Amended in Assembly May 14, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 18

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, O’Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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April 20, 2015

House Resolution No. 18—Relative to the Department of Motor Vehicles Centennial Celebration Day.

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles was established
in 1915 to register vehicles and license motor vehicle operators;
and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles is part of the
California State Transportation Agency and is headquartered in
Sacramento, California; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles is known as
“the face of state government” through its 174 field offices and
staff of approximately 10,000 dedicated employees who serve
more than 24 million licensed drivers and process nearly 33 million
vehicle registrations annually; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles’ mission for
the past 100 years has been to serve the public by providing quality
licensing and motor vehicle-related services and, through a century
of innovation, promoting traffic safety by licensing drivers,
registering and titling vehicles, regulating the motor vehicle
industry and collecting revenue on behalf of state and local
governments; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles collects nearly
$7 billion in fees annually to support other state agencies, local
governments, and the state’s General Fund; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles is a leader in
utilizing technology to enhance customer service provided to
millions of Californians, offering online services to the public
beginning with vehicle registration renewal in 2000, and currently
offering 18 convenient online services to customers 24 hours a
day, seven days a week; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles was named a
2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate in the Innovation category
for its vast social media efforts using Facebook, Twitter, and
YouTube as alternative avenues for communicating directly with
customers; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles earned two of
the Center for Digital Government’s Best of California Awards in
2011, for its Web-based tool for customers to retrieve their driving
records and for “DMV Now”-the Android and iPhone applications
that allow customers to access DMV information and services
using their smartphones; and

WHEREAS, The dedicated employees of the Department of
Motor Vehicles support nonprofit organizations, such as the
American Heart Association and the March of Dimes, statewide
and in their local communities through volunteerism and donations;
and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles is celebrating
10 years as the official partner of Donate Life California; and

WHEREAS, The Department of Motor Vehicles successfully
implemented the Safe and Responsible Driver Act (Assembly Bill
60) on January 1, 2015, demonstrating its commitment to the safety
of the motoring public on our California roadways; now, therefore,
be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That
Wednesday, May 13, 2015, is observed as the Department of Motor
Vehicles’ Centennial Celebration Day, in recognition of the
Department of Motor Vehicles’ century of service to the people
of the State of California; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.