Vehicles: additional registration fees: vehicle-theft crimes.

Existing law, effective until January 1, 2018, authorizes a county, upon the adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, to impose a fee of $1 on all motor vehicles, in addition to other fees imposed for the registration of a vehicle, and an additional service fee of $2 on commercial motor vehicles of 10,001 pounds or more, as specified. These funds are continuously appropriated to local programs relating to vehicle theft crimes. Existing law authorizes the County of Los Angeles, the County of San Diego, and the County of San Bernardino to increase the motor vehicle fee from $1 to $2, and provides that the service fee on commercial motor vehicles shall increase from $2 to $4, upon adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, and requires the resolution to be submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles at least 6 months prior to the operative date of the fee increase. This bill would authorize every county to increase its motor vehicle fee from $1 to $2, and its commercial vehicle service fee from $2 to $4, upon adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, and submission of the resolution to the department, as described above. The bill would also authorize a county to adopt a fee of $2 on all major vehicles if that county has not adopted a resolution to impose a $1 fee, and by adopting that fee, imposing a $4 fee on all commercial vehicle services. The bill would delete the January 1, 2018, date of repeal and thereby make these provisions operative indefinitely. The bill would make other technical and conforming changes. This bill would add a new source of revenue to be deposited into a continuously appropriated fund, thereby making an appropriation.