Bill Text: CA AB2090 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Vehicles: biennial registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. [AB2090 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2090-Amended.html
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Amended
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March 09, 2020 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2090
| Introduced by Assembly Member Brough |
February 05, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 1651.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2090, as amended, Brough.
Vehicles: biennial registration.
Existing law generally establishes an annual registration period for vehicles and imposes annual registration fees on vehicles.
This bill would require the Director of Motor Vehicles, on or after January 1, 2021, to establish a an optional biennial registration period for a vehicle, with subsequent renewals being required at biennial intervals thereafter, as specified. subsequent biennial intervals, as specified, and would permit a vehicle owner to choose that biennial registration period
for their vehicle. The bill would prohibit a vehicle owner from choosing biennial registration for a vehicle’s initial registration. The bill would permit the vehicle owner to change their chosen registration period between biennial or annual registration only at the completion of their current registration period and upon renewal of the vehicle’s registration.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1651.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:1651.5.
(a) (1) The director may assign or reassign dates for the expiration of registration for a vehicle registered pursuant to this code. The director may establish a registration year for a vehicle consisting of any period from 7 months to 18 months, inclusive, with subsequent renewals being required at(2) On or after January 1, 2021, and as a component of the department’s subsequent update to its vehicle registration system, the director shall establish a
an optional biennial registration period for a vehicle, with subsequent renewals being required at biennial intervals thereafter. subsequent biennial intervals.
(A) A vehicle owner may, upon renewal of the vehicle registration, choose a biennial registration period instead of an annual registration period. A vehicle owner who chooses biennial registration shall renew the vehicle registration at biennial intervals established by the director pursuant to this section.
(B) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a vehicle owner may change their chosen registration period between biennial or annual registration only at the completion of their current registration period and upon renewal of the vehicle registration.
(ii) A vehicle owner may not choose a biennial registration period for the initial registration of the vehicle, but may choose a biennial registration period after completing the vehicle’s initial registration.
(b) In order to implement a year-round registration for a vehicle registered pursuant to the
International Registration Plan as described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 of Division 3, the director, on or before January 1, 2009, shall assign or reassign a date for the expiration of registration of a vehicle described in this subdivision and may utilize the applicable practices and procedures set forth under subdivision (a) in order to implement this subdivision.
