Vehicles: specially constructed vehicles: emission control inspection.

Existing law requires that specially constructed vehicles be inspected by stations authorized to perform referee functions by the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of determining the engine model-year used in the vehicle or the vehicle model-year, and the emission control system application. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide an initial registration to no more than the first 500 specially constructed vehicles that meet specified criteria and are presented to the department each year for registration. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish, maintain, and make available to the public the number of current applicants each year for registration of a specially constructed vehicle in the order in which the applications are received. The bill would also require the department to indicate the number of specially constructed vehicles that have been registered for that year. The bill would require the department to consider an application that is received after it has registered 500 specially constructed vehicles in a calendar year in the subsequent calendar year based on the order in which the application is received. The bill would require the department to reject an application from an applicant if the applicant already has another application pending before the department. The bill would require the department to adopt by regulation a secure process that protects an applicant's privacy and enables the applicant to access the department's Internet Web site in order for the applicant to determine his or her number on the list of applications.