Bill Text: CA SB1208 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1208 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Vehicle registration: biennial.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-04 - To Com. on T. & H. [SB1208 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1208-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1208	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 1651.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1208, as introduced, Strickland. Vehicle registration:
biennial.
   Existing law provides for an annual vehicle registration period.
   This bill would permit the Director of the Department of Motor
Vehicles to establish a biennial vehicle registration period option
for registrants. The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles
would be permitted to reassign a vehicle to the biennial registration
period upon the request of the registrant. If a person chooses the
biennial vehicle registration option, he or she would be entitled to
a 5% reduction in basic registration fees.
   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 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 
biennial  registration  year   period
option  for  any   a  vehicle
consisting of any period from  seven   14 
months to  18   36  months, inclusive, with
subsequent renewals being required at yearly  or biennial 
intervals thereafter.  The   director may reassign a
vehicle to a biennial registration upon the request of the registrant
on the renewal of the vehicle.  The director shall assign an
expiration date of the last day of the calendar month to all trailers
and to all motor vehicles subject to additional fees under 
the provisions of  Section 9400.  Any vehicle being
  A vehicle  registered on a quarterly basis shall
be assigned or reassigned an expiration date of December 31 for
 the registration year. The director shall have the authority
to exclude from year-round registration any type of vehicle that the
director deems appropriate for exclusion   that
registration period  . 
   (2) The director may exclude from the year-round or the biennial
registration period any type of vehicle that the director deems
appropriate for exclusion.  
   (3) The director shall reduce basic registration fees by 5 percent
for a person who chooses the biennial registration option for his or
her vehicle. 
   (b) In order to implement a year-round registration for vehicles
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 those
vehicles described in this subdivision and may utilize the applicable
practices and procedures set forth under subdivision (a) in order to
implement this subdivision. 
   (c) The registration renewal letter mailed out 60 days prior to a
renewal shall include an option to select either annual or biennial
registration.