Amended in Senate May 23, 2014

Amended in Assembly May 2, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 23, 2013

Amended in Assembly March 14, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1096

Introduced by Assembly Member Nestande

(Coauthor: Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez)

February 22, 2013

An act to add Section 5162 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1096, as amended, Nestande. Vehicles: specialized license plates: Salton Sea.

Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the DMV is required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain requirements. Existing law also requires the DMV to charge specified fees for certain services related to the issuance of those plates.

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Under existing law, the Salton Sea Authority, a joint powers authority, is authorized to form an infrastructure financing district for purposes of restoring the Salton Sea.

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This bill would begin delete authorize end delete begin insert require end insert the Department of Fish and Wildlife to apply to the DMV to sponsor a special Salton Sea license plate program, and would require the DMV to issue the license plates if the Department of Fish and Wildlife meets certain requirements. begin delete The bill would require the plates issued under the program to bear a full-plate graphic design, as specified, and would require the payment of an additional fee by a person applying for the special plate. end delete The bill would also require the revenue generated from the license plates, as specified, to be deposited in the Salton Sea Restoration Account created by the bill in the Specialized License Plate Fund begin insert , for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Salton Sea Authority, for restoring the Salton Sea end insert .

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 5162 is added to the Vehicle Code, to
read:

5162.  

(a) The Department of Fish and Wildlife begin delete may end delete begin insert shall end insert apply
to the department, pursuant to Section 5156, to sponsor a Salton
Sea license plate program. The department shall issue specialized
license plates for that program if the Department of Fish and
Wildlife complies with the requirements of Section 5156.

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(b) Notwithstanding Section 5155, the Salton Sea license plates
shall bear a full-plate graphic that the department determines, in
consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol,
does not obscure the readability of the license plate, and that depicts
an image to be designated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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begin insert (b) end insert  Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 5157, the
additional fees prescribed by Section 5157 for the issuance,
renewal, or transfer of the specialized license plates shall be
deposited, after the department deducts its administrative costs, in
the Salton Sea Restoration Account, which is hereby created in
the Specialized License Plate Fund. begin insert The funds end insert begin insert in the account shall
be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Salton Sea
Authority, for restoration of the Salton Sea. end insert