Bill Text: CA SB929 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles: child passenger restraints.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 474, Statutes of 2011. [SB929 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB929-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 929	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Evans

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section 7295) to Part
1.7 of Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to
taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 929, as introduced, Evans. Local taxation: vehicle license
fees.
   Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities to
impose local taxes for various purposes.
   This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of any county
or city and county, by ordinance, to propose to the voters a local
vehicle license fee in accordance with specified requirements.
   This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to
administer the local vehicle license fee, and would require, prior to
the operative date of any ordinance imposing a local vehicle license
fee, the county or city and county to contract with the Department
of Motor Vehicles to perform this function. This bill would require
the county or city and county to reimburse the Department of Motor
Vehicles pursuant to the contract. This bill would require the
revenues derived from the local vehicle license fee to be deposited
in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Vehicle License Fee
Account, which this bill would create. This bill would continuously
appropriate those moneys to the Controller for allocation to each
county and city and county in which the local vehicle license fee is
imposed.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3.8 (commencing with Section 7295) is added to
Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 3.8.  COUNTY VEHICLE LICENSE FEES


   7295.  (a) In addition to any other tax authority provided by law,
the board of supervisors of any county or city and county may, by
ordinance, place on the ballot a local vehicle license fee on any
vehicle, registered within the county or city and county in which the
local vehicle license fee is imposed, that is subject to
registration under the Vehicle Code and on which a vehicle license
fee is imposed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701),
for consideration by the voters in accordance with all constitutional
and statutory requirements.
   (b) (1) A local vehicle license fee shall be subject to the
following conditions:
   (A) (i) If the election in which the local vehicle license fee
receives voter approval occurs between January 1 and June 30, the
local vehicle license fee shall be imposed on and after the first
January 1 that follows that election.
   (ii) If the election in which the local vehicle license fee
receives voter approval occurs between July 1 and December 31, the
local vehicle license fee shall be imposed on and after the first
July 1 that follows that election.
   (B) (i) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall administer the
local vehicle license fee.
   (ii) Prior to the operative date of any ordinance imposing a local
vehicle license fee, the county or city and county shall contract
with the Department of Motor Vehicles to perform all functions
incident to the administration of the local vehicle license fee.
   (iii) The contract shall contain a provision that the county or
city and county shall reimburse the Department of Motor Vehicles for
all refunds, losses, and costs incurred in the administration and
operation of the local vehicle license fee.
   (C) The local vehicle license fee shall be assessed and collected
in the same manner as the fee imposed by Part 5 (commencing with
Section 10701).
   (2) (A) Amounts collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be
transmitted to the Treasurer and deposited in the State Treasury to
the credit of the Local Vehicle License Fee Account in the General
Fund, which is hereby created.
   (B) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
moneys in the Local Vehicle License Fee Account are hereby
continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the
Controller for allocation to each county and city and county in which
the local vehicle license fee is imposed.