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 imposes additional fees for the issuance and renewal of specialized license plates, but exempts Gold Star Family license plates from these fees.end insert Existing lawbegin insert alsoend insert
requires an applicant to pay specified environmental fees when applying for a specialized environmental licensebegin delete plate.end deletebegin insert plate, and directs the DMV to deposit this revenue in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.end insert
This bill would, commencingbegin delete July 1, 2016, authorizeend deletebegin insert January 1, 2017, requireend insert the DMV to issuebegin delete personalizedend delete Gold Star Family license platesbegin insert as environmental license platesend insert
if the requester paysbegin delete a $48 personalization fee and specifiedend deletebegin insert the above-describedend insert environmentalbegin insert license plateend insert feesbegin insert and specialized license plate feesend insert. The bill would direct the revenue generated frombegin delete the personalization fee andend delete
the environmentalbegin insert
license plateend insert fees 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 directbegin delete theend deletebegin insert thisend insert revenuebegin delete generated from the personalization fee and the environmental feesend delete
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:
Section 5157 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
2read:
(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
P3 1issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the specialized
2
license plates in the Specialized License Plate Fund, which is
3hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by
4the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to each
5sponsoring agency, in proportion to the amount in the fund that is
6attributable to the agency’s specialized license plate program.
7Except as authorized under Section 5159, the sponsoring agency
8shall expend all funds received under this section exclusively for
9projects and programs that promote the state agency’s official
10policy, mission, or work.
11(d) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs may actively request
12and receive donations for the Gold Star Family License Plate
13Account which is hereby created in the Specialized License Plate
14Fund and which may consist of donations from public and private
15entities.
Earnings generated by the Gold Star Family License Plate
16Account shall be retained by the account.
17(2) Upon the determination of the department that there are
18sufficient funds in the Gold Star Family License Plate Account
19for this purpose, moneys in the Gold Star Family License Plate
20Account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
21to the department for the necessary administrative costs of
22establishing the Gold Star Family specialized license plate program.
23(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and,
24as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
25that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes or
26extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
27(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017,
28and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
29is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.
Section 5157 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
(a) In addition to the regular fees for an original
32registration or renewal of registration, the following additional
33fees shall be paid for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the
34specialized license plates:
35(1) For the original issuance of the plates, fifty dollars ($50).
36(2) For a renewal of registration with the plates, forty dollars
37($40).
38(3) For transfer of the plates to another vehicle, fifteen dollars
39($15).
P4 1(4) For each substitute replacement plate, thirty-five dollars
2($35).
3(5) In addition, for the issuance of environmental license plates,
4as defined in Section 5103, with a specialized license plate design,
5the additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108. The
6additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106 and 5108 shall be
7deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
8(b) (1) The Gold Star Family specialized license plate program
9as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5156 shall not be subject
10to the fees specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of subdivision
11(a)begin delete and shall only beend deletebegin insert
whenend insert issued in a sequential series.
12(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Gold Star Family
13specialized license plates may be personalized if the family member
14pays forty-eight dollars ($48) for the personalization of the plates.
15The plates shall not be subject to the fees specified in paragraphs
16(1), (2), and (5) of subdivision (a).
17(B) The revenue from the personalization fee
end delete
18begin insert(2)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertNotwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (a), the
19revenue from Gold Star Family specialized license plates issued
20as environmental license platesend insert shall be deposited into the Motor
21Vehicle Account within the State Transportation Fund until
22sufficient funds have been deposited to cover the Department of
23Motor Vehicles’ upfront cost of implementing the personalization
24program. Upon the determination by the department that the upfront
25costs are recovered,begin delete all revenue from the personalization feeend deletebegin insert this
26revenueend insert shall be deposited into the Veterans Service Officebegin delete Fund.end delete
27begin insert
Fund, created by Section 972.2 of the Military and Veterans Code.end insert
28(C) Personalized Gold Star Family specialized license plates
29shall be subject to the additional fees prescribed in Sections 5106
30and 5108. The revenue from these additional fees shall be
deposited
31into the Motor Vehicle Account within the State Transportation
32Fund until sufficient funds have been deposited to cover the
33Department of Motor Vehicles’ upfront cost of implementing the
34personalization program. Upon the determination by the department
35that the upfront costs are recovered, all revenue from these
36additional fees shall be deposited into the Veterans Service Office
37Fund.
38(c) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a), and
39after deducting its administrative costs under this section, the
40department shall deposit the additional revenue derived from the
P5 1issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the specialized
2license plates in the Specialized License Plate Fund, which is
3hereby established in the State Treasury.
Upon appropriation by
4the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be allocated to each
5sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount in the fund that is
6attributable to the agency’s specialized license plate program.
7Except as authorized under Section 5159, the sponsoring agency
8shall expend all funds received under this section exclusively for
9projects and programs that promote the state agency’s official
10policy, mission, or work.
11(d) (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs may actively request
12and receive donations for the Gold Star Family License Plate
13Account which is hereby created in the Specialized License Plate
14Fund and which may consist of donations from public and private
15entities. Earnings generated by the Gold Star Family License Plate
16Account shall be retained by the account.
17(2) Upon the determination of the department that there are
18sufficient funds in the Gold Star Family License Plate Account
19for this purpose, moneys in the Gold Star Family License Plate
20Account shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
21to the department for the necessary administrative costs of
22establishing the Gold Star Family specialized license plate program.
23(e) This section shall become operative onbegin delete July 1, 2016.end deletebegin insert January
241, 2017.end insert
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