BILL NUMBER: AB 932INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Daly and Thurmond FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to add Section 5165 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 932, as introduced, Daly. Specialized license plates: professional sports. Existing law authorizes a state agency to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and requires the DMV to issue those license plates if the agency receives 7,500 applications within a 12 month period, among other requirements. Existing law requires those license plates to have a design or contain a message that publicizes or promotes the state agency, or the official policy, mission, or work of the state agency. Existing law requires the DMV to charge certain additional fees for specialized license plates and deposit those fees in the Specialized License Plate Fund for allocation to the sponsoring agency, as specified. This bill would require an unspecified state agency to apply to the DMV to sponsor a license plate program for the issuance of license plates bearing the officially licensed logo, emblem, or trademark of a professional sports franchise. The bill would require the DMV to issue those license plates if the unspecified state agency obtains 7,500 applications by January 1, 2018. 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 5165 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read: 5165. (a) The ____ shall apply to the department to sponsor a professional sports franchise license plate program. (b) Notwithstanding Section 5154, a license plate issued pursuant to this section shall bear the officially licensed logo, emblem, or trademark of a professional sports franchise. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 5156, the department shall establish the specialized license plate program if the ____ obtains 7,500 applications for the specialized license plates on or before January 1, 2018, and meets the other requirements of this article.