SB 523, as introduced, McGuire. Vehicles: fees.
Under existing law, fees required by the Vehicle Code are delinquent when a vehicle is operated on a highway without those fees first having been paid and when those fees have not been paid within 20 days of the vehicle’s first operation, subject to specified exceptions.
This bill would increase that amount of time to 30 days.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 9552 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
2read:
(a) begin deleteWhenever any end deletebegin insertWhen aend insertbegin insert end insertvehicle is operatedbegin delete upon anyend delete
4begin insert on aend insert highway of this state without the fees first having been paid
5as required by this code, and those fees have not been paid within
6begin delete 20end deletebegin insert
30end insert days of its first operation, those fees are delinquent, except
7as provided in subdivision (b).
8(b) Fees are delinquentbegin delete wheneverend deletebegin insert when anend insert application for
9renewal of registration, orbegin delete anyend deletebegin insert anend insert application for renewal of special
10license plates, is made after midnight of the expiration date of the
11registration or special plates, or 60 days after the date the registered
P2 1owner is notified by the department pursuant to Section 1661,
2whichever is later.
3(c) begin deleteWhenever any end deletebegin insertWhen
aend insertbegin insert end insertperson has received as transferee a
4properly endorsed certificate of ownership and the transfer fee has
5not been paid as required by this code within 10 days, the fee is
6delinquent.
7(d) begin deleteWhenever any end deletebegin insertWhen aend insertbegin insert end insertperson becomes an automobile
8dismantler, dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor,
9distributor branch, or transporter without first having paid the
10license and special plate fees as required by this code, the fees are
11delinquent.
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