(a)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11151(a) For purposes of this part, “department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(b)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11151(b) For purposes of this part, “county” means the City and County of San Francisco.
Part 5.6LOCAL VEHICLE LICENSE FEE SURCHARGE
Section § 11151
This section defines specific terms used in this part of the law. It states that 'department' refers to the Department of Motor Vehicles, and 'county' specifically means the City and County of San Francisco.
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Section § 11152
This law allows a county to add an extra charge, or surcharge, to vehicle license fees, but only under certain conditions. First, the county's board of supervisors must determine there is traffic congestion that can be improved through public transit, and that the costs of public transit are greater than the income from the vehicle fee surcharge. They must also believe that the surcharge will help avoid raising public transit fares while it's in place. Secondly, the surcharge can only be implemented if two-thirds of the county's voters approve it in an election.
The county may impose a local vehicle license fee surcharge if both of the following occur:
(a)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11152(a) The board of supervisors finds both of the following:
(1)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11152(a)(1) That there is traffic congestion within the county that can be alleviated by the operation of public transit and that the cost of funding public transit exceeds the revenues to be
collected from a vehicle license fee surcharge.
(2)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11152(a)(2) That the imposition of the vehicle license fee surcharge will reduce the need for any public transit fare increases during the period that the vehicle license fee surcharge is in effect.
(b)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11152(b) The ordinance or resolution proposing the surcharge is adopted by two-thirds of the voters of the county voting on the issue.
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Section § 11152.5
This law states that if public transit fares go up while a vehicle license fee surcharge is active, the surcharge must stop being charged. The law will become inactive on the date fares increase and will be officially repealed the following January 1st. Additionally, the board of supervisors must inform the relevant department of any fare increase during this period.
If public transit fares are increased at any time while the vehicle license fee surcharge authorized by this part is in effect, the surcharge may not continue to be imposed.
This part shall become inoperative on the date those fares are increased and
shall be repealed on January 1 next following that date. The board of supervisors shall notify the department of any increase in public transit fares occurring while the surcharge is in effect.
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Section § 11153
If a local government passes a new vehicle license fee surcharge, it will start applying on January 1 following its adoption. This surcharge affects new vehicle registrations and renewals that expire after that date.
A vehicle license fee surcharge ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this part shall be operative on January 1 of the year following adoption of the ordinance or resolution. A local vehicle license fee surcharge shall apply to any original registration occurring on or after that January 1, and to any renewal of registration with an expiration date on or after that January 1.
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Section § 11154
This law states that certain counties in California can charge a local vehicle license fee surcharge for driving registered vehicles on public highways. However, vehicles exempt from regular registration fees and commercial vehicles over 4,000 pounds are not included in this surcharge. The surcharge can be up to 15% of the normal vehicle license fee that people already pay.
Before the surcharge comes into effect, counties must arrange for its administration with the relevant department. The money collected from this fee must be used by the county for public transit-related costs, like improvements, security, maintenance, graffiti removal, and compliance costs.
The local vehicle license fee surcharge shall be imposed for the privilege of operating upon the public highways in the county any vehicle of a type that is subject to registration under the Vehicle Code, except those vehicles expressly exempted from payment of vehicle registration fees and commercial vehicles weighing more than 4,000 pounds, unladen, and shall include provisions in substance as follows:
(a)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11154(a) A provision that the annual amount of the local vehicle license fee surcharge shall be a sum equal to not more than 15 percent of the vehicle license fee imposed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701).
(b)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11154(b) A provision that the county contract prior to the effective date of the local vehicle license fee surcharge ordinance or resolution with the department to perform all functions incident to the administration or operation of the local vehicle license fee surcharge ordinance or resolution of the county.
(c)CA Revenue and Taxation Code § 11154(c) A provision that the revenue derived from any vehicle license fee surcharge ordinance or resolution imposed pursuant to this part shall be distributed to the county for use exclusively for the provision of public transit, including capital outlay, security, and maintenance costs, and including, but not limited to, removal of graffiti from public
transit vehicles and facilities, and to pay the costs of compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 11152.
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Section § 11155
This law states that when a county has a contract with the department for vehicle license fee surcharges, the money collected from these surcharges, minus any refunds and administrative costs, will be paid to that county.
All local vehicle license fee surcharge revenues, less refunds, collected by the department pursuant to a contract with a county, after deduction of the administrative costs incurred by the department in carrying out this part, shall be paid to that county.
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Section § 11156
This law assumes that a person operates their vehicle on public roads mainly in the county where they live. If it's not a person, like a company, it applies to the county where the vehicle is mostly kept. The vehicle license fee surcharge only applies in that specific county.
A person shall, for the purposes provided for in Section 11154, be presumed to be operating a vehicle on the public highways only in the county in which he or she resides, or, in the case of other than a natural person, only in the county in which the vehicle is principally garaged, and he or she shall be subject to a local vehicle license fee surcharge only in that county.
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