California Senate Bill SB1208 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1208INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Strickland FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to amend Section 1651.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1208, as introduced, Strickland. Vehicle registration: biennial. Existing law provides for an annual vehicle registration period. This bill would permit the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a biennial vehicle registration period option for registrants. The Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles would be permitted to reassign a vehicle to the biennial registration period upon the request of the registrant. If a person chooses the biennial vehicle registration option, he or she would be entitled to a 5% reduction in basic registration fees. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1651.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 1651.5. (a)  (1)    The director may assign or reassign dates for the expiration of registration for a vehicle registered pursuant to this code. The director may establish a  biennial  registration  year   period option  for  any   a  vehicle consisting of any period from  seven   14  months to  18   36  months, inclusive, with subsequent renewals being required at yearly  or biennial  intervals thereafter.  The   director may reassign a vehicle to a biennial registration upon the request of the registrant on the renewal of the vehicle.  The director shall assign an expiration date of the last day of the calendar month to all trailers and to all motor vehicles subject to additional fees under  the provisions of  Section 9400.  Any vehicle being   A vehicle  registered on a quarterly basis shall be assigned or reassigned an expiration date of December 31 for  the registration year. The director shall have the authority to exclude from year-round registration any type of vehicle that the director deems appropriate for exclusion   that registration period  .  (2) The director may exclude from the year-round or the biennial registration period any type of vehicle that the director deems appropriate for exclusion.   (3) The director shall reduce basic registration fees by 5 percent for a person who chooses the biennial registration option for his or her vehicle.  (b) In order to implement a year-round registration for vehicles registered pursuant to the International Registration Plan as described in Article 4 (commencing with Section 8050) of Chapter 4 of Division 3, the director, on or before January 1, 2009, shall assign or reassign a date for the expiration of registration of those vehicles described in this subdivision and may utilize the applicable practices and procedures set forth under subdivision (a) in order to implement this subdivision.  (c) The registration renewal letter mailed out 60 days prior to a renewal shall include an option to select either annual or biennial registration.