SB 918, as introduced, Gaines. Vehicle registration.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to charge a registration fee of $31 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified, registered prior to July 1, 2011, and to charge a registration fee of $43 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified, registered on or after July 1, 2011. Existing law further provides that the proceeds collected from increasing the registration fee from $31 to $43 be used only in connection with the regulation of vehicles.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. 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 ofbegin delete everyend deletebegin insert eachend insert vehicle
5or trailer coach of a type subject to registration under this code,
6except those vehicles that are expressly exempted under this code
7from the payment of registration fees. This subdivision applies to
8all of the following:
P2 1(1) The initial or original registration, on or after January 1,
22004, but before July 1, 2011, of any vehicle not previously
3registered in this state.
4(2) The renewal of
registration of any vehicle for which the
5registration period expires on or after January 1, 2004, but before
6July 1, 2011, regardless of whether a renewal application was
7mailed to the registered owner prior to January 1, 2004.
8(b) A registration fee of forty-three dollars ($43) shall be paid
9to the department for the registration of each vehicle or trailer
10coach of a type subject to registration under this code, except those
11vehicles that are expressly exempted under this code from the
12payment of registration fees. This subdivision applies to all of the
13following:
14(1) The initial or original registration, on or after July 1, 2011,
15of any vehicle not previously registered in this state.
16(2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
17registration period expires on or after July 1, 2011, regardless of
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whether a renewal application was mailed to the registered owner
19prior to July 1, 2011.
20(c) The registration fee imposed under this section applies to
21all vehicles described in Section 5004, whether or not special
22identification plates are issued to that vehicle.
23(d) Trailer coaches are subject to the registration fee provided
24in subdivision (a) or (b) for each unit of the trailer coach.
25(e) The amounts collected pursuant to the increase in the
26registration fee as specified in subdivision (b) shall be used only
27for costs incurred in connection with the regulation of vehicles,
28including administrative costs for vehicle registration.
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