Bill Text: CA AB498 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vehicles: special interest license plates and decals:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2010. [AB498 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB498-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 498	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

    An act to add Section 998.415 to, and to add Chapter 2.8
(commencing with Section 728) to Division 4 of, the Military and
Veterans Code, relating to military housing.   An act to
amend Section 5068 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 498, as amended, Hayashi.  Affordable housing:
veterans.   Vehicles: special interest license plates
and decals.  
    Existing law authorizes private organizations, including veterans'
organizations, to participate in special interest license plate
programs in which the Department of Motor Vehicles issues license
plates with a participating organization's distinctive design or
decal, and specifies the various fees concerning the issuance,
renewal of, registration of, and replacement of damaged or
unserviceable plates and decals. Existing law permits any individual
to apply for a veterans' organization special interest license plate
and decal.  
   This bill would authorize a former American prisoner of war (POW)
who is otherwise eligible for a special license plate as a former POW
to apply for a veterans' organization special interest license plate
and decal, would exempt that former POW from the payment of fees
under these provisions, and would authorize the surviving spouse of
that former POW to retain the special interest license plate and
decal subject to specified conditions.  
   Existing law establishes the Multifamily Housing Program under the
administration of the Department of Housing and Community
Development to provide a standardized set of program rules and
features applicable to all housing types based on the department's
California Housing Rehabilitation Program. Existing law authorizes a
sponsor, as defined, of a supportive housing development funded by
the Multifamily Housing Program, to restrict occupancy of a project
to persons with veteran status under specified circumstances.
 
   This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to
collaborate with the Department of Housing and Community Development
to facilitate the development of multifamily housing for military
veterans and their families. The bill would require the department to
take action to ensure that if land is donated to the state for the
express purpose of providing land for military veterans' housing, or
if the department receives funding for a housing project restricted
for the use of military veterans, any such housing built on that
land, or using that source of funds, may be used only for housing for
military veterans.  
   This bill would also require the department, in collaboration with
the Department of Housing and Community Development, not later than
July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, to prepare and submit to the
Legislature a study evaluating the most effective ways to increase
the supply of affordable housing for military veterans and their
families, including specified information and recommendations, as
prescribed.  
   This bill would provide for submission of an amendment to the
Veterans' Bond Act of 2008 to the voters at the November 2, 2010,
statewide general election in accordance with specified law.

   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 5068 of the   Vehicle
Code   is amended to read: 
   5068.  (a) (1)  Any   A  veterans'
organization may apply either individually or with other veterans'
organizations to meet the application threshold set forth in Section
5060 for special interest plates. An organization that meets the
minimum application requirement by applying with other organizations
under this subdivision shall be issued a regular license plate
bearing a distinctive design or decal approved under subdivision (a)
of Section 5060.
   (2) Special interest plates issued under this section may be
issued in a combination of numbers or letters, or both, requested by
the owner or lessee of the vehicle, to be displayed in addition to
the design or decal authorized under paragraph (1), subject to
Section 5105.
   (b) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration,
a renewal of registration, or a transfer of registration, the
following fees shall be paid by individuals applying for a veterans'
organization special interest license plate or decal:
   (1) Thirty dollars ($30) for the initial issuance of the plates
and decals. The plates shall be permanent and may not be required to
be replaced.
   (2) Thirty dollars ($30) for each renewal of registration that
includes the continued display of the plates or decals.
   (3) Fifteen dollars ($15) for transfer of the plates to another
vehicle.
   (4) Thirty-five dollars ($35) for replacement plates, if they
become damaged or unserviceable.
   (5) Ten dollars ($10) for replacement decals, if they become
damaged or unserviceable.
   (6) Forty dollars ($40) for the personalization of the plates, as
authorized under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
   (c)  This section shall become operative on July 1, 2002.
  A former American prisoner of war who is otherwise
eligible for a special license plate pursuant to Section 5101.5, may
apply for a veterans' organization special interest license plate and
decal in lieu of the   special license plate issued
pursuant to Section 5101.5 and shall be exempt from the payment of
fees required under subdivision (b). The surviving spouse  
of the former American prisoner of war may retain the special
interest license plate and decal issued under this section and is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5101.5.  All
matter omitted in this version of the bill appears in the bill as
amended in the Assembly, April 22, 2009. (JR11)