BILL NUMBER: AB 227	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Members   Alejo
    and Perea   Member
  Alejo 
    (   Coauthor:  Assembly
Member   Linder   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 3, 2015

    An act to amend Sections 16773, 16965.1, and 63048.67 of,
to add Section 16321 to, and to repeal Section 16965 of, the
Government Code, to amend Sections 183.1 and 2103 of the Streets and
Highways Code, and to amend Sections 9400.1 and 42205 of, and to
repeal Section 9400.4 of, the Vehicle Code, relating to
transportation, and making an appropriation therefor.  
An act to amend Section 25218.5 of the Health and Safety Code, 
  relating to hazardous waste. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 227, as amended, Alejo.  Transportation funding.
  Household hazardous waste: transportation manifest.
 
   Existing law requires, on or before December 31, 2019, public
agencies and their contractors that transport household hazardous
waste to a hazardous waste facility to use certain consolidated
manifesting procedures. Existing law establishes volumetric and
weight limits on the amount of hazardous waste that a conditionally
exempt small quantity generator may transport to a household
hazardous waste collection facility. Existing law expresses the
weight limit in 2 alternative measures.  
   This bill would extend the consolidated manifesting procedures
requirement to December 31, 2020. Because the bill would extend this
requirement, thereby extending local agencies' obligation to comply
with this requirement, and because a violation of this requirement
would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill would also eliminate one of the alternative weight
measures.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for specified reasons.  
   (1) Existing law provides for loans of revenues from various
transportation funds and accounts to the General Fund, with various
repayment dates specified.  
   This bill, with respect to any loans made to the General Fund from
specified transportation funds and accounts with a repayment date of
January 1, 2019, or later, would require the loans to be repaid by
December 31, 2018.  
   (2) Existing law imposes weight fees on the registration of
commercial motor vehicles and provides for the deposit of net weight
fee revenues into the State Highway Account. Existing law provides
for the transfer of certain weight fee revenues from the State
Highway Account to the Transportation Debt Service Fund to reimburse
the General Fund for payment of debt service on general obligation
bonds issued for transportation purposes. Existing law also provides
for the transfer of certain weight fee revenues to the transportation
Bond Direct Payment Account for direct payment of debt service on
designated bonds, which are defined to be certain transportation
general obligation bonds issued pursuant to Proposition 1B of 2006.
Existing law also provides for loans of weight fee revenues to the
General Fund to the extent the revenues are not needed for bond debt
service purposes, with the loans to be repaid when the revenues are
later needed for those purposes, as specified.  
   This bill would repeal these provisions, thereby retaining the
weight fee revenues in the State Highway Account. The bill would make
other conforming changes in that regard.  
   (3) Existing law provides for the deposit of fuel excise tax
revenues imposed by the state on fuels used in motor vehicles upon
public streets and highways in the Highway Users Tax Account, and
appropriates those revenues to various purposes. Existing law, with
respect to the portion of these revenues that is derived from
increases in the motor vehicle fuel excise tax in 2010, requires an
allocation of revenues to reimburse the State Highway Account for the
amount of weight fee revenues that the State Highway Account is not
receiving due to use of weight fee revenues to pay debt service on
transportation general obligation bonds and to make certain loans to
the General Fund, with the remaining amount of this portion of
revenues allocated 44% to the State Transportation Improvement
Program, 12% to the State Highway Operation and Protection Program,
and 44% to city and county streets and roads.  
   This bill would delete the provisions relating to the
reimbursement of the State Highway Account for weight fee revenues
and relating to the making of loans to the General Fund, thereby
providing for the portion of fuel excise tax revenues that is derived
from increases in the motor vehicle fuel excise tax in 2010 to be
allocated 44% to the State Transportation Improvement Program, 12% to
the State Highway Operation and Protection Program, and 44% to city
and county streets and roads. The bill would thereby make an
appropriation.  
   (4) Existing law requires certain revenues deposited in the State
Highway Account that are not restricted as to expenditure by Article
XIX of the California Constitution to be transferred to the
Transportation Debt Service Fund in the State Transportation Fund, as
specified, and continuously appropriates these funds for payment of
current year debt service on certain mass transportation bonds.
 
   This bill would delete the requirement to transfer these revenues
to the Transportation Debt Service Fund, thereby providing for these
revenues to be used for any transportation purpose authorized by
statute, upon appropriation by the Legislature. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no
 . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: 
no   yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 25218.5 of the  
Health and Safety Code   is amended to read: 
   25218.5.  (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), hazardous
waste transported to a household hazardous waste collection facility
shall be transported by any of the following:
   (A) The individual or CESQG who generated the waste.
   (B) A curbside household hazardous waste collection program.
   (C) A mobile household hazardous waste collection facility, a
temporary household hazardous waste collection facility, or a
recycle-only household hazardous waste collection facility.
   (D) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program.
   (E) A household hazardous waste residential pickup service.
   (F) A registered hazardous waste transporter carrying hazardous
waste generated by a CESQG.
   (G) A registered hazardous waste transporter carrying hazardous
waste from a solid waste landfill loadcheck program or a transfer
station loadcheck program under agreement with the household
hazardous waste collection facility.
   (H) A registered hazardous waste transporter, under agreement with
the household hazardous waste collection facility, operating under a
contract with a public agency to transport hazardous wastes that
were disposed of in violation of this chapter, and that are being
removed by, or are being removed under the oversight of, the public
agency, if the hazardous wastes were not originally disposed of in
violation of this chapter by that public agency.
   (2) Spent batteries that are received and transported pursuant to
Section 25216.1 may be transported to a household hazardous waste
collection facility from a collection location or an intermediate
collection location.
   (3) Notwithstanding Section 25218.4, a registered hazardous waste
transporter or mobile household hazardous waste collection facility
transporting hazardous waste to a household hazardous waste
collection facility shall comply with subdivisions (a) and (c) of
Section 25163 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 25160.
   (b) An individual transporting household hazardous waste generated
by that individual and a CESQG transporting hazardous waste
generated by the CESQG to a household hazardous waste collection
facility shall meet all of the following conditions:
   (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) and
Section 25218.5.1, the total amount of household hazardous waste
transported by an individual or hazardous waste transported by a
CESQG to a household hazardous waste collection facility shall not
exceed a total liquid volume of five gallons or a total dry weight of
50 pounds. If the hazardous waste transported is both liquid and
nonliquid, the total amount transported shall not exceed a combined
weight of 50 pounds.
   (B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to spent batteries that are
collected by a collection location or intermediate collection
location pursuant to Section 25216.1 and transported to a household
hazardous waste collection facility.
   (C) A CESQG may transport up to 27 gallons or 220  pounds,
but not more than 100 kilograms,   pounds  per
month to a household hazardous waste collection facility, if all of
the following conditions are met:
   (i) The hazardous waste being transported was generated by that
CESQG.
   (ii) The CESQG contacts the household hazardous waste collection
facility prior to each delivery to confirm that the facility will
accept the hazardous waste.
   (iii) The household hazardous waste collection facility provides
oral, written, or electronic instructions to the CESQG prior to each
delivery on proper packing for the safe transportation of the
specific hazardous waste being transported.
   (iv) The CESQG or employees of the CESQG transport the hazardous
waste in a vehicle owned and operated by the CESQG.
   (2) The household hazardous waste and CESQG hazardous waste that
is transported shall be in closed containers and packed in a manner
that prevents the containers from tipping, spilling, or breaking
during transport.
   (3) Different household hazardous wastes or different CESQG
hazardous wastes shall not be mixed within a container before or
during transport.
   (4) If the hazardous waste is an extremely hazardous waste or an
acutely hazardous waste, the total amount transported by a CESQG
shall not exceed 2.2 pounds.
   (c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the total combined
volume or weight of latex paint, used oil filters, antifreeze, and
small batteries transported to a recycle-only household hazardous
waste collection facility by any one individual shall not exceed a
total volume of 10 gallons or a total dry weight of 100 pounds. Up to
two spent lead-acid batteries may be transported at the same time
and not more than 20 gallons of used oil may be transported in the
same vehicle if the volume of each individual container does not
exceed five gallons.
   (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to spent batteries that are
collected by a collection location or intermediate collection
location pursuant to Section 25216.1 and transported to a household
hazardous waste collection facility.
   (d) A curbside household hazardous waste collection program shall
meet all of the following conditions:
   (1) Not more than a total combined weight of 10 pounds of used oil
filters shall be collected from a single residence at one time.
   (2) Not more than five gallons of used oil shall be collected from
a single residence at one time, and the volume of each individual
container collected shall not exceed five gallons.
   (3) Not more than five gallons of latex paint shall be collected
from a single residence at one time, and the volume of each
individual container collected shall not exceed five gallons.
   (4) Hazardous waste containing mercury shall not be collected by a
curbside household hazardous waste collection program unless the
waste is contained in secure packaging that prevents breakage and
spillage.
   (5) Fluorescent light tubes that are four feet or greater in
length shall not be collected by a curbside household hazardous waste
collection program.
   (6) The transported household hazardous waste shall be in closed
containers and packed in a manner that prevents the containers from
tipping, spilling, or breaking during transport.
   (7) Different household hazardous wastes shall not be mixed within
a container before or during transport.
   (e) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program or
household hazardous waste residential pickup service shall meet all
of the following conditions:
   (1) The transported household hazardous waste shall be in closed
containers and packed in a manner that prevents the containers from
tipping, spilling, or breaking during transport.
   (2) Different household hazardous wastes shall not be mixed within
a container before or during transport.
   (3) (A) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection
program or household hazardous waste residential pickup service is
exempt from the requirements of Section 25160 regarding the use of a
manifest when transporting household hazardous waste collected from
individual residences to an authorized hazardous waste collection
facility. In lieu of a manifest, a receipt shall be issued for the
household hazardous waste collected from an individual residence, and
a copy of the receipt shall be retained by the public agency for a
period of at least three years.
   (B)  (i)    On and before
December 31,  2019,   2020,  if household
hazardous waste is transported to a hazardous waste facility, as
defined in Section 66260.10 of Title 22 of the California Code of
Regulations, the consolidated manifesting procedures specified in
Section 25160.8 shall be used by the public agency or its contractor.

   (ii) On and after January 1, 2020, the requirements of clause (i)
shall not be operative. 
   (f) Notwithstanding Section 25218.4, a mobile household hazardous
waste collection facility, a temporary household hazardous waste
collection facility, or a recycle-only household hazardous waste
collection facility that transports household hazardous waste from
the collection facility to a household hazardous waste collection
facility pursuant to subdivision (a) shall comply with subdivisions
(a) and (c) of Section 25163 and paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of
Section 25160.
   (g) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a door-to-door
household hazardous waste collection program or household hazardous
waste residential pickup service shall not be deemed to be a
household hazardous waste collection facility for purposes of this
chapter if it is operated in conjunction with an authorized household
hazardous waste collection facility.
   (2) A door-to-door household hazardous waste collection program or
household hazardous waste residential pickup service, under which
household hazardous waste is collected from households in one
jurisdiction and transported to an authorized household hazardous
waste collection facility in another jurisdiction, shall be deemed a
household hazardous waste collection facility for purposes of this
chapter and shall submit the notification required in Section 25218.2
to each CUPA in whose jurisdiction the household hazardous waste is
collected.
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because a local agency or school district has the
authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to
pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act or
because costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 16321 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   16321.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, loans of
revenues to the General Fund from the State Highway Account, the
Public Transportation Account, the Bicycle Transportation Account,
the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account, the Highway Users Tax Account, the
Pedestrian Safety Account, the Transportation Investment Fund, the
Traffic Congestion Relief Fund, the Motor Vehicle Account, and the
Local Airport Loan Account shall be repaid, on or before December 31,
2018, to the account or fund from which the loan was made. This
section shall apply to all loans that otherwise have a repayment date
of January 1, 2019, or later.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 16773 of the Government Code is
amended to read:
   16773.  (a) Whenever any payment of principal of any bonds shall
become due, either upon the maturity of any of the bonds or upon the
redemption thereof prior to maturity, and whenever any interest on
any of the bonds shall fall due, warrants shall be drawn against the
appropriation made by the bond act from the General Fund by the
Controller in favor of the Treasurer, or state fiscal agents, or
other duly authorized agents, pursuant to claims filed with the
Controller by the Treasurer, in the amounts so falling due.
   (b) For any payments of debt service, as defined in subdivision
(c) of Section 998.404 of the Military and Veterans Code, with
respect to any bonds issued pursuant to a veterans' farm and home
purchase bond act adopted pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with
Section 980) of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, the
Controller shall first draw warrants against the appropriation from
the Veterans' Bonds Payment Fund in Section 988.6 of the Military and
Veterans Code, and, to the extent moneys in that fund are
insufficient to pay the amount of debt service then due, shall draw
warrants against the appropriation made by the bond act from the
General Fund for payment of any remaining amount then due. 

  SEC. 3.    Section 16965 of the Government Code is
repealed.  
  SEC. 4.    Section 16965.1 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   16965.1.  (a) (1) The loan repayment dates relative to State
Highway Account loans to the General Fund that are specified in the
provisional language of the following Budget Act items are hereby
eliminated, and the Director of Finance may repay any remaining
portion of the outstanding balance of these loans in any year in
which the director determines the funds are needed to reimburse the
General Fund for debt service or to redeem or defease bonds maturing
in a subsequent fiscal year, provided that the loans shall be repaid
no later than December 31, 2018:
   (A) Item 2660-011-0042 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010
(SB 870, Chapter 712 of the Statutes of 2010).
   (B) Item 2660-013-0042 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010,
as added by Section 6 of SB 84 (Chapter 13 of the Statutes of 2011).
   (C) Item 2660-013-0042 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2011,
as contained in SB 69 of the 2011-12 Regular Session, if that
provision is enacted.
   (2) All funds loaned pursuant to the provisions referenced in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1) are hereby
determined to have been from weight fee revenues in the State Highway
Account fund balance.
   (b) The loan repayment date relative to the Public Transportation
Account that is specified in the provisional language in Item
2660-011-0046 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2010 (SB 870,
Chapter 712 of the Statutes of 2010), is hereby eliminated, and the
loan pursuant to this item shall instead be repaid by December 31,
2018.  
  SEC. 5.    Section 63048.67 of the Government Code
is amended to read:
   63048.67.  The loans made from the State Highway Account through
the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund to the General Fund that are
referenced in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (c) of Section 63048.65 are hereby determined to have
been from weight fee revenues in the State Highway Account fund
balance.  
  SEC. 6.    Section 183.1 of the Streets and
Highways Code is amended to read:
   183.1.  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 182 or any
other provision of law, money deposited into the account that is not
subject to Article XIX of the California Constitution, including, but
not limited to, money that is derived from the sale of documents,
charges for miscellaneous services to the public, condemnation
deposits fund investments, rental of state property, or any other
miscellaneous uses of property or money, may be used for any
transportation purpose authorized by statute, upon appropriation by
the Legislature or, after transfer to another fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature from that fund.  
  SEC. 7.    Section 2103 of the Streets and
Highways Code is amended to read:
   2103.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
of the net revenues deposited to the credit of the Highway Users Tax
Account that are derived from the increases in the rates of taxes
that are imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7360 and
Section 7361.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the following
shall occur on a monthly basis:
   (1) Forty-four percent shall be transferred by the Controller to
the State Highway Account to fund projects in the State
Transportation Improvement Program that are consistent with Section 2
of Article XIX of the California Constitution.
   (2) Twelve percent shall be transferred to the State Highway
Account to fund projects in the State Highway Operation and
Protection Program.
   (3) Forty-four percent shall be apportioned by the Controller for
local street and road purposes as follows:
   (A) Fifty percent shall be apportioned by the Controller to
cities, including a city and county, in the proportion that the total
population of the city bears to the total population of all the
cities in the state.
   (B) Fifty percent shall be apportioned by the Controller to
counties, including a city and county, in accordance with the
following formulas:
   (i) Seventy-five percent shall be apportioned among the counties
in the proportion that the number of fee-paid and exempt vehicles
that are registered in the county bear to the number of fee-paid and
exempt vehicles registered in the state.
   (ii) Twenty-five percent shall be apportioned among the counties
in the proportion that the number of miles of maintained county roads
in each county bear to the total number of miles of maintained
county roads in the state. For the purposes of apportioning funds
under this subparagraph, any roads within the boundaries of a city
and county that are not state highways shall be deemed to be county
roads.
   (b) After the transfers or other actions pursuant to subdivision
(a), at least 90 percent of the balance deposited to the credit of
the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund by the
28th day of each month shall be apportioned or transferred, as
applicable, by the Controller by the second working day thereafter,
except for June, in which case the apportionment or transfer shall be
made the same day. These apportionments or transfers shall be made
as provided for in Sections 2104 to 2122, inclusive. If information
is not available to make the apportionment or transfer as required,
the apportionment or transfer shall be made on the basis of the
information of the previous month. Amounts not apportioned or
transferred shall be included in the apportionment or transfer of the
subsequent month.
   (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the funds apportioned by the
Controller to cities and counties pursuant to paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) are not subject to Section 7104 or 7104.2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code. These funds may be expended for any street
and road purpose consistent with the requirements of this chapter.
 
  SEC. 8.    Section 9400.1 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
   9400.1.  (a) (1) In addition to any other required fee, there
shall be paid the fees set forth in this section for the registration
of commercial motor vehicles operated either singly or in
combination with a declared gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or
more. Pickup truck and electric vehicle weight fees are not
calculated under this section.
   (2) The weight of a vehicle issued an identification plate
pursuant to an application under Section 5014, and the weight of an
implement of husbandry as defined in Section 36000, shall not be
considered when calculating, pursuant to this section, the declared
gross vehicle weight of a towing commercial motor vehicle that is
owned and operated exclusively by a farmer or an employee of a farmer
in the conduct of agricultural operations.
   (3) Tow trucks that are utilized to render assistance to the
motoring public or to tow or carry impounded vehicles shall pay fees
in accordance with this section, except that the fee calculation
shall be based only on the gross vehicle weight rating of the towing
or carrying vehicle. Upon each initial or transfer application for
registration of a tow truck described in this paragraph, the
registered owner or lessee or that owner's or lessee's designee,
shall certify to the department the gross vehicle weight rating of
the tow truck:
Gross Vehicle Weight Range                Fee
10,001-15,000 .......................... $ 257
15,001-20,000 ..........................   353
20,001-26,000 ..........................   435
26,001-30,000 ..........................   552
30,001-35,000 ..........................   648
35,001-40,000 ..........................   761
40,001-45,000 ..........................   837
45,001-50,000 ..........................   948
50,001-54,999 ..........................  1,03
                                              9
55,000-60,000 ..........................  1,17
                                              3
60,001-65,000 ..........................  1,28
                                              2
65,001-70,000 ..........................  1,39
                                              8
70,001-75,000 ..........................  1,65
                                              0
75,001-80,000 ..........................  1,70
                                              0


   (b) The fees specified in subdivision (a) apply to both of the
following:
   (1) An initial or original registration occurring on or after
December 31, 2001, to December 30, 2003, inclusive, of a commercial
motor vehicle operated either singly or in combination with a
declared gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more.
   (2) The renewal of registration of a commercial motor vehicle
operated either singly or in combination, with a declared gross
vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more for which registration
expires on or after December 31, 2001, to December 30, 2003,
inclusive.
   (c) (1) For both an initial or original registration occurring on
or after December 31, 2003, of a commercial motor vehicle operated
either singly or in combination with a declared gross vehicle weight
of 10,001 pounds or more, and the renewal of registration of a
commercial motor vehicle operated either singly or in combination,
with a declared gross vehicle weight of 10,001 pounds or more for
which registration expires on or after December 31, 2003, there shall
be paid fees as follows:
Gross Vehicle Weight
Range                     Weight Code         Fee
10,001-15,000                  A             $ 332
15,001-20,000                  B               447
20,001-26,000                  C               546
26,001-30,000                  D               586
30,001-35,000                  E               801
35,001-40,000                  F               937
40,001-45,000                  G             1,028
45,001-50,000                  H             1,161
50,001-54,999                  I             1,270
55,000-60,000                  J             1,431
60,001-65,000                  K             1,562
65,001-70,000                  L             1,701
70,001-75,000                  M             2,004
75,001-80,000                  N             2,064


   (2) For the purpose of obtaining "revenue neutrality" as described
in Sections 1 and 59 of Senate Bill 2084 of the 1999-2000 Regular
Session (Chapter 861 of the Statutes of 2000), the Director of
Finance shall review the final 2003-04 Statement of Transactions of
the State Highway Account. If that review indicates that the actual
truck weight fee revenues deposited in the State Highway Account do
not total at least seven hundred eighty-nine million dollars
($789,000,000), the Director of Finance shall instruct the department
to adjust the schedule set forth in paragraph (1), but not to exceed
the following fee amounts:
Gross Vehicle Weight
Range                     Weight Code         Fee
10,001-15,000                  A             $ 354
15,001-20,000                  B               482
20,001-26,000                  C               591
26,001-30,000                  D               746
30,001-35,000                  E               874
35,001-40,000                  F             1,024
40,001-45,000                  G             1,125
45,001-50,000                  H             1,272
50,001-54,999                  I             1,393
55,000-60,000                  J             1,571
60,001-65,000                  K             1,716
65,001-70,000                  L             1,870
70,001-75,000                  M             2,204
75,001-80,000                  N             2,271


   (d) (1) In addition to the fees set forth in subdivision (a), a
Cargo Theft Interdiction Program fee of three dollars ($3) shall be
paid at the time of initial or original registration or renewal of
registration of each motor vehicle subject to weight fees under this
section.
   (2) This subdivision does not apply to vehicles used or maintained
for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit,
and tow trucks.
   (3) For vehicles registered under Article 4 (commencing with
Section 8050) of Chapter 4, the fee imposed under this subdivision
shall be apportioned as required for registration fees under that
article.
   (4) Funds collected pursuant to the Cargo Theft Interdiction
Program shall not be proportionately reduced for each month and shall
be transferred to the Motor Carriers Safety Improvement Fund.
   (e) Notwithstanding Section 42270 or any other provision of law,
of the moneys collected by the department under this section, one
hundred                                                twenty-two
dollars ($122) for each initial, original, and renewal registration
shall be reported monthly to the Controller, and at the same time,
deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Motor Vehicle
Account in the State Transportation Fund. All other moneys collected
by the department under this section shall be deposited to the credit
of the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. One
hundred twenty-two dollars ($122) of the fee imposed under this
section shall not be proportionately reduced for each month. For
vehicles registered under Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of
Chapter 4, the fee shall be apportioned as required for registration
under that article.
   (f) (1) The department, in consultation with the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, shall design and make available a set of
distinctive weight decals that reflect the declared gross combined
weight or gross operating weight reported to the department at the
time of initial registration, registration renewal, or when a weight
change is reported to the department pursuant to Section 9406.1. A
new decal shall be issued on each renewal or when the weight is
changed pursuant to Section 9406.1. The decal for a tow truck that is
subject to this section shall reflect the gross vehicle weight
rating or weight code.
   (2) The department may charge a fee, not to exceed ten dollars
($10), for the department's actual cost of producing and issuing each
set of decals issued under paragraph (1).
   (3) The weight decal shall be in sharp contrast to the background
and shall be of a size, shape, and color that is readily legible
during daylight hours from a distance of 50 feet.
   (4) Each vehicle subject to this section shall display the weight
decal on both the right and left sides of the vehicle.
   (5) A person may not display upon a vehicle a decal issued
pursuant to this subdivision that does not reflect the declared
weight reported to the department.
   (6) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) or any other provision of law,
the moneys collected by the department under this subdivision shall
be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Motor Vehicle
Account in the State Transportation Fund.
   (7) This subdivision shall apply to vehicles subject to this
section at the time of an initial registration, registration renewal,
or reported weight change that occurs on or after July 1, 2004.
   (8) The following shall apply to vehicles registered under the
permanent fleet registration program pursuant to Article 9.5
(commencing with Section 5301) of Chapter 1:
   (A) The department, in consultation with the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, shall distinguish the weight decals issued
to permanent fleet registration vehicles from those issued to other
vehicles.
   (B) The department shall issue the distinguishable weight decals
only to the following:
   (i) A permanent fleet registration vehicle that is registered with
the department on January 1, 2005.
   (ii) On and after January 1, 2005, a vehicle for which the
department has an application for initial registration as a permanent
fleet registration vehicle.
   (iii) On and after January 1, 2005, a permanent fleet registration
vehicle that has a weight change pursuant to Section 9406.1.
   (C) The weight decal issued under this paragraph shall comply with
the applicable provisions of paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive.
 
  SEC. 9.    Section 9400.4 of the Vehicle Code is
repealed.  
  SEC. 10.    Section 42205 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
   42205.  (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
42270), the department shall file, at least monthly with the
Controller, a report of money received by the department pursuant to
Section 9400 for the previous month and shall, at the same time,
remit all money so reported to the Treasurer. On order of the
Controller, the Treasurer shall deposit all money so remitted into
the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.
   (b) The Legislature shall appropriate from the State Highway
Account in the State Transportation Fund to the department and the
Franchise Tax Board amounts equal to the costs incurred by each in
performing their duties pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with
Section 9400) of Chapter 6 of Division 3. The applicable amounts
shall be determined so that the appropriate costs for registration
and weight fee collection activities are appropriated between the
recipients of revenues in proportion to the revenues that would have
been received individually by those recipients if the total fee
imposed under the Vehicle License Fee Law (Part 5 (commencing with
Section 10701) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) was 2
percent of the market value of a vehicle. The remainder of the funds
collected under Section 9400 and deposited in the account may be
appropriated to the Department of Transportation, the Department of
the California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Motor Vehicles
for the purposes authorized under Section 3 of Article XIX of the
California Constitution.