California Assembly Bill AB2499 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2499INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Portantino FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 5004.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2499, as introduced, Portantino. Vehicles: motorcycles: special plates. Existing law requires an owner of a motorcycle manufactured in the year 1942 or prior, upon application in the manner and at the time prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to be issued special license plates for the motorcycle. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that law. 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 5004.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 5004.5.  (a)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this code,  any   an  owner of a motorcycle manufactured in the year 1942 or prior  thereto   to that year  shall, upon application in the manner and at the time prescribed by the department, be issued special license plates for the motorcycle. The special license plates assigned to  such motorcycles   the motorcycle  shall run in a separate numerical series. An additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15) shall be charged for the initial issuance of the special license plates.  Such   The  plates shall be permanent and shall not be required to be replaced. If  such   the  special license plates become damaged or unserviceable in any manner, replacement for the plates may be obtained from the department upon proper application and upon payment of  such   the  fee as is provided for in Section 9265. Except as otherwise provided in this section,  such motorcycles   the motorcycle shall be subject to the same annual registration fees and provisions of law as are other motorcycles.  All revenues   (b)     Revenues  derived from the fees provided for in this section above actual costs of the production and issuance of the special plates for motorcycles, or the replacement thereof, shall be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund by the department.