BILL NUMBER: SB 636	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 10752.5 to the Revenue and Taxation Code,
relating to vehicle license fees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 636, as amended, Ashburn. Vehicle license fees.
   The Vehicle License Fee Law establishes, in lieu of any ad valorem
property tax upon vehicles, an annual license fee for any vehicle
subject to registration in this state in the amount of 0.65% of the
market value of that vehicle, as provided. Existing law, on and after
May 19, 2009, increases that rate to 1%, for specified vehicles and
requires that the revenues derived from the increase be deposited
into the General Fund. Existing law, on and after May 19, 2009, also
adds a sum equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles,
as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to the vehicle
license fee, and requires that this sum be deposited in the General
Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account,
which is continuously appropriated for specified purposes.
   This bill would state that the additional revenue resulting from
these increases in the vehicle license fee not be deemed to be part
of the revenues derived from the 0.65% rate for purposes of a local
ordinance that governs the expenditure of funds received by 
the local government   Nevada County  from the
vehicle license fee. 
   The bill would state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 10752.5 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:
   10752.5.  (a) The additional revenue resulting from the amendments
made to Sections  10752, 10752.1, and 10752.2  
10752 and 10752.1, and the addition of Section 17052.2,  by
Chapter 18 of the Statutes of 2009, Third Extraordinary Session, is
not revenue derived from taxes imposed pursuant to this part that is
subject to subdivision (a) of Section 15 of Article XI of the
California Constitution, for purposes of a local ordinance that
governs the expenditure of funds received by  a local
government agency   Nevada County  from the taxes
imposed pursuant to this part.
   (b) This section shall cease to be operative on July 1, 2011,
unless the Director of Finance makes the notification pursuant to
Section 99040 of the Government Code, in which case this section
shall cease to be operative on July 1, 2013.
   SEC. 2.    The Legislature finds and declares that
due to unique circumstances relating to a local ordinance governing
the expenditure of Vehicle License Fee funds received by Nevada
County, a general statute cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution.
Therefore, this act is necessarily applicable only to Nevada County.