Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1311Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023 An act to amend Section 4000 of the Vehicle Code, 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicles. public health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1311, as amended, Soria. Vehicles: registration. Public health: rural and underserved areas.Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway any motor vehicle, as defined, unless it has been registered, as specified.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).SECTION 1.Section 4000 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:4000.(a)(1)A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under this code or registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except that an off-highway motor vehicle that displays an identification plate or device issued by the department pursuant to Section 38010 may be driven, moved, or left standing in an offstreet public parking facility without being registered or paying registration fees.(2)For purposes of this subdivision, offstreet public parking facility means either of the following:(A)A publicly owned parking facility.(B)A privately owned parking facility for which no fee for the privilege to park is charged and that is held open for the common public use of retail customers.(3)This subdivision does not apply to a motor vehicle stored in a privately owned offstreet parking facility by, or with the express permission of, the owner of the privately owned offstreet parking facility.(b)A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle, as defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 39010) of Part 1 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, that has been registered in violation of Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.(c)Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply to off-highway motor vehicles operated pursuant to Sections 38025 and 38026.5.(d)This section does not apply, following payment of fees due for registration, during the time that registration and transfer is being withheld by the department pending the investigation of any use tax due under the Revenue and Taxation Code.(e)Subdivision (a) does not apply to a vehicle that is towed by a tow truck on the order of a sheriff, marshal, or other official acting pursuant to a court order or on the order of a peace officer acting pursuant to this code.(f)Subdivision (a) applies to a vehicle that is towed from a highway or offstreet parking facility under the direction of a highway service organization when that organization is providing emergency roadside assistance to that vehicle. However, the operator of a tow truck providing that assistance to that vehicle is not responsible for the violation of subdivision (a) with respect to that vehicle. The owner of an unregistered vehicle that is disabled and located on private property, shall obtain a permit from the department pursuant to Section 4003 prior to having the vehicle towed on the highway.(g)(1)Pursuant to Section 4022 and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (o) of Section 22651, a vehicle obtained by a licensed repossessor as a release of collateral is exempt from registration pursuant to this section for purposes of the repossessor removing the vehicle to the repossessors storage facility or the facility of the legal owner. A law enforcement agency, impounding authority, tow yard, storage facility, or any other person in possession of the collateral shall release the vehicle without requiring current registration and pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14602.6.(2)The legal owner of collateral shall, by operation of law and without requiring further action, indemnify and hold harmless a law enforcement agency, city, county, city and county, tow yard, or storage facility, an impounding yard, or the state from a claim arising out of the release of the collateral to a licensee, and from any damage to the collateral after its release, including reasonable attorneys fees and costs associated with defending a claim, if the collateral was released in compliance with this subdivision.(h)For purposes of this section, possession of a California drivers license by the registered owner of a vehicle shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the owner is a resident of California.
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1311Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023 An act to amend Section 4000 of the Vehicle Code, 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicles. public health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1311, as amended, Soria. Vehicles: registration. Public health: rural and underserved areas.Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway any motor vehicle, as defined, unless it has been registered, as specified.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023
Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1311
Introduced by Assembly Member SoriaFebruary 16, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Soria
February 16, 2023
An act to amend Section 4000 of the Vehicle Code, 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicles. public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1311, as amended, Soria. Vehicles: registration. Public health: rural and underserved areas.
Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway any motor vehicle, as defined, unless it has been registered, as specified.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural areas of California for the purpose of funding innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural areas. Existing law requires the department to develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care.
This bill would expand the application of the program to fund projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in underserved areas.
Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway any motor vehicle, as defined, unless it has been registered, as specified.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).SECTION 1.Section 4000 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:4000.(a)(1)A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under this code or registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except that an off-highway motor vehicle that displays an identification plate or device issued by the department pursuant to Section 38010 may be driven, moved, or left standing in an offstreet public parking facility without being registered or paying registration fees.(2)For purposes of this subdivision, offstreet public parking facility means either of the following:(A)A publicly owned parking facility.(B)A privately owned parking facility for which no fee for the privilege to park is charged and that is held open for the common public use of retail customers.(3)This subdivision does not apply to a motor vehicle stored in a privately owned offstreet parking facility by, or with the express permission of, the owner of the privately owned offstreet parking facility.(b)A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle, as defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 39010) of Part 1 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, that has been registered in violation of Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.(c)Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply to off-highway motor vehicles operated pursuant to Sections 38025 and 38026.5.(d)This section does not apply, following payment of fees due for registration, during the time that registration and transfer is being withheld by the department pending the investigation of any use tax due under the Revenue and Taxation Code.(e)Subdivision (a) does not apply to a vehicle that is towed by a tow truck on the order of a sheriff, marshal, or other official acting pursuant to a court order or on the order of a peace officer acting pursuant to this code.(f)Subdivision (a) applies to a vehicle that is towed from a highway or offstreet parking facility under the direction of a highway service organization when that organization is providing emergency roadside assistance to that vehicle. However, the operator of a tow truck providing that assistance to that vehicle is not responsible for the violation of subdivision (a) with respect to that vehicle. The owner of an unregistered vehicle that is disabled and located on private property, shall obtain a permit from the department pursuant to Section 4003 prior to having the vehicle towed on the highway.(g)(1)Pursuant to Section 4022 and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (o) of Section 22651, a vehicle obtained by a licensed repossessor as a release of collateral is exempt from registration pursuant to this section for purposes of the repossessor removing the vehicle to the repossessors storage facility or the facility of the legal owner. A law enforcement agency, impounding authority, tow yard, storage facility, or any other person in possession of the collateral shall release the vehicle without requiring current registration and pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14602.6.(2)The legal owner of collateral shall, by operation of law and without requiring further action, indemnify and hold harmless a law enforcement agency, city, county, city and county, tow yard, or storage facility, an impounding yard, or the state from a claim arising out of the release of the collateral to a licensee, and from any damage to the collateral after its release, including reasonable attorneys fees and costs associated with defending a claim, if the collateral was released in compliance with this subdivision.(h)For purposes of this section, possession of a California drivers license by the registered owner of a vehicle shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the owner is a resident of California.
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 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
SECTION 1. Section 1179.3 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
1179.3. (a) (1) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Department of Health Care Access and Information shall develop and administer a competitive grants program for projects located in rural or underserved areas of California.
(2) The office department shall define rural area for the purposes of this section after receiving public input and upon recommendation of the Interdepartmental Rural Health Coordinating Committee and the Rural Health Programs Liaison.
(3) The purpose of the grants program shall be to fund innovative, collaborative, cost-effective, and efficient projects that pertain to the delivery of health and medical services in rural or underserved areas of the state.
(4) The office department shall develop and establish uses for the funds to fund special projects that alleviate problems of access to quality health care in rural or underserved areas and to compensate public and private health care providers associated with direct delivery of patient care. The funds shall be used for medical and hospital care and treatment of patients who cannot afford to pay for services and for whom payment will not be made through private or public programs.
(5) The office department shall administer the funds appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of this section. Entities eligible for these funds shall include health providers operating in underserved areas and rural health providers served by the programs operated by the office, department, the Emergency Medical Services Authority, the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board. The grant funds shall be used to expand existing services or establish new services and shall not be used to supplant existing levels of service. Funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose may be expended in the fiscal year of the appropriation or the subsequent fiscal year.
(b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall establish the criteria and standards for eligibility to be used in requests for proposals or requests for application, the application review process, determining the maximum amount and number of grants to be awarded, preference and priority of projects, compliance monitoring, and the measurement of outcomes achieved after receiving comment from the public at a meeting held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(c) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development department shall make information regarding the status of the funded projects available at the public meetings described in subdivision (b).
(a)(1)A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under this code or registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except that an off-highway motor vehicle that displays an identification plate or device issued by the department pursuant to Section 38010 may be driven, moved, or left standing in an offstreet public parking facility without being registered or paying registration fees.
(2)For purposes of this subdivision, offstreet public parking facility means either of the following:
(A)A publicly owned parking facility.
(B)A privately owned parking facility for which no fee for the privilege to park is charged and that is held open for the common public use of retail customers.
(3)This subdivision does not apply to a motor vehicle stored in a privately owned offstreet parking facility by, or with the express permission of, the owner of the privately owned offstreet parking facility.
(b)A person shall not drive, move, or leave standing upon a highway a motor vehicle, as defined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 39010) of Part 1 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, that has been registered in violation of Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c)Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply to off-highway motor vehicles operated pursuant to Sections 38025 and 38026.5.
(d)This section does not apply, following payment of fees due for registration, during the time that registration and transfer is being withheld by the department pending the investigation of any use tax due under the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(e)Subdivision (a) does not apply to a vehicle that is towed by a tow truck on the order of a sheriff, marshal, or other official acting pursuant to a court order or on the order of a peace officer acting pursuant to this code.
(f)Subdivision (a) applies to a vehicle that is towed from a highway or offstreet parking facility under the direction of a highway service organization when that organization is providing emergency roadside assistance to that vehicle. However, the operator of a tow truck providing that assistance to that vehicle is not responsible for the violation of subdivision (a) with respect to that vehicle. The owner of an unregistered vehicle that is disabled and located on private property, shall obtain a permit from the department pursuant to Section 4003 prior to having the vehicle towed on the highway.
(g)(1)Pursuant to Section 4022 and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (o) of Section 22651, a vehicle obtained by a licensed repossessor as a release of collateral is exempt from registration pursuant to this section for purposes of the repossessor removing the vehicle to the repossessors storage facility or the facility of the legal owner. A law enforcement agency, impounding authority, tow yard, storage facility, or any other person in possession of the collateral shall release the vehicle without requiring current registration and pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14602.6.
(2)The legal owner of collateral shall, by operation of law and without requiring further action, indemnify and hold harmless a law enforcement agency, city, county, city and county, tow yard, or storage facility, an impounding yard, or the state from a claim arising out of the release of the collateral to a licensee, and from any damage to the collateral after its release, including reasonable attorneys fees and costs associated with defending a claim, if the collateral was released in compliance with this subdivision.
(h)For purposes of this section, possession of a California drivers license by the registered owner of a vehicle shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the owner is a resident of California.