Bill Text: CA AB2321 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Specialized license plates: domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking awareness.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2014. [AB2321 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2321-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2321	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  358
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooley and Quirk-Silva)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 5156.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2321, Gomez. Specialized license plates: domestic violence,
sexual assault, and sex trafficking 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.
   This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to apply
to the DMV to sponsor a domestic violence and sexual assault
awareness license plate program. The bill would establish the
California Domestic Violence Prevention Fund in the State Treasury
for the deposit of the revenue derived from these license plates, and
would require that these funds be allocated, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, to the Office of Emergency Services for purposes of
funding the Family Violence Prevention Program.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5156.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, 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 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 the Penal Code.