California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 89 — Vehicles: vehicle license fee and registration fee.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2011.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the amount appropriated by the Legislature for the use of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) for the enforcement of the Vehicle License Fee Law to be calculated as specified and transferred from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. This bill would instead require the Legislature to determine and appropriate annually an amount for the use of the DMV and the FTB for the enforcement of the Vehicle License Fee Law. The bill would deem, for the 2011–12 fiscal year, $25,000,000 as the cost to the DMV for the collection of the motor vehicle license fee. (2) Existing law requires the moneys in the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund that remain unexpended at the close of business on the last day of each calendar month to be allocated by the Controller by the 10th day of the following month for specified purposes. This bill would instead require the Controller, on and after July 1, 2011, to allocate those moneys to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for allocation to cities, counties, and cities and counties. (3) Existing law requires the DMV to charge a registration fee of $31 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified. This bill would require the DMV, on July 1, 2011, and thereafter, to charge a registration fee of $43 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified, with the proceeds from the increase to be used only in connection with the regulation of vehicles. (4) The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee for any vehicle subject to registration in this state in the amount of 1% of the market value of that vehicle, as provided, for a specified amount of time. Existing law also, until June 30, 2011, imposes an additional tax equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles, as determined by the DMV, to the vehicle license fee, to be deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account. Existing law requires all moneys in the Local Safety and Protection Account to be continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the Controller for allocation. This bill would specify that those rates apply to all initial and renewal registrations due on and after May 1, 2009, but before July 1, 2011. This bill would also specify that all revenues derived from the additional 0.15% tax rate received after June 30, 2011, are deemed to have been received during the 2010–11 fiscal year for purposes of allocation by the Controller. (5) Existing law requires that, in accordance with a specified schedule, the Controller allocate moneys to each county, city, or city and county, as general purpose revenues, from the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund. This bill would require the Controller to calculate the difference between the total amount of vehicle license fee proceeds deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund and deposited into the Vehicle License Fee Account for the period of July 16, 2009, to July 15, 2010, inclusive, and the amount deposited for the period of July 16, 2010, to July 15, 2011, inclusive. This bill would deem, of vehicle license fee proceeds deposited into the Vehicle License Fee Account after July 15, 2011, an amount equal to that difference to have been deposited during the period of July 16, 2010, to July 15, 2011, inclusive, and allocated to cities, counties, and a city and county as if those proceeds had been received during the 2010–11 fiscal year. (6) This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the DMV, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, should develop a method to allocate costs and develop a cost model allocating the costs associated with the registration of a vehicle by the DMV to the vehicle registration fee and to identify costs attributable to the collection of other specified fees. (7) This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for certain administrative costs, thereby making an appropriation. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:50 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 17. Page 1616.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 2093.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Withdrawn from committee.

  9. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 2092.)

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  11. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 169.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Ordered to second reading.

  16. Withdrawn from committee.

  17. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  18. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.

  19. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

SB 89 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD

Passed 51 Yea · 27 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 502502
Republican 0200
Democratic 1000
Total 512702
% of votes cast 64%34%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Halderman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Butler — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Campos — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Carter — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Huber — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Monning — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Portantino — Not Voting
Gorell — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Norby — Nay
Silva — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

W/O REF. TO FILE SB89 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence

Passed 22 Yea · 17 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 201601
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 221701
% of votes cast 55%43%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Runner — Nay
Rubio — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB89 Committee on B. & F.R.

Passed 22 Yea · 2 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 202013
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 222014
% of votes cast 58%5%0%37%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Walters — Not Voting
Emmerson — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 89 do?
(1) Existing law requires the amount appropriated by the Legislature for the use of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) for the enforcement of the Vehicle License Fee Law to be calculated as specified and transferred from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund. This bill would instead require the Legislature to determine and appropriate annually an amount for the use of the DMV and the FTB for the enforcement of the Vehicle License Fee Law. The bill would deem, for the 2011–12 fiscal year, $25,000,000 as the cost to the DMV for the collection of the motor vehicle license fee. (2) Existing law requires the moneys in the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund that remain unexpended at the close of business on the last day of each calendar month to be allocated by the Controller by the 10th day of the following month for specified purposes. This bill would instead require the Controller, on and after July 1, 2011, to allocate those moneys to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 for allocation to cities, counties, and cities and counties. (3) Existing law requires the DMV to charge a registration fee of $31 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified. This bill would require the DMV, on July 1, 2011, and thereafter, to charge a registration fee of $43 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified, with the proceeds from the increase to be used only in connection with the regulation of vehicles. (4) The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee for any vehicle subject to registration in this state in the amount of 1% of the market value of that vehicle, as provided, for a specified amount of time. Existing law also, until June 30, 2011, imposes an additional tax equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles, as determined by the DMV, to the vehicle license fee, to be deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account. Existing law requires all moneys in the Local Safety and Protection Account to be continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the Controller for allocation. This bill would specify that those rates apply to all initial and renewal registrations due on and after May 1, 2009, but before July 1, 2011. This bill would also specify that all revenues derived from the additional 0.15% tax rate received after June 30, 2011, are deemed to have been received during the 2010–11 fiscal year for purposes of allocation by the Controller. (5) Existing law requires that, in accordance with a specified schedule, the Controller allocate moneys to each county, city, or city and county, as general purpose revenues, from the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund. This bill would require the Controller to calculate the difference between the total amount of vehicle license fee proceeds deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund and deposited into the Vehicle License Fee Account for the period of July 16, 2009, to July 15, 2010, inclusive, and the amount deposited for the period of July 16, 2010, to July 15, 2011, inclusive. This bill would deem, of vehicle license fee proceeds deposited into the Vehicle License Fee Account after July 15, 2011, an amount equal to that difference to have been deposited during the period of July 16, 2010, to July 15, 2011, inclusive, and allocated to cities, counties, and a city and county as if those proceeds had been received during the 2010–11 fiscal year. (6) This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that the DMV, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, should develop a method to allocate costs and develop a cost model allocating the costs associated with the registration of a vehicle by the DMV to the vehicle registration fee and to identify costs attributable to the collection of other specified fees. (7) This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for certain administrative costs, thereby making an appropriation. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 89?
SB 89 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 89?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2011. Enacted.
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