BILL NUMBER: AB 2068	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cook and Jeffries)
   (Coauthors: Senators Cannella, Dutton, and Rubio)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend  and repeal  Section 5002.8 of the
Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2068, as amended, Portantino. Vehicles: license plates:
legislative and congressional members.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue
distinctive license plates for a motor vehicle owned by a current or
retired Member of the California Legislature and a Member of the
Congress of the United States and requires that the person pay
additional fees in addition to the regular fees for an original
registration or renewal of registration. Existing law establishes the
California Environmental License Plate Fund in the State Treasury
and requires, after certain moneys are deducted by the Controller,
that the balance of the moneys in the fund be available for
expenditure for specific trust purposes.
   This bill would  , beginning January 1,2014, (1)  make
the additional fees for these distinctive license plates the same as
the fees paid by an applicant for a personalized license plate
 . The bill would also   , (2)  make the
Member subject to a transfer fee for these distinctive license plates
 . The bill would   , and (3)  require the
department to deposit in the California Environmental License Plate
Fund all fees received by the department in payment for the issuance,
renewal, or transfer of the special license plates authorized under
these provisions  in the,  after the department
deducts its costs in administering these provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 5002.8 of the  
Vehicle Code   is amended to read: 
   5002.8.   Any   (a)     A
 distinctive license plate issued for a motor vehicle owned by a
current or retired Member of the California Legislature, which plate
denotes that  such   the  person is, or
was, a Member of the Legislature, and  any   a
 distinctive license plate issued for a vehicle owned by a
Member of the Congress of the United States, which plate denotes that
 such   the  person is a Member of
Congress, shall require fees. 
    In 
   (b)     In  addition to the regular
fees for an original registration or renewal of registration, the
following special fees shall be paid: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Twelve dollars ($12) for the initial issuance of
such special plate. 
   (b) 
    (2)  Ten dollars ($10) for the transfer of such plate to
another motor vehicle. 
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 5002.8 of
the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   5002.8.  (a) (1) Distinctive license plates issued for a motor
vehicle owned by a current or retired Member of the California
Legislature, which plates denote that the person is, or was, a Member
of the Legislature, and distinctive license plates issued for a
vehicle owned by a Member of the Congress of the United States, which
plates denote that the person is a Member of Congress, shall be
subject to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal
of registration.
   (2) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration
or renewal of registration, the applicant shall be charged the
following additional fees:
   (b) For an original registration, the applicant shall be charged
the fee specified in subdivision (a) of Section 5106.
   (c) For a renewal of registration, the applicant shall be charged
the fee specified in subdivision (b) of Section 5106.
   (d) When a Member or former Member of the California Legislature
or a Member of the Congress of the United States who has been issued
personalized license plates pursuant to this section applies to the
department for transfer of the plates to another passenger vehicle,
commercial motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, a transfer fee in
the amount specified pursuant to Section 5108 shall be charged in
addition to all other appropriate fees.
   (e) After deducting the costs incurred by the department to
administer this section, the department shall deposit in the
California Environmental License Plate Fund, all fees received by the
department in payment for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the
special license plates authorized under this section. 
   (f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.