Vehicles: registration fees.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to charge a registration fee of $43 on every vehicle or trailer coach, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the imposition of certain additional fees and surcharges, including, among others, an additional fee of $1 on all motor vehicles to fund local programs relating to vehicle theft crimes. This bill would require the DMV to clearly identify the $43 registration fee as the base registration fee on any application for initial registration or renewal of registration, and to clearly identify each additional fee or surcharge added to the base registration fee as a separate and district line item on those applications. The bill would also require the DMV to provide with each application a brief description of purpose for each fee or surcharge, and the statutory authority for that fee or surcharge.