Doug La Malfa
- Republican
Author
(1) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, to issue to the owner two partially or fully reflectorized license plates or devices for a motor vehicle and requires that the number and letter characters on the plates have a minimum height of 2 34 inches, a minimum width of 1 14 inches, and a minimum spacing of characters of 516 of an inch. This bill would instead require that the number and letter characters on the license plates have a minimum width of 1316 inches, and a minimum spacing of characters of 14 of an inch. (2) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue or renew environmental license plates and other specialized license plates to provide revenue for the California Environmental License Plate Fund, the Specialized License Plate Fund, and other specified license plate funds or accounts that indicate on the plates, among other design criteria, the combination of letters or numbers, or both, requested as a registration number by the applicant, to be displayed on the applicant's vehicle in lieu of regular license plates. Existing law requires that the department not establish a specialized license plate program for an agency, as defined, until the department has received 7,500 applications. Existing law also establishes procedures for the cancellation, transfer, or retention of the license plates and for the charging of additional fees. This bill would establish a specialized license plate program to be known as the "8-letter license plate" program for the support of the Natural and Agricultural Open Space and State Recreational Support Fund which would be created in the State Treasury. The bill would require that all revenue derived from the fees, after deducting the department's administrative costs, be deposited in the fund for specified purposes that include, among other things, subventions for open-space land programs, assistance to California fairs, and support of programs administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B., P. & C.P.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1123.) (May 26).
Set for hearing May 26.
Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 23.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 16.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 846.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing May 3.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB899 | HTML |
| 02/18/11 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/17/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/31/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/14/12 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
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