BILL NUMBER: AB 49	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Perea and Quirk-Silva)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,  Blumenfield,  Bocanegra,
Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez,
Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman,
Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gorell,
Gray, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina,
Melendez,  Mitchell,  Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel
Pérez, Quirk, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Beall, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa,
Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Jackson, Knight, Pavley,
Torres, Wright, and Yee)

                        DECEMBER 21, 2012

   An act to add Section  5156.5   5156.7 
to the Vehicle Code, relating to license plates  , and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 49, as amended, Buchanan. License plates: breast cancer
awareness.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to
issue specialty license plates, including environmental license
plates and specified special environmental design license plates.
Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the DMV
to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the DMV is
required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain
requirements. The DMV is required to charge specified fees for
certain services related to the issuance of those plates.
   Existing law establishes the Breast Cancer Control Account in the
Breast Cancer Fund, and requires that funds in that account, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated for the provision of
early breast cancer detection services for uninsured and underinsured
women.
   This bill would require the State Department of Health Care
Services to apply to sponsor a breast cancer awareness license plate
program, and would require the DMV to issue the license plates if the
State Department of Health Care Services meets certain requirements.
The bill would  require that license plates issued under the
program consist of a breast cancer awareness ribbon and message, as
specified, on a light pink background that the Department of the
California Highway Patrol determines does not obscure the readability
of the license plate.   authorize the State Department
of Health Care Services to accept and use donated artwork from
California a  rtists for the license plate.  The bill
would require the revenue generated from the license plates, as
specified, to be deposited in the Breast Cancer Control 
Account.   Account in the Breast Cancer Fund.  

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 5156.5 is added to the
Vehicle Code, to read:
   5156.5.  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, in
promotion of its mission to preserve and improve the health of all
Californians, shall apply to the department, pursuant to Section
5156, to sponsor a breast cancer awareness license plate program. The
department shall issue specialized license plates for that program
if the State Department of Health Care Services complies with the
requirements of Section 5156.
   (b) In accordance with Section 5155, the license plates issued
pursuant to this section shall consist of a pink breast cancer
awareness ribbon to the left of the numerical series and a breast
cancer awareness message to the bottom of the numerical series.
Additionally, the license plates shall have a light pink background
that the Department of the California Highway Patrol determines does
not obscure the readability of the license plates.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 5157, the
additional fees prescribed by Section 5157 for the issuance, renewal,
or transfer of the specialized license plates shall be deposited,
after the department deducts its administrative costs, in the Breast
Cancer Control Account established pursuant to Section 30461.6 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code. 
   SECTION 1.    Section 5156.7 is added to the 
 Vehicle Code   , to read:  
   5156.7.  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall
apply to the department, pursuant to Section 5156, to sponsor a
breast cancer awareness license plate program. The department shall
issue specialized license plates for that program if the State
Department of Health Care Services complies with the requirements of
Section 5156.
   (b) The State Department of Health Care Services may accept and
use donated artwork from California artists for the license plate.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 5157, the
additional fees prescribed by Section 5157 for the issuance, renewal,
or transfer of the specialized license plates shall be deposited,
after the department deducts its administrative costs, in the Breast
Cancer Control Account in the Breast Cancer Fund established pursuant
to Section 30461.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department, in
consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, will
design and make available for issuance pursuant to this article
special breast cancer awareness license plates. Specifically, it is
the intent of the Legislature that the license plates issued pursuant
to this section shall consist of a pink breast cancer awareness
ribbon to the left of the numerical series and a breast cancer
awareness message, such as, "Early Detection Saves Lives," below the
numerical series. 
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to ensure that the more than 7,000 California residents
who have expressed an interest in a specialized license plate for
breast cancer early detection and treatment are able to purchase one,
that the specialized plate will be available to all California
residents and ubiquitous on the road as a reminder to women to get
annual exams, and that funds are generated for deposit in the Breast
Cancer Control Account in the Breast Cancer Fund and used for breast
cancer early detection efforts, it is necessary that this act take
immediate effect.