California: Amnesty Passes

[Morgester]

The Governor signed into law Assembly Bill 619. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop and administer a vehicle registration amnesty program which would be in effect from January 1, 2010, until December 31, 2010, for vehicles that were previously registered or classified incorrectly and that, pursuant to the program, become correctly registered, as defined. The department would be required to grant amnesty to a vehicle owner if all of the specified conditions are met by December 31, 2010, including, but not limited to, the owner filing a completed application, signed under penalty of perjury, with the department. These provisions would not become operative until July 1, 2009, and would be repealed on January 1, 2011.

The language can be found at:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/po...rch_type=email

I anticipate a major outreach between now and July 1, 2009 to get the word out. The goal is to get everyone back in compliance with State law. Following amnesty there will be stepped up enforcement action and fraudulently registered kit cars and hot rods will be treated exactly as any other fraudulently registered vehicle.