(1) Existing law authorizes a county, upon the adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, to impose a fee on motor vehicles, as specified, that is paid quarterly to the Controller and continuously appropriated for disbursement to the county, as specified, to be used to fund programs relating to vehicle theft crimes. Existing law requires a county that imposes this fee to issue an annual report to the Controller on or before August 31. Existing law requires the Controller to suspend a county's fee for one year if the county fails to submit the report by November 30 and requires the Controller to inform the Department of Motor Vehicles on or before January 1 that a county's authority to collect the fee is suspended.
California AB 3246 (20172018) — Transportation: omnibus bill.
(1) Existing law authorizes a county, upon the adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, to impose a fee on motor vehicles, as specified, that is paid quarterly to the Controller and continuously appropriated for disbursement to the county, as specified, to be used to fund programs relating to vehicle theft crimes. Existing law requires a county that imposes this fee to issue an annual report to the Controller on or before August 31. Existing law requires the Controller to suspend a county's fee for one year if the county fails to submit the report by November 30 and requires the Controller to inform the Department of Motor Vehicles on or before January 1 that a county's authority to collect the fee is suspended.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Transportation — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2018-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5133.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-24 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2018-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5168.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6211.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-08-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-08-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/261da711-1738-4101-a9c2-951d47dfb064. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).