AB 2253,
as amended, Grove. Specialized licensebegin delete plates: In God We Trust.end deletebegin insert plates.end insert
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 sponsoring state agency meets certain requirements. Existing law requires the DMV to charge specified fees related to the issuance of those plates and to deposit the fees, less the DMV’s costs, in the Specialized License Plate Fund. Existing law requires that moneys in the fund be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount that is attributable to the agency’s specialized license plate program. Existing law authorizes the sponsoring agency to use these moneys to fund projects and programs that promote the state agency’s official policy, mission, or work.
This bill would require the Department
of Veteransbegin delete Affairsend deletebegin insert Affairs, in consultation with the State Treasurer,end insert to apply to the DMV to sponsorbegin delete an In God We Trustend deletebegin insert specified historic state and federal mottoend insert license platebegin delete programend deletebegin insert programsend insert and would require the DMV to issue those specialized license plates forbegin delete that programend deletebegin insert
those programsend insert if the Department of Veterans Affairs satisfies certain requirements. Notwithstanding the above-described provisions regarding fees for specializedbegin insert licenseend insert plates, the bill would require the additional fees for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of these specialized license plates to be deposited, after the DMV deducts its administrative costs, in a newly created fund, to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for the purpose of funding specified veteransbegin delete programs.end deletebegin insert programs and services.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 5163.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to
2read:
(a) The Department of Veteransbegin delete Affairsend deletebegin insert Affairs, in
4consultation with the State Treasurer,end insert shall apply to the Department
5of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to Section 5156, to sponsorbegin delete an In God begin insert the
following historic state and federal motto license
6We Trust license plate program. The Department of Motor Vehicles
7shall issue specialized license plates for that program if the
8Department of Veterans Affairs complies with the requirements
9of this article.end delete
10plate programs:end insert
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(1) E Pluribus Unum.
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(2) Liberty.
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(3) In God We Trust.
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(4) We the People.
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(5) Eureka! I have found it!
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(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue specialized
17license plates for each program provided in subdivision (a) if the
18Department of Veterans Affairs complies with the requirements of
19this article.
20(b)
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21begin insert(c)end insert Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 5157, the
22additional fees prescribed by Section 5157 for the issuance,
23renewal, or transfer of the specialized license plates shall be
24deposited, after the Department of Motor Vehicles deducts its
P3 1administrative costs, in the Veterans Housing and Homelessness
2Prevention Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury.
3The funds in the account shall be used, upon appropriation by the
4Legislature to the Department of Veterans Affairs, to support the
5Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program and the
6development ofbegin delete affordableend deletebegin insert supportiveend insert
services forbegin delete veterans.end delete
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begin insert veterans living in those units funded by the Veterans Housing and
8Homelessness Prevention Program.end insert
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