Bill Text: CA AB1338 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Specialized license plates: domestic violence and sexual assault awareness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2015. [AB1338 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1338-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1338 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 268
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 20, 2015
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 14, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 11, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend Section 5156.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1338, Gomez. Specialized license plates: domestic violence and
sexual assault awareness.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to
issue specialty license plates, including environmental license
plates and specified special environmental design license plates.
Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the DMV
to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the DMV is
required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain
requirements. The DMV is required to charge specified fees for
certain services related to the issuance of those plates.
Existing law establishes a Family Violence Prevention Program
within the Office of Emergency Services to provide financial and
technical assistance to local domestic and family violence centers in
implementing family violence prevention programs.
Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to apply to
the DMV to sponsor a domestic violence and sexual assault awareness
license plate program, and establishes the California Domestic
Violence Prevention Fund in the State Treasury for the deposit of the
revenue derived from these license plates. These funds are
allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Office of
Emergency Services for purposes of funding the Family Violence
Prevention Program.
Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to
establish an advisory committee to develop a course of training for
district attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of sexual
assault cases, child sexual exploitation cases, and child sexual
abuse cases, and to approve grants awarded to proposed and existing
sexual assault services programs (SASPs), which provide specified
services to victims of sexual assault.
This bill would rename the above fund the California Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Fund, and would require the
fees from the domestic violence and sexual assault awareness license
plate program to also be used for purposes of funding the services
provided by the SASPs.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 5156.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
5156.5. (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall apply to the
department to sponsor a domestic violence and sexual assault
awareness license plate program pursuant to this article.
(b) The fees specified in Section 5157 shall be imposed for the
issuance, renewal, or transfer of specialized license plates
authorized by this section. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of
Section 5157, after deducting its administrative costs, the
department shall deposit the revenue derived from the additional fees
into the California Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention
Fund, which is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon
appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in that fund shall be
allocated to the Office of Emergency Services for purposes of funding
the Family Violence Prevention Program described in Section 13823.4
of, and the sexual assault services programs described in Section
13837 of, the Penal Code.
