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AB-2303 Vehicles: registration: installment payments.(2009-2010)

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2009–2010 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2303

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Tran

February 19, 2010

An act to add Section 4000.7 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2303, as introduced, Tran. Vehicles: registration: installment payments.
Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly, unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under the Vehicle Code.
This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, by regulation, by January 1, 2012, to implement a program that would allow certain persons to pay a vehicle registration fee in installments. The bill would specify that in order to qualify to participate in the program an individual shall be receiving unemployment compensation or meet state poverty guidelines.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 4000.7 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

4000.7.
 (a) By January 1, 2012, the department, by regulation, shall implement an installment payment program for payment of vehicle registration fees.
(b) An installment payment program shall do all of the following:
(1) Be limited to an individual who is receiving unemployment compensation pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1251) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code or who meets state poverty guidelines as determined by ____.
(2) Confirm eligibility of an individual prior to enrollment in the program.
(3) Require an additional charge of five dollars ($5) for each installment payment.