California Senate Bill SB1445 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1445INTRODUCED 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.