BILL NUMBER: SB 151	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        JANUARY 31, 2013

   An act to repeal Section 5205 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 151, as introduced, DeSaulnier. Vehicles: license plates.
   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon
registering a motor vehicle, to issue a license plate or plates to
the owner of the vehicle to identify the vehicle for which the plates
are issued for the period of their validity. The license plates are
required to be attached to the vehicle for which they were issued, as
specified, and to remain attached during the period of validity
while the vehicle is being operated or held for sale within this
state. Existing law authorizes the department to make appropriate
rules and regulations for the use and display of stickers or devices
issued in lieu of license plates, and to publish a summary thereof.
   This bill would repeal that latter provision.
   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  Section 5205 of the Vehicle Code is repealed. 
   5205.  The department may make appropriate rules and regulations
for the use and display of stickers or devices issued in lieu of
license plates, and shall publish a summary thereof.