SB 257, as amended, Bates. Vehicles: Gold Star Family license plates.
Existing law establishes a specialized license plate program under which the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) issues specialized license plates on behalf of a sponsoring state agency that meets certain requirements. Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to sponsor a Gold Star Family specialized license plate program, which allows specified persons to apply for Gold Star Family license plates. Existing law requires that Gold Star Family license plates be issued in a sequential series.begin insert Existing law requires an applicant to pay specified environmental fees when applying for a specialized environmental license plate.end insert
This billbegin delete wouldend deletebegin insert
would, commencing July 1, 2016,end insert authorize the DMV to issue personalized Gold Star Family license plates if the requester pays abegin delete $49 personalization fee.end deletebegin insert $48 personalization fee and specified environmental fees.end insert The bill would direct the revenue generated from the personalization feebegin insert and the environmental feesend insert to be deposited into the Motor Vehicle Account within the State Transportation Fund until the DMV’s upfront cost of implementing this program is covered. The bill would then direct the revenue generated from the personalization feebegin insert and the environmental feesend insert to be
deposited into the Veterans Service Office Fund.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 5157 of the end insertbegin insertVehicle Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
2read:end insert
(a) In addition to the regular fees for an original
4registration or renewal of registration, the following additional
5fees shall be paid for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the
6specialized license plates:
7(1) For the original issuance of the plates, fifty dollars ($50).
8(2) For a renewal of registration with the plates, forty dollars
9($40).
10(3) For transfer of the plates to another vehicle, fifteen dollars
11($15).
12(4) For each substitute replacement plate, thirty-five dollars
13($35).
14(5) In addition, for the issuance of environmental license plates,
15as defined in Section 5103, with a specialized license plate design,
16the additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108. The
17additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108 shall be
18deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
19(b) The Gold Star Family specialized license plate program as
20provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5156 shall not be subject
21to the fees specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of subdivision
22(a) and shall only be issued in a sequential series.
23(c) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a), and
24after deducting its administrative costs under this section, the
25department shall deposit the additional revenue derived from the
26issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the specialized
27
license plates in the Specialized License Plate Fund, which is
28hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by
29the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to each
30sponsoring agency, in proportion to the amount in the fund that is
31attributable to the agency’s specialized license plate program.
32Except as authorized under Section 5159, the sponsoring agency
33shall expend all funds received under this section exclusively for
P3 1projects and programs that promote the state agency’s official
2policy, mission, or work.
3(d) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs may actively request
4and receive donations for the Gold Star Family License Plate
5Account which is hereby created in the Specialized License Plate
6Fund and which may consist of donations from public and private
7entities. Earnings generated by the Gold Star Family License Plate
8Account shall be retained by the account.
9(2) Upon the determination of the department that there are
10sufficient funds in the Gold Star Family License Plate Account
11for this purpose, moneys in the Gold Star Family License Plate
12Account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
13to the department for the necessary administrative costs of
14establishing the Gold Star Family specialized license plate program.
15(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and,
16as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
17that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes or
18extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
begin insertSection 5157 is added to the end insertbegin insertVehicle Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
begin insert(a) In addition to the regular fees for an original
21registration or renewal of registration, the following additional
22fees shall be paid for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the
23specialized license plates:
24(1) For the original issuance of the plates, fifty dollars ($50).
25(2) For a renewal of registration with the plates, forty dollars
26($40).
27(3) For transfer of the plates to another vehicle, fifteen dollars
28($15).
29(4) For each substitute replacement
plate, thirty-five dollars
30($35).
31(5) In addition, for the issuance of environmental license plates,
32as defined in Section 5103, with a specialized license plate design,
33the additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108. The
34additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108 shall be
35deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
36(b) (1) The Gold Star Family specialized license plate program
37as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5156 shall not be subject
38to the fees specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of subdivision
39(a) and shall only be issued in a sequential series.
P4 1(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Gold Star Family
2specialized license plates may be personalized
if the family member
3pays forty-eight dollars ($48) for the personalization of the plates.
4The plates shall not be subject to the fees specified in paragraphs
5(1), (2), and (5) of subdivision (a).
6(B) The revenue from the personalization fee shall be deposited
7into the Motor Vehicle Account within the State Transportation
8Fund until sufficient funds have been deposited to cover the
9Department of Motor Vehicles’ upfront cost of implementing the
10personalization program. Upon the determination by the
11department that the upfront costs are recovered, all revenue from
12the personalization fee shall be deposited into the Veterans Service
13Office Fund.
14(C) Personalized Gold Star Family specialized license plates
15shall be subject to the additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106
16and 5108. The revenue from these additional fees shall be
deposited
17into the Motor Vehicle Account within the State Transportation
18Fund until sufficient funds have been deposited to cover the
19Department of Motor Vehicles’ upfront cost of implementing the
20personalization program. Upon the determination by the
21department that the upfront costs are recovered, all revenue from
22these additional fees shall be deposited into the Veterans Service
23Office Fund.
24(c) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a), and
25after deducting its administrative costs under this section, the
26department shall deposit the additional revenue derived from the
27issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the specialized
28license plates in the Specialized License Plate Fund, which is
29hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by
30the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to each
31sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount in the fund that is
32attributable to
the agency’s specialized license plate program.
33Except as authorized under Section 5159, the sponsoring agency
34shall expend all funds received under this section exclusively for
35projects and programs that promote the state agency’s official
36policy, mission, or work.
37(d) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs may actively request
38and receive donations for the Gold Star Family License Plate
39Account which is hereby created in the Specialized License Plate
40Fund and which may consist of donations from public and private
P5 1entities. Earnings generated by the Gold Star Family License Plate
2Account shall be retained by the account.
3(2) Upon the determination of the department that there are
4sufficient funds in the Gold Star Family License Plate Account for
5this purpose, moneys in the Gold Star Family License Plate
6Account
shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
7to the department for the necessary administrative costs of
8establishing the Gold Star Family specialized license plate
9program.
10(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
Section 5157 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
12read:
(a) In addition to the regular fees for an original
14registration or renewal of registration, the following additional
15fees shall be paid for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the
16specialized license plates:
17(1) For the original issuance of the plates, fifty dollars ($50).
18(2) For a renewal of registration with the plates, forty dollars
19($40).
20(3) For transfer of the plates to another vehicle, fifteen dollars
21($15).
22(4) For each substitute replacement plate,
thirty-five dollars
23($35).
24(5) In addition, for the issuance of environmental license plates,
25as defined in Section 5103, with a specialized license plate design,
26the additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108. The
27additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108 shall be
28deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
29(b) (1) The Gold Star Family specialized license plate program
30as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5156 shall not be subject
31to the fees specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of subdivision
32(a) and shall only be issued in a sequential series.
33(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Gold Star Family
34specialized license plates may be personalized if the family member
35pays forty-nine dollars ($49) for the personalization of the plates.
36The plates shall not be subject to the fees specified in paragraphs
37(1), (2), and (5) of subdivision (a).
38(B) The revenue from the personalization fee shall be deposited
39into the Motor Vehicle Account within the State Transportation
40Fund until sufficient funds have been deposited to cover the
P6 1Department of Motor Vehicles’ upfront cost of implementing the
2personalization program. Upon the determination by the department
3that the upfront costs are recovered, all revenue from the
4personalization fee shall be deposited into the Veterans Service
5Office Fund.
6(c) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a), and
7after deducting its administrative costs under this section, the
8department shall deposit the additional revenue derived from the
9issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the specialized
10
license plates in the Specialized License Plate Fund, which is
11hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by
12the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to each
13sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount in the fund that is
14attributable to the agency’s specialized license plate program.
15Except as authorized under Section 5159, the sponsoring agency
16shall expend all funds received under this section exclusively for
17projects and programs that promote the state agency’s official
18policy, mission, or work.
19(d) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs may actively request
20and receive donations for the Gold Star Family License Plate
21Account which is hereby created in the Specialized License Plate
22Fund and which may consist of donations from public and private
23entities.
Earnings generated by the Gold Star Family License Plate
24Account shall be retained by the account.
25(2) Upon the determination of the department that there are
26sufficient funds in the Gold Star Family License Plate Account
27for this purpose, moneys in the Gold Star Family License Plate
28Account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
29to the department for the necessary administrative costs of
30establishing the Gold Star Family specialized license plate program.
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