Bill Text: CA SB1445 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1445 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Vehicles: registration fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-22 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1445 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB1445-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1445	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1445, as introduced, Cannella. Vehicles: registration fee.
   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, , as of
July 1, 2011, to charge a registration fee of $43 on every vehicle or
trailer coach, as specified, with the proceeds from the increase
from the prior registration fee of $31 to be used only in connection
with the regulation of vehicles, including administrative costs for
vehicle registration.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   9250.  (a) A registration fee of thirty-one dollars ($31) shall be
paid to the department for the registration of every vehicle or
trailer coach of a type subject to registration under this code,
except  those vehicles that are   a vehicle that
is  expressly exempted under this code from the payment of
registration fees. This subdivision applies to all of the following:
   (1) The initial or original registration, on or after January 1,
2004, but before July 1, 2011, of any vehicle not previously
registered in this state.
   (2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
registration period expires on or after January 1, 2004, but before
July 1, 2011, regardless of whether a renewal application was mailed
to the registered owner prior to January 1, 2004.
   (b) A registration fee of forty-three dollars ($43) shall be paid
to the department for the registration of each vehicle or trailer
coach of a type subject to registration under this code, except
 those vehicles that are   a vehicle that is
 expressly exempted under this code from the payment of
registration fees. This subdivision applies to all of the following:
   (1) The initial or original registration, on or after July 1,
2011, of  any   a  vehicle not previously
registered in this state.
   (2) The renewal of registration of  any   a
 vehicle for which the registration period expires on or after
July 1, 2011, regardless of whether a renewal application was mailed
to the registered owner prior to July 1, 2011.
   (c) The registration fee imposed under this section applies to all
vehicles described in Section 5004, whether or not special
identification plates are issued to that vehicle.
   (d) Trailer coaches are subject to the registration fee provided
in subdivision (a) or (b) for each unit of the trailer coach.
   (e) The amounts collected pursuant to the increase in the
registration fee as specified in subdivision (b) shall be used only
for costs incurred in connection with the regulation of vehicles,
including administrative costs for vehicle registration.