Bill Text: CA SB636 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

---

Bill Title: Vehicle license fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 605, Statutes of 2009. [SB636 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB636-Chaptered.html

---

BILL NUMBER: SB 636	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  605
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ashburn

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 10752.5 to the Revenue and Taxation Code,
relating to vehicle license fees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 636, Ashburn. Vehicle license fees.
   The Vehicle License Fee Law establishes, in lieu of any ad valorem
property tax upon vehicles, an annual license fee for any vehicle
subject to registration in this state in the amount of 0.65% of the
market value of that vehicle, as provided. Existing law, on and after
May 19, 2009, increases that rate to 1% for specified vehicles and
requires that the revenues derived from the increase be deposited
into the General Fund. Existing law, on and after May 19, 2009, also
adds a sum equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles,
as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to the vehicle
license fee, and requires that this sum be deposited in the General
Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account,
which is continuously appropriated for specified purposes.
   This bill would state that the additional revenue resulting from
these increases in the vehicle license fee is not revenue derived
from the 0.65% rate for purposes of a local ordinance that governs
the expenditure of funds received by Nevada County from the vehicle
license fee.
   The bill would state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 10752.5 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:
   10752.5.  (a) The additional revenue resulting from the amendments
made to Sections 10752 and 10752.1, and the addition of Section
17052.2, by Chapter 18 of the Statutes of 2009, Third Extraordinary
Session, is not revenue derived from taxes imposed pursuant to this
part that is subject to subdivision (a) of Section 15 of Article XI
of the California Constitution, for purposes of a local ordinance
that governs the expenditure of funds received by Nevada County from
the taxes imposed pursuant to this part.
   (b) This section shall cease to be operative on July 1, 2011,
unless the Director of Finance makes the notification pursuant to
Section 99040 of the Government Code, in which case this section
shall cease to be operative on July 1, 2013.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that due to unique
circumstances relating to a local ordinance governing the expenditure
of Vehicle License Fee funds received by Nevada County, a general
statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of
Article IV of the California Constitution. Therefore, this act is
necessarily applicable only to Nevada County.