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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 192
Author: Travis Allen (R)
Amended: 7/16/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 11-0, 7/14/15
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,
McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 8/27/15
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza, Nielsen
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 71-4, 6/2/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Specialized license plates
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill authorizes the expenditure of funds raised
from the existing Pet Lovers specialty license plate program.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law provides for a specialized license plate program,
under which the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) may issue new
special-interest license plates. Special-interest license
plates may only be issued on behalf of state agencies and only
provided that for each state agency:
1) The license plate has "a design or contains a message that
publicizes or promotes a state agency, or the official
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policy, mission, or work of a state agency." The design
shall also be confined to the left of and below the
numerical series (i.e., no full-plate designs allowed).
2) The state agency submits 7,500 applications and
accompanying fees to DMV for the license plate. The state
agency has 12 months to collect these applications and fees,
but it can extend that to a maximum of 24 months if it
notifies and offers to refund fees to those who applied
during the first 12 months. Once a plate is issued, DMV
stops issuing that plate for the agency if the number of
plates drops below 7,500.
Under existing law, the Veterinary Medical Board (Board) has
sponsored a specialty license plate for pet lovers, which
has received more than 7,500 applications and is now in
production.
This bill authorizes the revenue received from that plate to be
used to cover the DMV's costs and, upon appropriation, by the
Veterinary Medical Board for disbursal though a non-profit
organization to qualifying spay and neuter facilities.
Comments
Loving pets. The Board sponsored a specialty plate
administratively with the purpose of funding low- and no-cost
animal sterilization services. That plate received more than
7,500 applications and is now in production. The Board, as the
sponsoring agency for the Pet Lover's License Plate Program,
must retain the oversight for granting funds collected through
the specialized plate program to qualified providers. However,
the Board does not have sufficient staff to administer the
program and is seeking assistance from a non-profit organization
to provide general administrative support, such as providing
recommendations for grant criteria, accepting and reviewing
grant applications, and making recommendations to the Board
regarding eligible providers of low-cost spay and neuter
services. Under this bill, the Board would retain its authority
and responsibility to make decisions regarding awarding grants,
and would oversee the distribution of the funds, but may
contract with a qualified non-profit for general administrative
support.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Likely minor fiscal impacts related to the authority for the
Board to designate a nonprofit entity for administering grant
distribution under the Pet Lover's plate program. The overall
limit of 25% for administrative purposes would still apply.
(Pet Lover's Fund)
SUPPORT: (Verified8/31/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/31/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 71-4, 6/2/15
AYES: Achadjian, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta,
Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chiu, Chu,
Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Beth Gaines,
Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gray, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NOES: Brough, Eggman, Frazier, Cristina Garcia
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Bonilla, Chávez, Gordon, Grove
Prepared by:Randy Chinn / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
9/1/15 20:20:25
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