Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1272Introduced by Assembly Member DixonFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 22508.2 25 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1272, as amended, Dixon. Parking payment zones. Department of Motor Vehicles: occupational licensees.Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or telephone number.This bill would add internet domain names to the above list of prohibited uses. By expanding the application of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law authorizes a local authority to establish parking payment zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law authorizes a local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica to require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone if certain criteria are met.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 25 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.Section 22508.2 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:22508.2.(a)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1)Installs signs no more than 100 feet from a space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2)Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The plan shall assess the feasibility of potential strategies, including, but not limited to, accepting cash payment for parking from a mailed invoice requested through the mobile payment system. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(b)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan and implements at least one mobile device parking payment zone pursuant to this section shall, on or before January 1 of the fourth year in which the first mobile device parking payment zone has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the impact of all mobile device parking payment zones implemented by the local authority on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.(c)A civil fine for parking in a parking payment zone that requires payment by mobile device and lacks a parking meter shall be one-half of the civil fine for failing to pay for parking in a metered zone. This subdivision shall not apply to a person who paid for parking but stayed in the spot beyond the period for which the person paid.(d)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may operate a mobile device parking payment zone authorized by this section for five years following the date of creation for each city and county, or city, of the first mobile device parking payment zone, or until January 1, 2033, whichever is sooner.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.
Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1272Introduced by Assembly Member DixonFebruary 21, 2025 An act to amend Section 22508.2 25 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1272, as amended, Dixon. Parking payment zones. Department of Motor Vehicles: occupational licensees.Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or telephone number.This bill would add internet domain names to the above list of prohibited uses. By expanding the application of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law authorizes a local authority to establish parking payment zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law authorizes a local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica to require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone if certain criteria are met.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NOYES
Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025
Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1272
Introduced by Assembly Member DixonFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Dixon
February 21, 2025
An act to amend Section 22508.2 25 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1272, as amended, Dixon. Parking payment zones. Department of Motor Vehicles: occupational licensees.
Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or telephone number.This bill would add internet domain names to the above list of prohibited uses. By expanding the application of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.Existing law authorizes a local authority to establish parking payment zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law authorizes a local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica to require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone if certain criteria are met.This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or telephone number.
This bill would add internet domain names to the above list of prohibited uses. By expanding the application of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law authorizes a local authority to establish parking payment zones and fix the rate of fees for those zones by ordinance. Existing law authorizes a local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica to require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone if certain criteria are met.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 25 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.Section 22508.2 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:22508.2.(a)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:(1)Installs signs no more than 100 feet from a space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.(2)Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The plan shall assess the feasibility of potential strategies, including, but not limited to, accepting cash payment for parking from a mailed invoice requested through the mobile payment system. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.(b)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan and implements at least one mobile device parking payment zone pursuant to this section shall, on or before January 1 of the fourth year in which the first mobile device parking payment zone has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the impact of all mobile device parking payment zones implemented by the local authority on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.(c)A civil fine for parking in a parking payment zone that requires payment by mobile device and lacks a parking meter shall be one-half of the civil fine for failing to pay for parking in a metered zone. This subdivision shall not apply to a person who paid for parking but stayed in the spot beyond the period for which the person paid.(d)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may operate a mobile device parking payment zone authorized by this section for five years following the date of creation for each city and county, or city, of the first mobile device parking payment zone, or until January 1, 2033, whichever is sooner.(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.
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 25 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.
SECTION 1. Section 25 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.
25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.
25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.
25. (a) It is unlawful for any a person to display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement indicating an official connection with either the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of the California Highway Patrol unless such the person has lawful authority, permission, or right to make such that display.
(b) It is unlawful for the holder of any an occupational license issued pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 11100) to use the initials DMV, the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words Department of Motor Vehicles in any business name or name, telephone number. No number, or internet domain name, as defined in Section 17527 of the Business and Professions Code. An occupational licensee may shall not use the initials, logogram, or words in any advertisement in a way that indicates, or could be construed to indicate, any an official connection with the Department of Motor Vehicles other than as a licensee.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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(a)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may require payment by a mobile device in a parking payment zone only if it meets both of the following requirements:
(1)Installs signs no more than 100 feet from a space where payment is required that clearly states that payment is required and how payments may be made.
(2)Adopts by ordinance or resolution an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan that does not utilize parking meters or payment centers in parking payment zones. The plan shall provide reasonably accessible alternative means for payment of parking fees using cash. The plan shall assess the feasibility of potential strategies, including, but not limited to, accepting cash payment for parking from a mailed invoice requested through the mobile payment system. The local authority shall consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations that may include, but are not limited to, racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, in developing the accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan. The plan shall be approved by the local authority.
(b)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica that adopts an accessible and equitable parking cash payment plan and implements at least one mobile device parking payment zone pursuant to this section shall, on or before January 1 of the fourth year in which the first mobile device parking payment zone has been implemented, submit to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, consistent with Section 9795 of the Government Code, an evaluation report of the impact of all mobile device parking payment zones implemented by the local authority on equity, accessibility, and costs. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness, impact on privacy, impact on equity, impact on traffic outcomes, cost to implement, change in citations issued, and generation of revenue.
(c)A civil fine for parking in a parking payment zone that requires payment by mobile device and lacks a parking meter shall be one-half of the civil fine for failing to pay for parking in a metered zone. This subdivision shall not apply to a person who paid for parking but stayed in the spot beyond the period for which the person paid.
(d)A local authority in the City and County of San Francisco, City of Long Beach, or City of Santa Monica may operate a mobile device parking payment zone authorized by this section for five years following the date of creation for each city and county, or city, of the first mobile device parking payment zone, or until January 1, 2033, whichever is sooner.
(e)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2033, and as of that date is repealed.