Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2018 Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018 Amended IN Senate April 12, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1357Introduced by Senator Gaines(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)February 16, 2018 An act to add Section 5068.2 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1357, as amended, Gaines. Vehicles: license plates: veterans.Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates under a special interest license plate program, as specified, and authorizes organizations, including veterans organizations, to participate in that program. Existing law authorizes any person who is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle to apply for a special interest license plate that has a distinctive design or decal that honors all veterans or veterans who served in a particular war or armed conflict. Under existing law, these special interest license plates are subject to fees for issuance, renewal, or personalization that are additional to those required for nonspecialized license plates. Existing law requires that the revenue from those additional fees, less the departments costs, be deposited in the Veterans Service Office Fund, and further requires that money in the Veterans Service Office Fund be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation and disbursement to counties for the operation of county veterans service offices.This bill would require, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs to adopt, and the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement, 2 descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design for specialized plates for veterans, which would consist of Honoring Veterans and Veteran. The bill would authorize the Veteran message to be issued only to an applicant who meets the eligibility standards required to have a veteran designation on his or her drivers license or identification card, as specified. The bill would require the departments to establish a process for documenting that eligibility. The bill would require the department to issue the special interest license plates with the Veteran message without regard to the number of applications received for it. The bill would appropriate $250,000 from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the department for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of these special interest license plates.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5068.2 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.SEC. 2. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 972.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is hereby appropriated from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of the special interest license plates described in Section 5068.2 of the Vehicle Code.
Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2018 Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018 Amended IN Senate April 12, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1357Introduced by Senator Gaines(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)February 16, 2018 An act to add Section 5068.2 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1357, as amended, Gaines. Vehicles: license plates: veterans.Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates under a special interest license plate program, as specified, and authorizes organizations, including veterans organizations, to participate in that program. Existing law authorizes any person who is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle to apply for a special interest license plate that has a distinctive design or decal that honors all veterans or veterans who served in a particular war or armed conflict. Under existing law, these special interest license plates are subject to fees for issuance, renewal, or personalization that are additional to those required for nonspecialized license plates. Existing law requires that the revenue from those additional fees, less the departments costs, be deposited in the Veterans Service Office Fund, and further requires that money in the Veterans Service Office Fund be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation and disbursement to counties for the operation of county veterans service offices.This bill would require, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs to adopt, and the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement, 2 descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design for specialized plates for veterans, which would consist of Honoring Veterans and Veteran. The bill would authorize the Veteran message to be issued only to an applicant who meets the eligibility standards required to have a veteran designation on his or her drivers license or identification card, as specified. The bill would require the departments to establish a process for documenting that eligibility. The bill would require the department to issue the special interest license plates with the Veteran message without regard to the number of applications received for it. The bill would appropriate $250,000 from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the department for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of these special interest license plates.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NOYES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2018 Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018 Amended IN Senate April 12, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018
Amended IN Assembly June 12, 2018
Amended IN Senate May 25, 2018
Amended IN Senate April 12, 2018
Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1357
Introduced by Senator Gaines(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)February 16, 2018
Introduced by Senator Gaines(Coauthor: Senator Nielsen)
February 16, 2018
An act to add Section 5068.2 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1357, as amended, Gaines. Vehicles: license plates: veterans.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates under a special interest license plate program, as specified, and authorizes organizations, including veterans organizations, to participate in that program. Existing law authorizes any person who is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle to apply for a special interest license plate that has a distinctive design or decal that honors all veterans or veterans who served in a particular war or armed conflict. Under existing law, these special interest license plates are subject to fees for issuance, renewal, or personalization that are additional to those required for nonspecialized license plates. Existing law requires that the revenue from those additional fees, less the departments costs, be deposited in the Veterans Service Office Fund, and further requires that money in the Veterans Service Office Fund be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation and disbursement to counties for the operation of county veterans service offices.This bill would require, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs to adopt, and the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement, 2 descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design for specialized plates for veterans, which would consist of Honoring Veterans and Veteran. The bill would authorize the Veteran message to be issued only to an applicant who meets the eligibility standards required to have a veteran designation on his or her drivers license or identification card, as specified. The bill would require the departments to establish a process for documenting that eligibility. The bill would require the department to issue the special interest license plates with the Veteran message without regard to the number of applications received for it. The bill would appropriate $250,000 from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the department for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of these special interest license plates.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates under a special interest license plate program, as specified, and authorizes organizations, including veterans organizations, to participate in that program. Existing law authorizes any person who is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle to apply for a special interest license plate that has a distinctive design or decal that honors all veterans or veterans who served in a particular war or armed conflict. Under existing law, these special interest license plates are subject to fees for issuance, renewal, or personalization that are additional to those required for nonspecialized license plates. Existing law requires that the revenue from those additional fees, less the departments costs, be deposited in the Veterans Service Office Fund, and further requires that money in the Veterans Service Office Fund be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the Department of Veterans Affairs for allocation and disbursement to counties for the operation of county veterans service offices.
This bill would require, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs to adopt, and the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement, 2 descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design for specialized plates for veterans, which would consist of Honoring Veterans and Veteran. The bill would authorize the Veteran message to be issued only to an applicant who meets the eligibility standards required to have a veteran designation on his or her drivers license or identification card, as specified. The bill would require the departments to establish a process for documenting that eligibility. The bill would require the department to issue the special interest license plates with the Veteran message without regard to the number of applications received for it. The bill would appropriate $250,000 from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the department for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of these special interest license plates.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5068.2 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.SEC. 2. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 972.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is hereby appropriated from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of the special interest license plates described in Section 5068.2 of the Vehicle Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5068.2 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.
SECTION 1. Section 5068.2 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
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5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.
5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.
5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.
5068.2. (a) In order to differentiate between an applicant who is a member of the general public and an applicant who is an actual veteran, no later than November 11, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall adopt, and the department shall implement, two descriptive messages as part of the distinctive design described in subdivision (a) of Section 5068.
(1) The first descriptive message shall be Honoring Veterans and plates with this message shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068.
(2) The second descriptive message shall be Veteran and shall be issued to an applicant as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5068 and who meets the eligibility standards for the VETERAN designation on a drivers license or identification card specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.
(b) The department, in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a process by which eligible applicants may document their eligibility as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 5060, the department shall issue the special interest license plate described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) without regard to the number of applications received for that special interest license plate.
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 972.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is hereby appropriated from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of the special interest license plates described in Section 5068.2 of the Vehicle Code.
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 972.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is hereby appropriated from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of the special interest license plates described in Section 5068.2 of the Vehicle Code.
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 972.2 of the Military and Veterans Code, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is hereby appropriated from the Veterans Service Office Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of developing and implementing the issuance of the special interest license plates described in Section 5068.2 of the Vehicle Code.
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