Bill Text: CA AB443 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 443 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Vehicles: delinquent parking and traffic violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 101, Statutes of 2013. [AB443 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB443-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 443	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  101
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 13, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 13, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MARCH 22, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 12, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Rendon)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 4764 and 4774 of, and to add Section 4767
to, the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 443, Lowenthal. Vehicles: delinquent parking and traffic
violations.
   Existing law generally prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV) from registering a vehicle if the registered owner or lessee
has failed to pay outstanding parking or toll evasion penalties
unless the registered owner or lessee pays the penalties at the time
of the application for renewal. Under existing law, the DMV is not
required to continue to attempt collection of outstanding parking or
toll evasion penalties if a vehicle is transferred or the
registration is not renewed for 2 renewal periods and the DMV has
notified each local jurisdiction that is owed penalties of that fact.

   This bill would exempt the DMV from continuing to attempt
collection of outstanding parking or toll evasion penalties if the
vehicle was transferred to a relative, as specified, or a revocable
trust, as specified. The bill would instead prohibit the department
from transferring the ownership and registration of a vehicle to a
relative, as specified, or to a revocable trust, as specified, if
delinquent parking or toll violations have been reported to the
department, unless the transferee pays the amount of the fines and
penalties for those violations to the department, or provides
specified documentation showing the fines and penalties have been
cleared.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4764 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   4764.  (a) If a vehicle is transferred or the registration is not
renewed for two renewal periods and the former registered owner or
lessee of the vehicle owes a parking penalty for a notice of
delinquent parking violation filed with the department pursuant to
Section 40220, the department shall notify each jurisdiction of that
fact and is not required thereafter to attempt collection of the
undeposited parking penalty and administrative fees.
   (b) This section does not apply if the transfer of a vehicle is
one described in Section 6285 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4767 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   4767.  (a) If delinquent parking or toll violations have been
reported to the department for a vehicle for which a transfer of
ownership and registration has been requested, the department shall
not transfer ownership and registration unless the transferee
requesting the transfer pays all of the fines and penalties for those
violations to the department, or provides an original abstract or
notice of disposition from the court or designated processing agency
that the fines and penalties for those violations have been cleared
with the parking agency or the court.
   (b) This section only applies if the transfer requested is one
described in Section 6285 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
  SEC. 3.  Section 4774 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   4774.  (a) If a vehicle is transferred or the registration is not
renewed for two renewal periods and the former registered owner or
lessee of the vehicle owes a toll evasion penalty for a notice of
delinquent toll evasion violation filed with the department pursuant
to Section 40267, the department shall notify each jurisdiction of
that fact and is not required thereafter to attempt collection of the
undeposited toll evasion penalty and administrative fees.
   (b) This section does not apply if the transfer of a vehicle is
one described in Section 6285 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.