Bill Text: CA AB1998 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles: registration fees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1998 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1998-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1998	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   9250.  (a) A registration fee of thirty-one dollars ($31) shall be
paid to the department for the registration of every vehicle or
trailer coach of a type subject to registration under this code,
except those vehicles that are expressly exempted under this code
from the payment of registration fees. This subdivision applies to
all of the following:
   (1) The initial or original registration, on or after January 1,
2004, but before July 1, 2011, of any vehicle not previously
registered in this state.
   (2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
registration period expires on or after January 1, 2004, but before
July 1, 2011, regardless of whether a renewal application was mailed
to the registered owner prior to January 1, 2004.
   (b) A registration fee of forty-three dollars ($43) shall be paid
to the department for the registration of each vehicle or trailer
coach of a type subject to registration under this code, except those
vehicles that are expressly exempted under this code from the
payment of registration fees. This subdivision applies to all of the
following:
   (1) The initial or original registration, on or after July 1,
2011, of any vehicle not previously registered in this state.
   (2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
registration period expires on or after July 1, 2011, regardless of
whether a renewal application was mailed to the registered owner
prior to July 1, 2011.
   (c) The registration fee imposed under this section applies to all
vehicles described in Section 5004, whether or not special
identification plates are issued to that vehicle.
   (d) Trailer coaches are subject to the registration fee provided
in subdivision (a) or (b) for each unit of the trailer coach.
   (e) The amounts collected pursuant to the increase in the
registration fee as specified in subdivision (b) shall be used only
for costs incurred in connection with the regulation of vehicles,
including administrative costs for vehicle registration. 
   (f) The department shall clearly identify the registration fee
required by this section as the "base registration fee" on any
application for initial registration or renewal of registration. The
department shall clearly identify each additional fee or surcharge
added to the base registration fee as a separate and district line
item on the application. The department shall provide with each
application a brief description of purpose for each fee or surcharge,
and the statutory authority for that fee or surcharge.