Bill Text: CA AB2107 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Department of Motor Vehicles: electronic vehicle registration services: interstate carrier partnership.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 456, Statutes of 2016. [AB2107 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2107-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2107	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  456
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to add Section 1685.1 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2107, Frazier. Department of Motor Vehicles: electronic vehicle
registration services: interstate carrier partnership.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles, in order
to continue improving the quality of products and services it
provides to its customers, to establish contracts for electronic
programs that allow qualified private industry partners to join the
department in providing services that include processing and payment
programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions.
   This bill would authorize the department, in order to provide
electronic vehicle registration services, to enter into an interstate
carrier partnership with an interstate carrier partner, if the
partner meets specified requirements, and would authorize the
department to enter into contractual agreements with 3 specified
types of partnerships. The bill would authorize the department to
adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of these provisions,
including, but not limited to, establishing fees and safeguards for
privacy and protecting information authorized for release, and to
establish the maximum amount that an interstate carrier partner may
charge its customers in providing the services authorized under these
provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1685.1 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   1685.1.  (a) In order to provide electronic vehicle registration
services, the department may enter into an interstate carrier
partnership, established under this section, with an interstate
carrier partner, if the partner meets all of the following
requirements:
   (1) Agrees to provide electronic vehicle registration services
capable of accepting, completing, and transmitting registration
transaction data to the department using a departmental registration
system or system approved by the department.
   (2) Maintains, protects, and issues apportioned vehicle
registration documents, and indicia as applicable on behalf of the
department to its customers.
   (3) Demonstrates International Registration Plan knowledge
proficiency, as determined by the department and established pursuant
to subdivision (d).
   (4) Meets qualification standards, as established by the
department pursuant to subdivision (d).
   (b) (1) The department may enter into contractual agreements with
interstate carrier partners that utilize the departmental apportioned
registration system or a system approved by the department. The
following three types of partnerships are authorized under this
section:
   (A) A registration service, as defined in Section 505.2.
   (B) A vehicle leasing company or vehicle rental company.
   (C) A motor carrier association.
   (2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
   (A) "Vehicle leasing company" or "vehicle rental company" means a
transportation provider that rents commercial vehicles to the public.

   (B) "Motor carrier association" means an association that
represents interstate motor carriers for the purpose of providing
apportioned registration services for its members.
   (c) An interstate carrier partner applicant shall submit an
application to the department on the form adopted by the department
pursuant to subdivision (d). The applicant shall also include with
the application any other information the department may require.
   (d) The department may adopt regulations to carry out the purposes
of this section, including, but not limited to:
   (1) Program administration structure.
   (2) Fees.
   (3) Financial responsibility.
   (4) Compliance requirements.
   (5) Adequate oversight and monitoring.
   (6) Safeguards for privacy and protecting information authorized
for release under this section.
   (7) Minimum transaction requirements.
   (8) Performance standards to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
   (e) The director may establish, through the adoption of
regulations pursuant to subdivision (d), the maximum amount that an
interstate carrier partner may charge its customers in providing the
services authorized under subdivision (a).