BILL NUMBER: AB 529INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lowenthal FEBRUARY 20, 2013 An act relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 529, as introduced, Lowenthal. Vehicles: motor carriers: inspections and fees. Existing law establishes the Biennial Inspection of Terminals Program to ensure the safe operation of certain vehicles by a motor carrier through the inspection of these vehicles at the motor carrier' s terminal by the Department of the California Highway Patrol. Existing law imposes certain fees on a motor carrier of property, and requires that the Department of the California Highway Patrol recommend that the Department of Motor Vehicles suspend or revoke a motor carrier's permit if it determines that the motor carrier failed to pay specified fees. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to streamline the commercial truck inspection system and to transfer duties relating to the accounting of motor carrier fees to the Department of Motor Vehicles. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to streamline the commercial truck inspection system and to transfer duties relating to the accounting of motor carrier fees to the Department of Motor Vehicles.