BILL NUMBER: AB 2068	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cook and Jeffries)
   (Coauthors: Senators Cannella, Dutton, and Rubio)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 5002.8 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2068, as amended, Portantino. Vehicles: license plates:
legislative and congressional members.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue
distinctive license plates for a motor vehicle owned by a current or
retired Member of the California Legislature and a Member of the
Congress of the United States and requires that the person pay
additional fees in addition to the regular fees for an original
registration or renewal of registration.  Existing law
establishes the California Environmental License Plate Fund in the
State Treasury and requires, after certain moneys are deducted by the
Controller, that the balance of the moneys in the fund be available
for expenditure for specific trust purposes. 
   This bill would make the additional fees  for these
distinctive license plates  the same as the fees paid by an
applicant for a personalized license plate. The bill would also make
the Member subject to a transfer fee  and   for
these distinctive license plates. The bill  would require
 that all additional   the department to deposit
in the California Environmental License Plate Fund all  fees
received by the department in payment for the issuance, renewal, or
transfer of the special license plates authorized under these
provisions  be deposited  in the  Motor
Vehicle Account   ,   after the department
deducts its costs in administering these provisions  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5002.8 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   5002.8.  (a) (1) Distinctive license plates issued for a motor
vehicle owned by a current or retired Member of the California
Legislature, which plates denote that the person is, or was, a Member
of the Legislature, and distinctive license plates issued for a
vehicle owned by a Member of the Congress of the United States, which
plates denote that the person is a Member of Congress, shall be
subject to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal
of registration.
   (2) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration
or renewal of registration, the applicant shall be charged the
following additional fees:
   (b) For an original registration, the applicant shall be charged
the fee specified in subdivision (a) of Section 5106.
   (c) For a renewal of registration, the applicant shall be charged
the fee specified in subdivision (b) of Section 5106.
   (d) When a Member or former Member of the California Legislature
or a Member of the Congress of the United States who has been issued
personalized license plates pursuant to this section applies to the
department for transfer of the plates to another passenger vehicle,
commercial motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, a transfer fee in
the amount specified pursuant to Section 5108 shall be charged in
addition to all other appropriate fees.
   (e)  All additional   After deducting the
costs incurred by the department to administer this section, the
department shall deposit in the California Environmental License
Plate Fund, all  fees received by the department in payment for
the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the special license plates
authorized under this section  shall be deposited in the
Motor Vehicle Account  .