Vehicles: license plates.

Existing law permits state agencies to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles to sponsor a specialized license plate program. The department may establish a program when specified requirements are met, such as receiving 7,500 applications for the agency's specialized license plates. Existing law requires fees in addition to regular license plate fees to be paid for registration and renewal of specialized license plates, as specified. Existing law establishes the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount to make moneys available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to achieve the goals of the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program, including achieving reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, improvements in air quality, and benefits to low-income residents through the replacement of high-polluter motor vehicles with cleaner and more efficient motor vehicles. This bill would authorize a state agency to apply to the department to sponsor a Go Green specialized license plate program. Go Green specialized license plates would only be available for zero-emission vehicles. This bill would require the Department to deposit revenue generated by the Go Green specialized license plate program, after administrative costs have been deducted, in the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount to help provide additional funding for the retirement of older polluting vehicles and incentivize the purchase of new and used zero-emission vehicles.