BILL NUMBER: AB 700	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   422
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 13, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 12, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 23, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 22, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 10, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 29, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 23, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Thomson
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Corbett, Davis, Kuehl, and Migden)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to add Section 5071.1 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 700, Thomson.  Special interest license plates:  Girl Scouts.
   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue
specific special interest license plates in accordance with a
specified procedure.
   This bill would require the department to issue special interest
license plates that bear the logo of the Girl Scouts of the United
States of America.  The bill would prescribe the fees to be paid for
the issuance, renewal, retention, transfer, and substitution of the
plates, and would require those fees, after deduction of
administrative costs, to be deposited in the Girl Scouts License
Plate Fund, which the bill would create in the General Fund, for
allocation by the Controller to the Girl Scout Councils of California
for scout activities, as specified.
   The bill would require any organization participating in a special
interest license plate program pursuant to this bill to comply with
all of the statutory requirements imposed generally on organizations
participating in special interest license plate programs.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 5071.1 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   5071.1.  (a) The department, in consultation with the Girl Scout
Councils of California, shall design and make available for issuance
special license plates, in accordance with Section 5060, bearing a
design depicting the logo of the Girl Scouts of the United States of
America.  Any person described in Section 5101, upon payment of the
additional fee set forth in subdivision (b), may apply for and be
issued a set of special interest license plates described in this
subdivision.
   (b) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration,
a renewal of registration, or a transfer or substitution of the
license plates, the following additional fees shall be paid for the
issuance, renewal, retention, transfer, or substitution of the
special interest license plates authorized by this section:
   (1) For the original issuance of the plates, fifty dollars ($50).

   (2) For a renewal of registration of the plates, or retention of
the plates if renewal is not required, forty dollars ($40).
   (3) For transfer of the plates to another vehicle, fifteen dollars
($15).
   (4) For each substitute replacement plate, thirty-five dollars
($35).
   (c) After deducting administrative costs incurred by the
department to implement this section, the department shall deposit
the additional revenue derived from the issuance, renewal, retention,
transfer, and substitution of the special interest license plates in
the Girl Scouts License Plate Fund, which is hereby created in the
General Fund.
   (d) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the money in the fund
shall be allocated by the Controller to the Girl Scout Councils of
California for the purpose of funding the promotion of Girl Scout
membership including outreach efforts in underserved areas, camping,
field trips, wider opportunities, mentoring programs, volunteer
training, and other Girl Scout opportunities, and for the promotion
of the Girl Scout License Plate Program.
   (e) Any organization participating in the special interest license
plate program pursuant to this section shall comply with all of the
requirements imposed on participating organizations pursuant to
Section 5060.