BILL NUMBER: SB 806	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 4853 of the Vehicle Code, relating to the
Department of Motor Vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 806, as amended, Price. Department of Motor  Vehicles.
  Vehicles: lice   nse plate alternatives pilot
program.  
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue
license plates for vehicles, as specified, and to issue one or more
stickers, tabs, or other suitable devices in lieu of the license
plates, as specified.  
   This bill would authorize the department to establish a pilot
program to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs,
license plates, and registration cards, subject to certain
requirements.  
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified
private industry partners to join the department in providing
services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle
registration and titling transactions. Existing law, the
Schrade-Belotti Act, requires the department, upon registering a
vehicle, to issue to the owner partially or fully reflectorized
license plates or devices for the vehicle, as specified. 

   This bill would authorize the department to authorize the use of
stickers or suitable devices issued by motor clubs, as defined, or
first-line business partners or first-line service providers, as
specified, in lieu of license plates, as specified. 
   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 4853 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   4853.  (a) The department may issue one or more stickers, tabs, or
other suitable devices in lieu of the license plates provided for
under this code. Except where the physical differences between the
stickers, tabs, or devices and license plates by their nature render
the provisions of this code inapplicable, all provisions of this code
relating to license plates may apply to stickers, tabs, or devices.

   (b) In lieu of license plates provided for under this chapter, the
department may authorize the use of stickers or suitable devices
issued by motor clubs as defined in Section 12142 of the Insurance
Code, or first-line business partners or first-line service providers
operating pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1685. 

   (c) The department may adopt appropriate rules and regulations for
the use and display of stickers or devices issued in lieu of license
plates.  
   (b) The department may establish a pilot program to evaluate the
use of alternatives to the stickers, tabs, license plates, and
registration cards authorized by this code, subject to the following
requirements:  
   (1) The alternative products shall be approved by the Department
of the California Highway Patrol.  
   (2) The pilot program shall be limited to no more than 0.5 percent
of registered vehicles for the purpose of road testing and
evaluation.  
   (3) The alternative products to be evaluated shall be provided at
no cost to the state.  
   (4) The pilot program shall be completed no later than January 1,
2017.