Section 8102 Of Article 5. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Program From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 5.
8102
. (a) In addition to the reasons specified in Section 8800, the
department may suspend the apportioned registration of a vehicle or
a fleet, when the person responsible for the safety of the vehicle or
a fleet of vehicles is prohibited from operating in interstate
commerce by a federal agency.
(b) Whenever the department suspends the apportioned registration
of a vehicle or a fleet pursuant to subdivision (a), the department
may refuse the issuance of vehicle registration as authorized
pursuant to Section 4751.
(c) Whenever the department suspends the apportioned registration
under subdivision (a), the department shall furnish the person
responsible for the vehicle or fleet with written notice of the
suspension.
(d) When an apportioned registration is suspended pursuant to this
section, and that suspension is based wholly or in part on the
failure of the person to maintain a vehicle or a fleet in safe
operating condition, the person to whom the registration was issued
shall not lease, or otherwise allow, another person to operate a
vehicle that is subject to the suspension during the period of the
suspension.
(e) A person shall not knowingly lease, operate, dispatch, or
otherwise utilize a vehicle from another person whose apportioned
registration is suspended, when that suspension is based wholly or in
part on the failure of the person to maintain a vehicle or a fleet
in safe operating condition.
(f) The apportioned registration of a vehicle or a fleet, that was
suspended because the vehicle or fleet is prohibited from operating
in interstate commerce by a federal agency may be reinstated upon
notification from the federal agency that the prohibition has been
lifted.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, before an
apportioned registration may be reissued after a suspension is
terminated, there shall, in addition to other fees required by this
code, be paid to the department a fee of one hundred fifty dollars
($150). This fee shall be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account to
cover the department's cost of administering this program.