BILL NUMBER: SB 523	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 9552 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 523, as introduced, McGuire. Vehicles: fees.
   Under existing law, fees required by the Vehicle Code are
delinquent when a vehicle is operated on a highway without those fees
first having been paid and when those fees have not been paid within
20 days of the vehicle's first operation, subject to specified
exceptions.
   This bill would increase that amount of time to 30 days.
   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 9552 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   9552.  (a)  Whenever any   When a  
 vehicle is operated  upon any   on a 
highway of this state without the fees first having been paid as
required by this code, and those fees have not been paid within
 20   30  days of its first operation,
those fees are delinquent, except as provided in subdivision (b).
   (b) Fees are delinquent  whenever   when an
 application for renewal of registration, or  any
  an  application for renewal of special license
plates, is made after midnight of the expiration date of the
registration or special plates, or 60 days after the date the
registered owner is notified by the department pursuant to Section
1661, whichever is later.
   (c)  Whenever any   When   a 
  person has received as transferee a properly endorsed
certificate of ownership and the transfer fee has not been paid as
required by this code within 10 days, the fee is delinquent.
   (d)  Whenever any   When a   
person becomes an automobile dismantler, dealer, manufacturer,
manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or transporter
without first having paid the license and special plate fees as
required by this code, the fees are delinquent.