Section 18090.7 Of Article 3. Applications For Original Registration And Title From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 13. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.
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. (a) In order to continue improving the quality of products
and services to its customers in the registration and titling of
personal property within its authority, the department, pursuant to
Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of
Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code, may establish
electronic programs to facilitate improved business practices between
the department and qualified private industry partners. The programs
may include, but are not limited to, programs for the electronic
processing of ownership and title documents for manufactured homes,
mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, and floating homes,
and the payment of related fees.
(b) The director may establish, by regulation, the maximum amount
of a fee that a qualified private industry partner may charge its
customers to provide the services authorized under subdivision (a).
(c) The department may establish, by regulation, a transaction fee
that it may charge a qualified private industry partner to pay the
costs for the information and services that the department provides
to the partner in support of the processing and payment programs
authorized under subdivision (a). The transaction fee may not exceed
the amount necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department in
carrying out this section and Section 18090.6. The transaction fee
may be passed to the customer by the private industry partner, but in
no event shall the total charge to a customer exceed the amount
established by the director under subdivision (b).
(d) As used in this section, "qualified private industry partner"
includes the following entities engaged in the business, or an
associated business, of the purchase, sale, or transfer of
manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers,
or floating homes: financial institutions, electronic data processing
vendors, information technology contractors, and escrow and title
companies.