BILL NUMBER: AB 2321	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 5156.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2321, as introduced, Gomez. Specialized license plates:
domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking 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.
   This bill would require the California Victim Compensation and
Government Claims Board to apply to the DMV to sponsor a domestic
violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking awareness license plate
program. The bill would establish the California Domestic Violence
Prevention Fund in the State Treasury, and would require that these
funds be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to fund a
competitive grant program to finance projects that raise awareness
about domestic violence.
   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 5156.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   5156.5.  (a) The California Victim Compensation and Government
Claims Board shall apply to the department to sponsor a domestic
violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking awareness license plate
program pursuant to this article.
   (b) The fees specified in Section 5157 shall be imposed for the
issuance, renewal, or transfer of specialized license plates
authorized by this section. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of
Section 5157, after deducting its administrative costs, the
department shall deposit the revenue derived from the additional fees
into the California Domestic Violence Prevention Fund, which is
hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the
Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to the
California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to fund a
competitive grant program, to be administered by the board, in which
grants shall be made to qualifying agencies and organizations to fund
projects that raise awareness about domestic violence.