11101-11108

REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE
SECTION 11101-11108




11101.  This part is applicable only in a county which has adopted a
general plan providing for a network of county expressways and has
financed the first phase of the construction of such highways from a
county highway bond issue totaling at least seventy million dollars
($70,000,000). This part is necessary to provide needed revenue to
continue further construction of such an expressway system without
increasing the property tax.



11102.  As used in this part, "department" means the Department of
Motor Vehicles.



11103.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10758 of this
code, the board of supervisors of a county may, by ordinance, adopt a
vehicle license fee pursuant to this part. After a local vehicle
license fee has been levied pursuant to this part, it may not be
collected more than twice unless the board of supervisors shall have
submitted to the voters at a general or special election and at least
a majority of those voting have voted affirmatively on the following
question:
   "Shall the local vehicle license fee be continued as the means to
finance the county expressway program "



11104.  No vehicle license fee ordinance adopted pursuant to this
part shall be effective for any calendar year prior to 1968, nor
unless it is adopted and a certified copy thereof delivered to the
Department of Motor Vehicles at least four months prior to the first
day of January for the calendar year for which it is to be operative.




11105.  A vehicle license fee ordinance adopted pursuant to this
part may be repealed by action of the board of supervisors of the
county. A repeal of any vehicle license fee ordinance adopted
pursuant to this part shall not be effective for any calendar year
unless the board of supervisors takes action to repeal the ordinance
at least four months prior to the first day of January the year for
which it is to be repealed.



11106.  The vehicle license fee ordinance adopted under this part
shall be imposed for the privilege of operating upon the public
highways in the county any vehicle of a type which is subject to
registration under the Vehicle Code unless specifically exempt under
the terms of the ordinance, and shall include provisions in substance
as follows:
   (a) A provision fixing the annual amount of the license fee which
shall be an amount not exceeding ten dollars ($10) for every vehicle
of a type subject to registration under the Vehicle Code. The
ordinance may provide a different fee for any class of vehicles
provided no fee shall exceed ten dollars ($10) per vehicle.
   (b) Provisions identical to those contained in Part 5 (commencing
with Section 10701) of Division 2 of this code, insofar as they
relate to vehicle license fees and are applicable, except that the
name of the county as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that
of the state, and that the term "vehicle of a type subject to
registration under the Vehicle Code" does not include (1) any vehicle
in the inventory of vehicles held for sale by a manufacturer,
distributor or dealer in the course of his business until such time
as the vehicle is sold, (2) any trailer coach, or (3) any class of
vehicles specifically made exempt from the vehicle license fees
authorized by this part by the terms of the ordinance imposing such
fees.
   (c) A provision that all amendments, subsequent to the effective
date of the county vehicle license fee ordinance, to Part 5
(commencing with Section 10701) of Division 2 of this code relating
to vehicle license fees and not inconsistent with this part, shall
automatically become a part of the county vehicle license fee
ordinance.
   (d) A provision that the county contract with the Department of
Motor Vehicles to perform all functions incident to the
administration or operation of the vehicle license fee ordinance of
the county.
   (e) A provision that the vehicle license fee ordinance shall
become operative on the first day of January of the year next
succeeding the year in which the ordinance is adopted, subject to the
provisions of Section 11104.
   (f) A provision that the total revenue derived from any vehicle
license fee ordinance, less any costs charged by the Department of
Motor Vehicles for its services, shall be distributed to the county
for the construction (as defined in Section 29 of the Streets and
Highways Code) of a county expressway system or the select system of
a county.



11107.  All vehicle license fees shall be collected by the
Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to a contract with the county
and shall be transmitted to the county by the department periodically
as promptly as feasible, and the department shall charge the county
for the department's services specified in this section and Section
11106 such amount as will reimburse the department for the actual
additional cost to it in rendering the services. Refunds to licensees
pursuant to Part 5 of Division 2 of this code as incorporated in the
vehicle license fee ordinance shall be made and administered as
provided in such contract.


11108.  A person shall, for the purposes provided in this part, be
presumed to be operating a vehicle on the public highways only in the
county of residence as it is reflected in the registration records
of the Department of Motor Vehicles and he shall be subject to a
vehicle license fee under this part only in that county. The
department is authorized to establish administrative procedures for
the collection of vehicle license fees. In determining the place of
residence of a person the department shall be entitled to rely upon
the address reflected in its records unless any such person or
persons or county or district shall establish to the satisfaction of
the department that the place of residence is elsewhere.