BILL NUMBER: SB 523 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to amend Section 9552 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 523, as introduced, McGuire. Vehicles: fees. Under existing law, fees required by the Vehicle Code are delinquent when a vehicle is operated on a highway without those fees first having been paid and when those fees have not been paid within 20 days of the vehicle's first operation, subject to specified exceptions. This bill would increase that amount of time to 30 days. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 9552 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 9552. (a)Whenever anyWhen a vehicle is operatedupon anyon a highway of this state without the fees first having been paid as required by this code, and those fees have not been paid within2030 days of its first operation, those fees are delinquent, except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) Fees are delinquentwheneverwhen an application for renewal of registration, oranyan application for renewal of special license plates, is made after midnight of the expiration date of the registration or special plates, or 60 days after the date the registered owner is notified by the department pursuant to Section 1661, whichever is later. (c)Whenever anyWhen a person has received as transferee a properly endorsed certificate of ownership and the transfer fee has not been paid as required by this code within 10 days, the fee is delinquent. (d)Whenever anyWhen a person becomes an automobile dismantler, dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or transporter without first having paid the license and special plate fees as required by this code, the fees are delinquent.