BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 192| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 192 Page 2 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. AB 192 Page 3 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 **** END **** AB 192 Page 4