Vehicles: additional registration fees.

Existing law, in addition to the other fees imposed for the registration of a vehicle, imposes, as a county option with certain exceptions, an additional fee of $1, and an additional service fee of $2, on all commercial motor vehicles, and continuously appropriates the money to fund local programs relating to vehicle theft crimes. These provisions are to be repealed as of January 1, 2010. Existing law requires each participating county to issue a fiscal year-end report to the Controller, summarizing certain matters. This bill would extend the repeal date of January 1, 2010, to January 1, 2018, and would thus extend the fee and the continuous appropriation until January 1, 2018, thereby making an appropriation. This bill would additionally require the year-end report to the Controller to include a detailed accounting of the funds received and expended in the immediately preceding fiscal year, as well as include additional information on county expenditures to fund programs relating to vehicle theft crimes and in some cases crimes involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both.