AB 1998, as introduced, Grove. Vehicles: registration fees.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to charge a registration fee of $43 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the imposition of certain additional fees and surcharges, including, among others, an additional fee of $1 on all motor vehicles to fund local programs relating to vehicle theft crimes.
This bill would require the DMV to clearly identify the $43 registration fee as the base registration fee on any application for initial registration or renewal of registration, and to clearly identify each additional fee or surcharge added to the base registration fee as a separate and district line item on those applications. The bill would also require the DMV to provide with each application a brief description of purpose for each fee or surcharge, and the statutory authority for that fee or surcharge.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
2read:
(a) A registration fee of thirty-one dollars ($31) shall
4be paid to the department for the registration of every vehicle or
5trailer coach of a type subject to registration under this code, except
6those vehicles that are expressly exempted under this code from
7the payment of registration fees. This subdivision applies to all of
8the following:
9(1) The initial or original registration, on or after January 1,
102004, but before July 1, 2011, of any vehicle not previously
11registered in this state.
12(2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
13registration period expires on or after January 1, 2004, but before
14July 1, 2011, regardless of whether a renewal application was
15mailed to the registered
owner prior to January 1, 2004.
16(b) A registration fee of forty-three dollars ($43) shall be paid
17to the department for the registration of each vehicle or trailer
18coach of a type subject to registration under this code, except those
19vehicles that are expressly exempted under this code from the
20payment of registration fees. This subdivision applies to all of the
21following:
22(1) The initial or original registration, on or after July 1, 2011,
23of any vehicle not previously registered in this state.
24(2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
25registration period expires on or after July 1, 2011, regardless of
26whether a renewal application was mailed to the registered owner
27prior to July 1, 2011.
28(c) The registration fee imposed under this
section applies to
29all vehicles described in Section 5004, whether or not special
30identification plates are issued to that vehicle.
31(d) Trailer coaches are subject to the registration fee provided
32in subdivision (a) or (b) for each unit of the trailer coach.
33(e) The amounts collected pursuant to the increase in the
34registration fee as specified in subdivision (b) shall be used only
35for costs incurred in connection with the regulation of vehicles,
36including administrative costs for vehicle registration.
37(f) The department shall clearly identify the registration fee
38required by this section as the “base registration fee” on any
P3 1application for initial registration or renewal of registration. The
2department shall clearly identify each
additional fee or surcharge
3added to the base registration fee as a separate and district line
4item on the application. The department shall provide with each
5application a brief description of purpose for each fee or
6surcharge, and the statutory authority for that fee or surcharge.
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