Bill Text: CA SB1429 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-19 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 157, Statutes of 2016. [SB1429 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1429-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1429	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  157
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 19, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 26, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nielsen

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 5004.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1429, Nielsen. Vehicles.
   Existing law authorizes an owner of a vehicle that is a 1969 or
older model-year or the owner of a commercial vehicle or pickup truck
that is a 1972 or older model year to, if specified requirements are
met, utilize license plates of this state with the date of the year
corresponding to the model-year date when the vehicle was
manufactured, if the model-year date license plate is legible and
serviceable.
   This bill would expand the authorization for those plates to
include the owner of a 1980 or older model-year vehicle.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 5004.1 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   5004.1.  (a) (1) An owner of a vehicle that is a 1980 or older
model-year vehicle may, after the requirements for the registration
of the vehicle are complied with and with the approval of the
department, utilize license plates of this state with the date of
year corresponding to the model-year date when the vehicle was
manufactured, if the model-year date license plate is legible and
serviceable, as determined by the department, in lieu of the license
plates otherwise required by this code.
   (2) The department may consult with an organization of old car
hobbyists in determining whether the date of year of the license
plate corresponds to the model-year date when the vehicle was
manufactured.
   (b) A fee of forty-five dollars ($45) shall be charged for the
application for the use of the special plates.
   (c) In addition to the regular renewal fee for the vehicle for
which the plates are authorized, the applicant for a renewal of the
plates shall be charged an additional fee of ten dollars ($10). If
payment of a regular vehicle renewal fee is not required by this
code, the holder of license plates with a date corresponding to the
model-year may retain the plates upon payment of an annual fee of
twenty dollars ($20) that shall be due at the expiration of the
registration year of the vehicle to which the plates were last
assigned under this section.
   (d) If a person who is authorized to utilize the special license
plates applies to the department for transfer of the plates to
another vehicle, a transfer fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be
charged in addition to all other appropriate fees.