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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1429	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nielsen

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section  1659   5004.1 
of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1429, as amended, 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. 

   Existing law establishes the Department of Motor Vehicles, tasked
with issuance and renewal of licenses to drivers. Existing law
authorizes the department to establish a program of motor vehicle
driver education and training, with the cooperation of schools,
courts, and other interested persons.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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  1969
  1980  or older model-year vehicle  or the
owner of a commercial vehicle or a pickup truck that is a 1972 or
older model-year  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. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 1659 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
   1659.  The department may develop criteria, establish standards
for, and coordinate a program of motor vehicle driver education and
motor vehicle driver training for drivers whose licenses have been
suspended or revoked. The purpose of the program shall be to promote
safe driving. To carry out this purpose the department may seek the
advice or cooperation of the schools, courts, and other interested
persons.