BILL NUMBER: AB 932	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Daly and Thurmond

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 5165 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 932, as introduced, Daly. Specialized license plates:
professional sports.
   Existing law authorizes a state agency to apply to the Department
of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to sponsor a specialized license plate
program, and requires the DMV to issue those license plates if the
agency receives 7,500 applications within a 12 month period, among
other requirements. Existing law requires those license plates to
have a design or contain a message that publicizes or promotes the
state agency, or the official policy, mission, or work of the state
agency. Existing law requires the DMV to charge certain additional
fees for specialized license plates and deposit those fees in the
Specialized License Plate Fund for allocation to the sponsoring
agency, as specified.
   This bill would require an unspecified state agency to apply to
the DMV to sponsor a license plate program for the issuance of
license plates bearing the officially licensed logo, emblem, or
trademark of a professional sports franchise. The bill would require
the DMV to issue those license plates if the unspecified state agency
obtains 7,500 applications by January 1, 2018.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5165 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   5165.  (a) The ____ shall apply to the department to sponsor a
professional sports franchise license plate program.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 5154, a license plate issued pursuant
to this section shall bear the officially licensed logo, emblem, or
trademark of a professional sports franchise.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 5156, the
department shall establish the specialized license plate program if
the ____ obtains 7,500 applications for the specialized license
plates on or before January 1, 2018, and meets the other requirements
of this article.