Bill Text: CA AB49 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: License plates: breast cancer awareness.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 62-27)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 351, Statutes of 2014. [AB49 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB49-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 49	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Buchanan
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Perea and Quirk-Silva)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gorell, Gray, Hagman,
Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine,
Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell,
Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Rendon, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Beall, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa,
Emmerson,  Evans,  Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Jackson, Knight,
Pavley, Torres, Wright, and Yee)

                        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  authorize the State Department of Health
Care Services to accept and use donated artwork from California
artists for the license plate, and   require that
license plates issued under the program consist of a breast cancer
awareness ribbon and message, as specified, on a light pink
background that the Department of the California Highway Patrol
determines does not obscure the readability of the license 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  ,
in promotion of its mission to preserve and improve the health of all
Californians,  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) The State Department of Health Care Services may accept and
use donated artwork from California artists for the license plate.
 
   (b) In accordance with Section 5155, the license plates issued
pursuant to this section shall consist of a pink breast cancer
awareness ribbon to the left of the numerical series and a breast
cancer awareness message to the bottom of the numerical series.
Additionally, the license plates shall have a light pink background
that the Department of the California Highway Patrol determines does
not obscure the readability of the license plates. 
   (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.