BILL NUMBER: AB 2450	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Logue and John A. Pérez
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian   and Wieckowski   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 5162 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2450, as amended, Logue. Specialized license plates: kidney
disease 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.
   This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to
apply to the DMV to sponsor a specialized license plate that promotes
awareness of kidney disease  and bears the name and official
logo of the National Kidney Foundation  .
   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 5162 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   5162.   (a)    The State
Department of Public Health shall apply to the department to sponsor
a kidney disease awareness license plate program pursuant to this
article. 
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 5154, a license plate issued pursuant
to this section shall bear the name and official logo of the National
Kidney Foundation.