BILL NUMBER: AB 932	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

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 amended, 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
  the Department of Parks and Recreation  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   provided by  a 
California  professional sports franchise. The bill would
require the DMV to issue those license plates if the 
unspecified state agency   Department of Parks and
Recreation  obtains 7,500 applications by January 1, 2018.
The bill would require the revenue generated from the license plates,
as specified, to be deposited in the California State Parks Account
created by th   e bill in the Specialized License Plate
Fund, for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the
California State Parks Office of Grants and Local Services, for
funding local parks and recreation grant programs. 
   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)  (1)    The  ____ 
 Department of Parks and Recreation  shall apply to the
department  , pursuant to Section 5156,  to sponsor a
professional sports franchise license plate program.  The 
 department shall   issue specialized license plates for
that program if the Department of Parks and Recreation complies with
the requirements of Section 5156.  
   (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 5156, the
department shall establish the specialized license plate program if
the Department of Parks and Recreation obtains 7,500 applications for
the specialized license plates on or before January 1, 2018, and
meets the other requirements of this article.  
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 5154, the Department of Parks and
Recreation shall accept and use the officially licensed logos,
emblems, and trademarks provided by California professional sports
franchises for the license plate.  
   (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 (c) of Section 5157, the
additional fees prescribed by Section 5157 for the issuance, renewal,
or transfer of the specialized license plates shall be deposited,
after the department deducts its administrative costs, in the
California State Parks Account, which is hereby created in the
Specialized License Plate Fund. The funds in the account shall be
used, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the California State
Parks Office of Grants and Local Services, for funding local parks
and recreation grant programs.  
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department, in
consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, will accept
and make available pursuant to this article special professional
sports franchise license plates. Specifically, it is the intent of
the Legislature that the license plates issued pursuant to this
section shall consist of a sports franchise logo, emblem, or
trademark selected by the registrant to the left of the numerical
series.  
   (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.