BILL NUMBER: AB 70	CHAPTERED  07/18/05

	CHAPTER  60
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 18, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 18, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maze

                        JANUARY 3, 2005

   An act to amend Section 4467 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 70, Maze  Vehicles: license plates: rape victims.
   Existing law provides for the assignment of a specific license
number to a motor vehicle, which may be changed only upon application
to the Department of Motor Vehicles, and under certain
circumstances. Existing law requires the department to provide a new
and different set of license plates to a registered owner of a
vehicle who appears in person and submits a completed application and
also presents to the department the previously issued plates, proof
of identity and vehicle ownership, and evidence of victimization by a
domestic abuser, evidence of efforts to get assistance in regard to
the domestic abuse, as specified, or evidence that the applicant is
the subject of stalking, as specified.
   This bill would include a victim of rape or sexual battery, as
specified, within the provisions requiring the department to provide
a new set of license plates to a registered owner of a vehicle who
appears in person and submits an application, as described above,
including certain evidence identifying the applicant as the victim of
rape or sexual battery.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 4467 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   4467.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
department shall issue new and different license plates immediately
upon request to the registered owner of a vehicle who appears in
person and submits a completed application, if all of the following
are provided:
   (1) Proof of ownership of the vehicle that is acceptable to the
department.
   (2) A driver's license or identification card containing a picture
of the licensee or cardholder issued to the registered owner by the
department pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12500) of
Division 6. The department shall conduct a search of its records to
verify the authenticity of any document submitted under this
paragraph.
   (3) The previously issued license plates from the vehicle.
   (4) The payment of required fees under subdivision (c) of Section
4850 and subdivision (b) of Section 9265 for the issuance of
duplicate license plates.
   (5) One of the following:
   (A) A copy of a police report, court documentation, or other law
enforcement documentation identifying the registered owner of the
vehicle as the victim of an incident of domestic violence, as
specified in Section 1708.6 of the Civil Code, the subject of
stalking, as specified in Section 1708.7 of the Civil Code or Section
646.9 of the Penal Code, the victim of a rape, as defined in Section
261 or 262 of the Penal Code, or the victim of a sexual battery, as
defined in Section 1708.5 of the Civil Code.
   (B) A written acknowledgment, dated within 30 days of submission,
on the letterhead of a domestic violence agency or a rape crisis
center, that the registered owner is actively seeking assistance or
has sought assistance from that agency within the past year.
   (C) An active protective order as defined in Section 6218 of the
Family Code, or issued pursuant to Section 527.6 or 527.8 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, which names the registered owner as a protected
party.
   (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to special license plates
issued under Article 8 (commencing with Section 5000) of Chapter 1 of
Division 3, special interest license plates issued under Article 8.4
(commencing with Section 5060) of Chapter 1 of Division 3, or
environmental license plates issued under Article 8.5 (commencing
with Section 5100) of Chapter 1 of Division 3.