or the National Guard who
has been called to active duty or active service.
   (2) "Deployed" does not include either of the following:
   (A) Temporary duty for the sole purpose of training or processing.

   (B) A permanent change of station.
   (c) This section does not apply to a registered owner who applies
for registration renewal more than 60 days after termination of his
or her deployment.