BILL NUMBER: AB 2322AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chu FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to add Section 12510 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2322, as amended, Chu. Vehicles: instruction permits: decals. Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue an instruction permit to a person who is at least 15 years and 6 months of age and who has, among other qualifications, successfully completed an approved course in automobile driver education. This bill would require the DMV toprovideoffer the recipient of an instruction permitwitha removable andtransferrabletransferable decal that reads "student driver." The bill would authorize the holder of the instruction permit to affix the decal to the rear or side window of the vehicle when operating the vehicle. The bill would require the DMV to charge a fee to a recipient of the decal to cover the department's reasonable costs of producing the decal. 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 12510 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read: 12510. (a) Upon issuing an instruction permit pursuant to Section 12509, the department shallprovideoffer the recipient of the permitwitha removable andtransferrabletransferable decal that reads "student driver." When the holder of the instruction permit operates a motor vehicle, the decal may be affixed to the motor vehicle to inform other drivers that the vehicle is being operated by the holder of an instruction permit. (b) Notwithstanding Section 26708, the decal may be displayed on a side window or the rear window of the vehicle. (c) The department shall determine the size of the decal, which shall not exceed four inches in height and 12 inches in length. (d) The department shall charge a fee to a recipient of the decal to cover the department's reasonable costs of producing the decal.