BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SB 1399
(Hueso) - As Amended April 26, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill extends the sunset on an existing DMV pilot program
evaluating alternatives to license plates, registration
stickers, and registration cards from January 1, 2017, to
January 1, 2019, and the deadline for DMV to report on the pilot
to the Legislature from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2020.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Any cost to complete the pilot and report will be minor and
absorbable.
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COMMENTS:
Background and Purpose. SB 806 (Hueso), Chapter 569, Statutes of
2013, authorized the DMV to establish a pilot program to
evaluate the use of alternatives to license plates, registration
stickers, and registration cards. At the time, that bill's
author sought to facilitate DMV's ability to explore
alternatives to the traditional metal license plate,
plastic-coated registration stickers, and paper registration
cards in order to improve efficiency and lower the cost of DMV
vehicle registration services.
To date, the DMV has developed specifications and completed
procurements for each of the three authorized alternatives.
This process took longer than was anticipated, however, and
field testing for some of the technologies by the contracted
vendors did not begin until as late as November 2015. Due to
the abbreviated nature of the testing window, the vendors
carrying out the pilot are seeking to extend the pilot's
authorization.
The author believes that by extending the authorization by two
years, the vendors will have ample time to complete their
testing and collect additional, more extensive data to share
with DMV, which will then be reported by the department to the
Legislature to assist in determining the viability of these
technologies.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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