California Assembly Bill AB2253 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2253INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Grove FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to amend Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2253, as introduced, Grove. Vehicles: special plates. Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special identification plates to the owner of a vehicle that meets specified criteria and is operated or moved over the highway primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition or other similar purpose, subject to a specified fee. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision. 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 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 5004. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any owner of a vehicle described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3)  which   that  is operated or moved over the highway primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition or other similar purpose shall, upon application in the manner and at the time prescribed by the department, be issued special identification plates for the vehicle: (1) A motor vehicle with an engine of 16 or more cylinders manufactured prior to  the year  1965. (2) A motor vehicle manufactured in the year 1922 or prior  thereto.   to the year 1922.  (3) A vehicle  which   that  was manufactured after  the year  1922, is at least 25 years old, and is of historic interest. (b) The special identification plates assigned to motor vehicles with an engine of 16 or more cylinders manufactured prior to  the year  1965 and to any motor vehicle manufactured in the year 1922 and prior thereto shall run in a separate numerical series, commencing with "Horseless Carriage No. 1". The special identification plates assigned to vehicles specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) shall run in a separate numerical series, commencing with "Historical Vehicle No. 1". Each series of plates shall have different and distinguishing colors. (c) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged for the initial issuance of the special identification plates.  Such   These  plates shall be permanent and shall not be required to be replaced. If  such   any  special identification  plates become   plate becomes  damaged or unserviceable in any manner, replacement for the  plates   plate  may be obtained from the department upon proper application and upon payment of  such fee as   the fee that  is provided for in Section 9265. (d) All funds received by the department in payment for such identification plates or the replacement thereof shall be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund. (e) These vehicles shall not be exempt from the equipment provisions of Sections 26709, 27150, and 27600. (f) As used in this section, a vehicle is of historic interest if it is collected, restored, maintained, and operated by a collector or hobbyist principally for purposes of exhibition and historic vehicle club activities.