BILL NUMBER: AB 859	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 859, as introduced, Jones. Vehicles: registration fees.
   Existing law requires a registration fee of $31 to be paid to the
Department of Motor Vehicles for the registration of every vehicle or
trailer coach of a type subject to registration under the Vehicle
Code, except those vehicles that are expressly exempted under that
code from the payment of registration fees.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   9250.  (a) A registration fee of thirty-one dollars ($31) shall be
paid to the department for the registration of  every
  each  vehicle or trailer coach of a type subject
to registration under this code, except those vehicles that are
expressly exempted under this code from the payment of registration
fees.
   (b) The registration fee imposed under this section applies to all
vehicles described in Section 5004, whether or not special
identification plates are issued to that vehicle.
   (c) Trailer coaches are subject to the fee provided in subdivision
(a) for each unit of the trailer coach.
   (d) This section applies to all of the following:
   (1) The initial or original registration, on or after January 1,
2004, of any vehicle not previously registered in this state.
   (2) The renewal of registration of any vehicle for which the
registration period expires on or after January 1, 2004, regardless
of whether a renewal application was mailed to the registered owner
prior to January 1, 2004.
   (3) Any renewal of a registration that expired on or before
December 31, 2003, but for which the fees are not paid until on or
after January 1, 2004.