BILL NUMBER: AB 2321	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Cooley   and Quirk-Silva   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2321, as amended, 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. 
   Existing law establishes a Family Violence Prevention Program
within the Office of Emergency Services to provide financial and
technical assistance to local domestic and family violence centers in
implementing family violence prevention programs. 
   This bill would require the  California Victim
Compensation and Government Claims Board   Office of
Emergency Services  to apply to the DMV to sponsor a domestic
 violence,  violence and  sexual assault
 , and sex trafficking  awareness license plate
program. The bill would establish the California Domestic Violence
Prevention Fund in the State Treasury  for the deposit of the
revenue derived from these license plates  , 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.   Office of
Emergency Services for purposes of funding the Family Violence
Prevention Program. 
   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  Office of Emergency Services
 shall apply to the department to sponsor a domestic 
violence,   violence and  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.   Office of Emergency Services for purposes of
funding the Family Violence Prevention Program described in Section
13823.4 of the Penal Code.