Section 5067 Of Article 8.4. Special Interest License Plates From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.4.
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. (a) The department, in consultation with the California
Coastal Commission, shall design and make available for issuance
pursuant to this article special environmental design license plates.
Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 5060, the special
environmental design license plates shall bear a graphic design
depicting a California coastal motif and may be issued in a
combination of numbers or letters, or both, as requested by the
applicant for the plates. Any person described in Section 5101 may,
upon payment of the additional fees set forth in subdivision (b),
apply for and be issued a set of special environmental design license
plates.
(b) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration
or renewal of registration, the following additional fees shall be
paid for the issuance, renewal, retention, or transfer of the special
environmental design license plates authorized pursuant to this
section:
(1) For the original issuance of the plates, fifty dollars ($50).
(2) For a renewal of registration of the plates or retention of
the plates, if renewal is not required, forty dollars ($40).
(3) For transfer of the plates to another vehicle, fifteen dollars
($15).
(4) For each substitute replacement plate, thirty-five dollars
($35).
(5) In addition, for the issuance of an environmental license
plate, as defined in Section 5103, the additional fees prescribed in
Section 5106 and 5108. The additional fees prescribed in Sections
5106 and 5108 shall be deposited in the California Environmental
License Plate Fund.
(c) After deducting its administrative costs under this section,
the department, except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision
(b), shall deposit the additional revenue derived from the issuance,
renewal, transfer, and substitution of special environmental design
license plates as follows:
(1) One-half in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement
Account, which is hereby established in the California Environmental
License Plate Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the money
in the account shall be allocated by the Controller as follows:
(A) First to the California Coastal Commission for expenditure for
the Adopt-A-Beach program, the Beach Cleanup Day program, coastal
public education programs, and grants to local governments and
nonprofit organizations for the costs of operating and maintaining
public beaches related to these programs.
(B) Second, from funds remaining after the allocation required
under subparagraph (A), to the State Coastal Conservancy for coastal
natural resource restoration and enhancement projects and for other
projects consistent with the provisions of Division 21 (commencing
with Section 31000) of the Public Resources Code.
(2) One-half in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.