BILL NUMBER: AB 49	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan
   (Principal  coauthor:   Assembly Member
  : Perea   coauthors:  
Assembly Members   : Perea   and Quirk-Silva 
)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Ammiano, Atkins,
Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brown, Campos, Conway, Cooley, Daly,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Hagman, Harkey, Holden, Logue,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Nazarian,
Olsen, Patterson,  Quirk-Silva,  Skinner, Torres,
Waldron, Weber, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Cannella, Corbett, Fuller, Hancock, 
Jackson,  and Pavley)

                        DECEMBER 21, 2012

   An act to add Section 5156.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
license plates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 49, as amended, Buchanan. License plates: breast cancer
awareness.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to
issue specialty license plates, including environmental license
plates and specified special environmental design license plates.
Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the DMV
to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the DMV is
required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain
requirements. The DMV is required to charge specified fees for
certain services related to the issuance of those plates.
   Existing law establishes the Breast Cancer Control Account in the
Breast Cancer Fund, and requires that funds in that account, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated for the provision of
early breast cancer detection services for uninsured and underinsured
women.
   This bill would require the State Department of Health Care
Services to apply to sponsor a breast cancer awareness license plate
program, and would require the DMV to issue the license plates if the
State Department of Health Care Services meets certain requirements.
The bill would require the plates issued under the program to bear a
full-plate graphic design  depicting   that
includes  the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon on a pink
background, as specified, and would require  the payment of
an additional fee by a person applying for the special plate. The
bill would require  the revenue generated from the license
plates, as specified, to be deposited in the Breast Cancer Control
Account in the Breast Cancer Fund.
   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 5156.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   5156.5.  (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall
apply to the department, pursuant to Section 5156, to sponsor a
breast cancer awareness license plate program. The department shall
issue specialized license plates for that program if the State
Department of Health Care Services complies with the requirements of
Section 5156.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 5155, the breast cancer awareness
license plates shall bear a full-plate graphic that the department
determines, in consultation with the Department of the California
Highway Patrol, does not obscure the readability of the license
plate, and that  depicts   includes  a pink
background and the pink breast cancer awareness ribbon, as approved
by the State Department of Health Care Services. The State Department
of Health Care Services may accept and use donated artwork from
California artists for purposes of this requirement.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 5157, the
additional fees prescribed by Section 5157 for the issuance, renewal,
or transfer of the specialized license plates shall be deposited,
after the department deducts its administrative costs, in the Breast
Cancer Control Account in the Breast Cancer Fund established pursuant
to Section 30461.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.