Section 5075 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 Tahoe
Conservancy, shall design and make available for issuance pursuant
to this article special environmental design license plates as
described in this section. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section
5060, the special environmental design license plates shall bear a
full-plate graphic design depicting a significant feature of Lake
Tahoe. 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.
Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 5060, the special
environmental design license plates may be issued as environmental
license plates, as defined in Section 5103.
(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, 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 with the plates, 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 environmental license plates,
as defined in Section 5103, with a full-plate graphic design
described in subdivision (a), the additional fees prescribed in
Sections 5106 and 5108. The additional fees prescribed in Sections
5106 and 5108 shall be deposited in the Environmental License Plate
Fund.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of subdivision (b), and
after deducting its administrative costs under this section, the
department shall deposit the additional revenue derived from the
issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of special
environmental design license plates in the Lake Tahoe Conservancy
Account, which is hereby created in the California Environmental
License Plate Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the money
in the account shall be allocated by the Controller to the California
Tahoe Conservancy or its successor for expenditure for the exclusive
trust purposes of preservation and restoration projects in the Lake
Tahoe area and for the purpose of establishing and improving trails,
pathways, and public access for nonmotorized traffic in that area.