BILL NUMBER: AB 516	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Sections 1686 and 4456.6 to the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 516, as introduced, Mullin. Vehicles: temporary license plates.

   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), upon
registering a vehicle, to issue to the owner 2 license plates, as
specified. Existing law also requires vehicle dealers and
lessor-retailers to attach numbered report-of-sale forms issued by
the DMV to a vehicle at the time of sale, and to submit to the DMV an
application for registration of the vehicle, and the applicable
fees, within a specified period after the date of sale. A violation
of the Vehicle Code is a crime.
   This bill would require the DMV to develop a temporary license
plate system to enable vehicle dealers and lessor-retailers to
provide temporary license plates, and would require the system to
begin operation on or before January 1, 2017. The bill would also
require, commencing January 1, 2017, a motor vehicle dealer or
lessorretailer to affix a temporary license plate, at the time of
sale, to a vehicle sold without a permanent license plate. Because a
violation of this provision would be a crime, this bill would impose
a state-mandated local program.
   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 a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1686 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   1686.  The department shall develop, or contract with a private
industry partner for the development of, a temporary license plate
system that shall begin operating on or before January 1, 2017. The
system shall enable the department, vehicle dealers, and
lessor-retailers to provide temporary license plates at the time of
sale of a vehicle. The system shall provide real-time electronic
access to information identifying the vehicle and its owner only to
those entities authorized to access the state's vehicle registration
system.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4456.6 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   4456.6.  (a) A motor vehicle dealer or lessor-retailer shall, at
the time of sale, affix a temporary license plate to a vehicle sold
without a permanent license plate.
   (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only 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.