BILL NUMBER: SB 1209	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 27, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Runner
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Lieu
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Section 9250.20 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1209, as amended, Runner. Vehicles: registration fees:
nonresident owners.
   Existing law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle
upon a highway or in an offstreet public parking facility unless the
motor vehicle is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Existing law requires a vehicle owned by a person residing outside
the state that is based in California or primarily used on California
highways to be registered in the state. Existing law imposes, with
specified exemptions, a fee on the registration of a motor vehicle.
Existing law authorizes certain local governmental entities to impose
additional registration-related fees for specified purposes.
   This bill would impose an additional fee, in an amount to be
determined as specified, at the time of registration or renewal of
registration on a motor vehicle registered to a nonresident owner who
submits a registration or renewal of registration form with a
residence or business address, as applicable, that is outside of the
state. The bill would provide that the above fee applies to a motor
vehicle that is initially registered or that has a registration
expiring on or after July 1, 2013. The bill would continuously
appropriate the fee collected, less the administrative costs incurred
by the Department of Motor Vehicles, in equal portion, to the
Department of the California Highway Patrol to support databases and
public warning systems used to alert motorists and the general public
of specified information and the Department of Justice to maintain
criminal justice databases designed to enhance the effectiveness of
public safety warning systems, thereby making an appropriation.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9250.20 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   9250.20.  (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code
and in the Revenue and Taxation Code, an additional fee, in the
amount determined pursuant to subdivision (d), shall be paid at the
time of registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle
registered to a nonresident owner who submits a registration or
renewal of registration form with a residence or business address, as
applicable, that is outside of the state.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all fees
collected pursuant to subdivision (a), after deduction of the
administrative costs incurred by the department in carrying out this
section, shall be continuously appropriated as follows:
   (1) Fifty percent to the Department of the California Highway
Patrol to be used to support databases and public warning systems
used to alert motorists and the general public of abductions,
shootings, and other imminent threats to public safety.
   (2) Fifty percent to the Department of Justice to be used to
maintain criminal justice databases designed to enhance the
effectiveness of public safety warning systems.
   (c) This section shall become operative, and shall apply to a
vehicle that is subject to the registration requirement pursuant to
this code and is applying for an initial registration or is renewing
its registration that expires, on or after July 1, 2013.
   (d) The additional fee required pursuant to subdivision (a)  ,
as determined appropriate by the department,  shall 
equal the   be either of the following amount: 
    (1)     Ten dollars ($10). 
    (2)     The  average additional fee
imposed pursuant to  action   actions 
taken by a local entity pursuant to this article upon the
registration or renewal of registration occurring in this state in
the immediately preceding fiscal year, as determined by the
department.