BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SB 1429
(Nielsen) - As Amended March 28, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill extends-from model-year 1969 or older for cars and
model-year 1972 or older for commercial vehicles and pickup
trucks to model-year 1980 or older for all motor vehicles-the
authority for the owner of a vintage motor vehicle to use
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license plates from the year corresponding to the vehicle's
model-year in lieu of regular license plates, if the model-year
date license plates are legible and serviceable as determined by
the DMV.
FISCAL EFFECT:
The DMV will incur one-time programming costs of up to $100,000.
Ongoing costs to process applications will be fully-offset by
applications fees established under current law. [Motor Vehicle
Account]
COMMENTS:
1)Background. Current law authorizes the DMV to issue
"year-of-manufacture" (YOM) license plates for vehicles with a
model year of 1969 or earlier and commercial vehicles or
pickup trucks with a model year of 1972 or older. Under the
program, a vehicle owner acquires and installs the appropriate
set of license plates corresponding to the vehicle's model
year, if the DMV deems the set serviceable, legible, and
authentic. Currently this authorization involves the black and
gold license plates issued for motor vehicles until 1969 and
for trucks until 1972. An additional fee of $45 is charged for
the issuance of these historical plates and renewal costs an
additional $10.
2)Purpose. This bill extends the program to include the blue and
gold license plates issued for use on California motor
vehicles from 1970 until 1980. According to the author,
owners obtain these vintage license plates from sources
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including relatives, garages, or estate sales. Although these
plates are already in the possession of some owners, they
would not be able to be used on a vehicle until approved by
DMV.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081