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2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42005.

42005. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, a court may order or permit a person who holds a noncommercial class C, class M1, or class M2 driver’s license who pleads guilty or who pleads no contest or who is convicted of a traffic offense to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.
(b) To the extent the court is in conformance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may, after deposit of the fee under Section 42007 or bail, order or permit a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C driver’s license, who pleads guilty or no contest or is convicted of a traffic offense, to complete a course of instruction at a licensed traffic violator school if the person was operating a vehicle requiring only a class C license, or a class M license. The court may not order that the record of conviction be kept confidential. However, the conviction shall not be added to a violation point count for purposes of determining whether a driver is presumed to be a negligent operator under Section 12810.5.
(c) The court shall not order that a conviction of an offense be kept confidential according to Section 1808.7, order or permit avoidance of consideration of violation point counts under subdivision (b), or permit a person, regardless of the driver’s license class, to complete a program at a licensed traffic violator school in lieu of adjudicating an offense if any of the following applies to the offense:
(1) It occurred in a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210.
(2) Is a violation of Section 20001, 20002, 23103, 23104, 23105, 23140, 23152, or 23153, or of Section 23103, as specified in Section 23103.5.
(3) It is a violation described in subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 12810.
(d) A person ordered to attend a traffic violator school pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) may choose the traffic violator school the person will attend. The court shall provide to each person subject to that order or referral the department’s current list of licensed traffic violator schools.
(e) A person who fails to comply with a court order to attend traffic violator school shall not be assessed any additional penalties for their failure to comply, however the provisions of Section 1808.7 shall not apply to a person who fails to attend traffic violator school.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 85, Sec. 2. (AB 466) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42005.1.

42005.1. The court may order a person designated to attend a traffic violator school to instead participate in a study of traffic violator schools licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5. The person’s participation in that study constitutes attending a licensed traffic violator school program.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 13.7. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42005.3.

42005.3. (a) A local authority shall not allow a person who is alleged to have committed a traffic offense in violation of this code, or an ordinance or resolution adopted under this code, to participate in a driver awareness or education program or in any other diversion program as an alternative to the procedure required to be followed under this code for alleged violations of this code.
(b) This section does not apply to a diversion program sanctioned by local law enforcement for a person who committed an infraction not involving a motor vehicle.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 306, Sec. 1. (AB 902) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42005.5.

42005.5. Notwithstanding Section 46300 or 84500 of the Education Code or any other provision of law, on and after September 1, 1985, attendance at a school for traffic violators permitted or ordered pursuant to Section 41501 or 42005 shall not be included in computing the average daily attendance of any school district, community college district, or other public educational institution for purposes of allocation of state funds.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 15. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42007.1.

42007.1. (a) The amount collected by the clerk pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 42007 shall be in an amount equal to the total bail set forth for the eligible offense on the uniform countywide bail schedule plus a forty-nine-dollar ($49) fee, and a fee determined by the department to be sufficient to defray the cost of routine monitoring of traffic violator school instruction pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11208, and a fee, if any, established by the court pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11205.2 to defray the costs incurred by a traffic assistance program.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 42007, the revenue from the forty-nine-dollar ($49) fee collected under this section shall be deposited in the county general fund. Fifty-one percent of the amount collected under this section and deposited into the county general fund shall be transmitted therefrom monthly to the Controller for deposit in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, established in Section 70371 of the Government Code.
(c) The fee assessed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11208 shall be allocated to the department to defray the costs of monitoring traffic violator school instruction.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 79, Sec. 38. (AB 143) Effective July 16, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42007.3.

42007.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 42007, revenues derived from fees collected under Section 42007 from each person required or permitted to attend traffic violator school pursuant to Section 41501 or 42005 as a result of a violation of subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 21453, subdivision (c) of Section 21454, or subdivision (a) of Section 21457 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) The first 30 percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to the general fund of the city or county in which the offense occurred.
(2) The balance of the amount collected shall be deposited by the county treasurer under Section 42007.
(b) This section does not apply to the additional forty-nine-dollar ($49) court administrative fee assessed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11208 collected under subdivision (a) of Section 42007.1.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 18. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42007.4.

42007.4. (a) Notwithstanding Section 42007, revenues derived from fees collected under Section 42007 from each person required or permitted to attend traffic violator school pursuant to Section 369b of the Penal Code as a result of a violation of subdivision (c) of Section 21752, involving railroad grade crossings, or Section 22451 or 22452 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) If the offense occurred in an area where a transit district or transportation commission established under Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code provides rail transportation, the first 30 percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to the general fund of that transit district or transportation commission to be used only for public safety and public education purposes relating to railroad grade crossings.
(2) If there is no transit district or transportation commission providing rail transportation in the area where the offense occurred, the first 30 percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to the general fund of the county in which the offense occurred, to be used only for public safety and public education purposes relating to railroad grade crossings.
(3) The balance of the amount collected shall be deposited by the county treasurer under Section 1463 of the Penal Code.
(4) A transit district, transportation commission, or a county that is allocated funds pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall provide public safety and public education relating to railroad grade crossings only to the extent that those purposes are funded by the allocations provided pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2).
(b) This section does not apply to the additional forty-nine-dollar ($49) court administrative fee assessed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11208 collected under subdivision (a) of Section 42007.1.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 599, Sec. 19. (AB 2499) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42008.

42008. (a) Any county may operate an amnesty program for delinquent fines and bail imposed for an infraction or misdemeanor violation of the Vehicle Code, except parking violations of the Vehicle Code and violations of Section 23103, 23104, 23152, or 23153. The program shall be implemented by the courts in accordance with Judicial Council guidelines, and shall apply to infraction or misdemeanor violations of the Vehicle Code, except parking violations, upon which a fine or bail was delinquent on or before April 1, 1991.
(b) Under the amnesty program, any person owing a fine or bail due on or before April 1, 1991, that was imposed for an infraction or misdemeanor violation of the Vehicle Code, except violations of Section 23103, 23104, 23152, or 23153 or parking violations, may pay to the superior court the amount scheduled by the court, which shall be either (1) 70 percent of the total fine or bail or (2) the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) for an infraction or five hundred dollars ($500) for a misdemeanor. This amount shall be accepted by the court in full satisfaction of the delinquent fine or bail.
(c) No criminal action shall be brought against any person for a delinquent fine or bail paid under this amnesty program and no other additional penalties shall be assessed for the late payment of the fine or bail made under the amnesty program.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 1463 of the Penal Code, the total amount of funds collected by the courts pursuant to the amnesty program created by this section shall be deposited in the county treasury.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 606. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 1 - Public Offenses › Section 42008.5.

42008.5. (a) A county may establish a one-time amnesty program for fines and bail that have been delinquent for not less than six months as of the date upon which the program commences and were imposed for an infraction or misdemeanor violation of this code, except parking violations of this code and violations of Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23152, or 23153.
(b)  A person owing a fine or bail that is eligible for amnesty under the program may pay to the superior or juvenile court the amount scheduled by the court, that shall be accepted by the court in full satisfaction of the delinquent fine or bail and shall be either of the following:
(1) Seventy percent of the total fine or bail.
(2) The amount of one hundred dollars ($100) for an infraction or five hundred dollars ($500) for a misdemeanor.
(c) The amnesty program shall be implemented by the courts of the county on a one-time basis and conducted in accordance with Judicial Council guidelines for a period of not less than 120 days. The program shall operate not longer than six months from the date the court initiates the program.
(d) No criminal action shall be brought against a person for a delinquent fine or bail paid under the amnesty program and no other additional penalties, except as provided in Section 1214.1 of the Penal Code, shall be assessed for the late payment of the fine or bail made under the amnesty program.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 1463 of the Penal Code, the total amount of funds collected by the courts pursuant to the amnesty program shall be deposited in the county treasury until 150 percent of the cost of operating the program, excluding capital expenditures, have been so deposited. Thereafter, 37 percent of the amount of the delinquent fines and bail deposited in the county treasury shall be distributed by the county pursuant to Section 1464 of the Penal Code, 26 percent of the amount deposited shall be distributed by the county pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 76100) of Chapter 12 of Title 8 of the Government Code, and the remaining 37 percent of the amount deposited shall be retained by the county.
(f) The deposit of fines and bails in the county treasury as described in subdivision (e) is limited to the amnesty program described in this section, and it is the intent of the Legislature that it shall not be considered a precedent with respect to affecting programs that receive funding pursuant to Section 1463 of the Penal Code.
(g) Each county participating in the program shall file, not later than six months after the termination of the program, a written report with the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Judiciary. The report shall summarize the amount of money collected, operating costs of the program, distribution of funds collected, and when possible, how the funds were expended.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 682, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 2 - Weight Violations › Section 42030.

42030. (a) Every person convicted of a violation of any weight limitation provision of Division 15 (commencing with Section 35000), and every person convicted of a violation of Section 21461 with respect to signs provided pursuant to Section 35654 or 35752, and every person convicted of a violation of Section 40001 for requiring the operation of a vehicle upon a highway in violation of any provision referred to in this section shall be punished by a fine which equals the amounts specified in the following table:
Pounds of excess weight
Fine
0– 1,000  ........................
$ 20
1,001– 1,500  ........................
30
1,501– 2,000  ........................
40
2,001– 2,500  ........................
55
2,501– 3,000  ........................
85
3,001– 3,500  ........................
105
3,501– 4,000  ........................
125
4,001– 4,500  ........................
145
4,501– 5,000  ........................
175
5,001– 6,000  ........................
.04 each lb.
6,001– 7,000  ........................
.06 each lb.
7,001– 8,000  ........................
.08 each lb.
8,001–10,000  ........................
.15 each lb.
10,001 and over  ........................
.20 each lb.
(b) No part of the penalties prescribed by this section shall be suspended for a conviction of any of the following:
(1) Section 40001 for requiring operation of a vehicle upon a highway in violation of any provision referred to in this section.
(2) Any provision referred to in this section when the amount of the weight exceeds 4,000 pounds.
(3) Any provision referred to in this section when a second or subsequent conviction of a violation thereof occurs within three years immediately preceding the violation charged.
(c) However, notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the court shall exercise discretion with respect to the imposition of the fine under this section for excess weight not exceeding 1,000 pounds if the load of the vehicle cited consisted entirely of field-loaded, unprocessed bulk agricultural or forest products or livestock being transported from the field to the first point of processing or handling.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the court may exercise discretion with respect to the imposition of the fine under this section if any applicable local permit was obtained prior to the court hearing and, at the time of issuance of the notice to appear, the motor carrier was transporting construction equipment or materials and a valid extra-legal load permit from the Department of Transportation was in effect.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 2 - Weight Violations › Section 42030.1.

42030.1. (a) Every person convicted of a violation of any declared gross vehicle weight limitation provision of this code, shall be punished by a fine that equals the amounts specified in the following table:
Pounds in Excess of the Declared Gross Vehicle Weight
Fine
1,001–1,500  ........................
$ 250
1,501–2,000  ........................
300
2,001–2,500  ........................
350
2,501–3,000  ........................
400
3,001–3,500  ........................
450
3,501–4,000  ........................
500
4,001–4,500  ........................
550
4,501–5,000  ........................
600
5,001–6,000  ........................
700
6,001–7,000  ........................
800
7,001–8,000  ........................
900
8,001–10,000  ........................
1,000
10,001 and over  ........................
2,000
(b) No part of the penalties prescribed by this section shall be suspended for a conviction of any of the following:
(1) Section 40001 for requiring operation of a vehicle upon a highway in violation of any provision referred to in this section.
(2) Any provision referred to in this section when a second or subsequent conviction of a violation thereof occurs within three years immediately preceding the violation charged.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 861, Sec. 58. Effective September 29, 2000. Operative December 31, 2001, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 861.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 2 - Weight Violations › Section 42031.

42031. Whenever the gross weight and any axle or wheel weight of a vehicle are in excess of the limits prescribed in this code, the excess weights shall be deemed one offense in violation of this code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 1 - Penalties › ARTICLE 2 - Weight Violations › Section 42032.

42032. (a) In addition to any other fines and penalties, any local public agency which owns or operates vehicles used for the collection of garbage, refuse, or rubbish and which has, within any 90-day period, been convicted an excessive number of times for operating those vehicles in violation of any of the weight limitations set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 35550) of Division 15, taking into consideration the total number of trip routes for those vehicles which are normally scheduled in the same 90-day period, may be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation. Nothing in this section affects the legal standards, proof requirements, or penalty provisions of any other provision of the law.
(b) The penalties imposed by this section shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or by any district attorney or city attorney. Prior to undertaking a civil action, a reasonable effort for informal resolution of the problem of excessive violations shall be made by the applicable attorney. Penalties recovered shall be paid to the Treasurer for deposit in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund and used, upon appropriation, for purposes of highway maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 88, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42200.

42200. (a) Of the total amount of fines and forfeitures received by a city under Section 1463 of the Penal Code that proportion which is represented by fines and forfeitures collected from any person charged with a misdemeanor under this code following arrest by an officer employed by a city, shall be paid into the treasury of the city and deposited in a special fund to be known as the “Traffic Safety Fund,” and shall be used exclusively for official traffic control devices, the maintenance thereof, equipment and supplies for traffic law enforcement and traffic accident prevention, and for the maintenance, improvement, or construction of public streets, bridges, and culverts within the city, but the fund shall not be used to pay the compensation of traffic or other police officers. The fund may be used to pay the compensation of school crossing guards who are not regular full-time members of the police department of the city.
(b) For purposes of this section, “city” includes any city, city and county, district, including any enterprise special district, community service district, or county service area engaged in police protection activities as reported to the Controller for inclusion in the 1989–90 edition of the Financial Transactions Report Concerning Special Districts under the heading of Police Protection and Public Safety, authority, or other local agency (other than a county) which employs persons authorized to make arrests or to issue notices to appear or notices of violation which may be filed in court.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 285, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42201.1.

42201.1. Fines and forfeitures received by a county under Section 1463 of the Penal Code may be used to reimburse the state for the construction of platform scales and vehicle inspection facilities in the county.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 407, Sec. 1. Effective July 30, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42201.5.

42201.5. Fines, forfeitures, and deposits of bail collected as a result of a charge or conviction of an infraction shall be deposited and distributed in the same manner as fines, forfeitures, and deposits of bail collected from a person charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1192.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42201.6.

42201.6. (a) A deposit of bail received with respect to an infraction violation of this code, or any local ordinance adopted pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, a violation involving the standing or parking of a vehicle, shall be refunded by the agency which issued the notice of violation or the court within 30 days of a cancellation, dismissal, or finding of not guilty of the offense charged.
(b) Multiple or duplicate deposits of bail or parking penalty shall be identified by the court or agency and refunded within 30 days of identification.
(c) Any amount to be refunded in accordance with subdivision (a) or (b) shall accrue interest, at the rate specified in Section 3289 of the Civil Code, on and after the 60th day of a cancellation, dismissal, or finding of not guilty or identification of multiple or duplicate deposits, and shall be refunded as soon as possible thereafter along with accrued interest.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 290, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42202.

42202. Failure, refusal, or neglect on the part of any judicial or other officer or employee receiving or having custody of any fine or forfeiture mentioned in this article either before or after deposit in the respective fund to comply with the foregoing provisions of this article is misconduct in office and ground for removal therefrom.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42203.

42203. Notwithstanding Section 42201 or 42201.5, 50 percent of all fines and forfeitures collected in a superior court upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail for violations of any provisions of the Vehicle Code, or of any local ordinance or resolution, relating to stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle, that have occurred upon the premises of facilities physically located in such county, but which are owned by another county, which other county furnishes law enforcement personnel for the premises, shall be transmitted pursuant to this section to the county which owns the facilities upon which the violations occurred. The court receiving such moneys shall, once each month, transmit such moneys received in the preceding month to the county treasurer of the county in which the court is located. Once each month in which the county treasurer receives such moneys, the county treasurer shall transmit to the county which owns such facilities an amount equal to 50 percent thereof. The county owning such facilities shall, upon receipt of such moneys from the superior court of the county in which the facilities are physically located, deposit such moneys in its county treasury for use solely in meeting traffic control and law enforcement expenses on the premises upon which the violations occurred.
This section shall not apply when the county in which such facilities are located performs all law enforcement functions with respect to such facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 608. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42204.

42204. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all fines and forfeitures collected for violations of Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000) shall be deposited in the appropriate fund in the county where the violation occurred and distributed in the same manner as specified in Section 42201.5, and shall be used for enforcing laws related to the operation of off-highway motor vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 563, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 1 - Fines and Forfeitures › Section 42205.

42205. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 42270), the department shall file, at least monthly with the Controller, a report of money received by the department pursuant to Section 9400 for the previous month and shall, at the same time, remit all money so reported to the Treasurer. On order of the Controller, the Treasurer shall deposit all money so remitted into the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, or directly into the Transportation Debt Service Fund as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 9400.4, as applicable.
(b) The Legislature shall appropriate from the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund to the department and the Franchise Tax Board amounts equal to the costs incurred by each in performing their duties pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 9400) of Chapter 6 of Division 3. The applicable amounts shall be determined so that the appropriate costs for registration and weight fee collection activities are appropriated between the recipients of revenues in proportion to the revenues that would have been received individually by those recipients if the total fee imposed under the Vehicle License Fee Law (Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) was 2 percent of the market value of a vehicle. The remainder of the funds collected under Section 9400 and deposited in the account, other than the direct deposits to the Transportation Debt Service Fund referenced in subdivision (a), may be appropriated to the Department of Transportation, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and the Department of Motor Vehicles for the purposes authorized under Section 3 of Article XIX of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 35, Sec. 15. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 2 - Refund of Fees and Penalties › Section 42230.

42230. Whenever any application made under this code is accompanied by any fee, except an application for an occupational license accompanied by a fee as specified in Section 9262, 9262.5, 11309, or 11820, or an application for a duplicate driver’s license, as required by law, and the application is refused or rejected, the fees shall be returned to the applicant, except that, whenever any application is made for the first set of special plates under subdivision (a) of Section 9262 and the application is refused or rejected, the fee for the special plates only shall be returned to the applicant or, when application is made for the first set of special plates under subdivision (1) of Section 9264 and the application is refused or rejected, the fee for the special plates shall be returned to the applicant.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 124, Sec. 150. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 2 - Refund of Fees and Penalties › Section 42231.

42231. Whenever any application is made under this code and the application is accompanied by any fee which is excessive or not legally due, or whenever the department in consequence of any error either of fact or of law as to the proper amount of any fee or any penalty thereon or as to the necessity of obtaining any privilege under this code collects any fee or penalty which is excessive, erroneous, or not legally due, the person who has paid the erroneous or excessive fee or penalty, or his agent on his behalf, may apply for and receive a refund of the amount thereof as provided in this article, or the department may refund the same within three years after the date of the payment or collection.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 20.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 2 - Refund of Fees and Penalties › Section 42232.

42232. The application for refund shall be presented to the department in a format prescribed by the department within three years from the date of payment of the erroneous or excessive fee or penalty and shall identify the payment made and state the grounds upon which it is claimed that the payment was excessive or erroneous.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 787, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 2 - Refund of Fees and Penalties › Section 42233.

42233. (a) Whenever any fee or penalty subject to refund under Section 42231 after application therefor has not been paid into the State Treasury, the department shall refund the fee or penalty.
(b) Whenever any fee or penalty subject to refund under Section 42231 after application therefor or Section 10901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code has been paid into the State Treasury to the credit, in whole or in part, of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund (hereafter referred to in this section as the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account), or to the credit, in whole or in part, of the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund (hereafter referred to in this section as the Motor Vehicle Account), the department shall prepare a claim setting forth the facts pertaining to the fee or penalty sought to be refunded, and the State Controller shall draw his warrant upon the account or accounts to which the fee or penalty was credited. In lieu of filing claims for refund against both the Motor Vehicle Account and the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account when an amount has been determined to be due from both accounts, the director may file a single claim with the State Controller, drawn against the Motor Vehicle Account covering the amount of both refunds, and the State Controller shall thereupon draw his warrant on the Motor Vehicle Account. At least quarterly, the director shall certify to the State Controller the amounts paid from the Motor Vehicle Account which are properly chargeable to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account supported by such detail as the State Controller may require. Upon order of the State Controller, the amounts so required shall be transferred from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Account.
(c) This section is an appropriation of any and all amounts necessary to refund and repay any excessive or erroneous fees and penalties collected under this code, and the procedure prescribed in this article for refunds shall be deemed a compliance with the requirements of the Government Code relating to the refund of excessive or erroneous fees or penalties.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 669.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 2 - Refund of Fees and Penalties › Section 42235.

42235. Whenever the department collects any fee which is excessive or not legally due and application for the refund of the fee is not filed within the time prescribed by law because the applicant failed to receive from the department a certificate of registration for the vehicle upon which the refund of fee is sought, the director shall have the power to authorize the payment of a refund in such a case upon a proper showing by the applicant that the delay in applying for the refund was due to the failure to receive the certificate of registration within the statutory period allowed for making application for refund of fees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 2 - Disposition of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures › ARTICLE 3 - Uncollectible Costs › Section 42240.

42240. On and after January 1, 2022, the unpaid balance of any court-imposed costs pursuant to Section 40508.5 and subdivision (g) of Section 40510.5, as those sections read on December 31, 2021, shall be unenforceable and uncollectible and any portion of a judgment imposing those costs shall be vacated.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 257, Sec. 45. (AB 177) Effective September 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 3 - Motor Vehicle Account › Section 42270.

42270. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol each shall file, at least monthly with the Controller, a report of money received by the department covering all fees for applications accepted by the department and all other moneys received by the department under this code and, at the same time, shall remit all money so reported to the Treasurer. On order of the Controller, the Treasurer shall deposit in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund, into which is merged the Motor Vehicle Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, all moneys so reported and remitted.
Any reference in any law or regulation to the Motor Vehicle Fund, or to the Motor Vehicle Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, shall be deemed to refer to the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund, which is created by subdivision (a) of Section 42271.
(b) The amount of any penalties collected by the department pursuant to Sections 9553 and 9554 of this code and Sections 10770 and 10854 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall, for purposes of subdivision (a), be deemed to be a percentage of the weight fee, registration fee, and vehicle license fee obtained when applying the total of these fees collected, excluding use tax, against the individual weight fees, registration fees, and vehicle license fees collected on each application. Penalties which cannot be allocated in accordance with this subdivision shall be allocated according to subdivision (c).
(c) The amount of any penalties collected by the department, as provided in Sections 9553 and 9554 of this code and Sections 10770 and 10854 of the Revenue and Taxation Code which cannot be allocated in accordance with subdivision (b), shall, for the purposes of subdivision (a), be deemed to be a percentage of the total fees allocated under this section and under Section 11001 of the Revenue and Taxation Code equal to that percentage of the ratio based on the fees previously allocated under this section and under Section 11001 of the Revenue and Taxation Code in the fiscal year preceding the calendar year for which the penalties are to be allocated. That ratio shall be reevaluated periodically and shall be adjusted to reflect any change in the fee structure that may be provided in this code or in Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(d) Whenever any fee paid to the department has not been allocated within one year of the date of collection, the fee shall be allocated to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, and the Motor Vehicle Account and the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund, in proportion to the revenue allocated to those accounts by the department in the previous fiscal year.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 693, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 3 - Motor Vehicle Account › Section 42271.

42271. (a) The Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund is hereby created.
(b) The moneys deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund which are appropriated in the Budget Act or any other appropriation act for the support of or expenditure by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be expended by the department in carrying out the provisions of this code and in enforcing any other laws relating to vehicles or the use of highways.
Regularly employed peace officers of the department may, when authorized by the director, expend such sums as authorized for the purchase of counterfeit, false, forged, or fictitious certificates of ownership, registration card, certificate, license or special plate or permit, or driver’s license provided for by this code as evidence, or for expenditures related to the procurement of such evidence, or for expenditures made to investigate other violations of laws administered by the department. When approved by the director, the identity of a peace officer who submits a claim need not be disclosed if the disclosure might materially prejudice the investigation.
The sums so expended shall be repaid to the peace officer making the expenditure upon claims approved by the director. The claims, when approved, shall be paid out of funds appropriated or made available by law for the support of the department.
(c) The moneys deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund which are appropriated in the Budget Act or any other appropriation act for the support of or expenditure by the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall be expended by the department in carrying out the provisions of this code and in enforcing any other laws relating to vehicles or the use of highways. The Department of the California Highway Patrol may draw, without at the time furnishing vouchers and itemized statements, sums not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the sums so drawn to be used as a revolving fund where cash advances are necessary. At the close of each fiscal year, the moneys so drawn shall be accounted for and substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements submitted to and audited by the State Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 669.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 3 - Motor Vehicle Account › Section 42272.

42272. For the 2012–13 fiscal year, upon order of the Director of Finance, the Controller shall transfer four hundred thirty-two million two hundred thousand dollars ($432,200,000) from the Motor Vehicle Account to the General Fund as a loan, provided that the loan shall be repaid. The Director of Finance shall order the repayment by the Controller of that four hundred thirty-two million two hundred thousand dollars ($432,200,000) to the Motor Vehicle Account no later than June 30, 2016.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 22, Sec. 8. (AB 1465) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 3 - Motor Vehicle Account › Section 42273.

42273. By the 10th day of each calendar month, the balance remaining to the credit of the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund at the close of business on the last day of the preceding calendar month, after payments of refunds and administration and enforcement, that is not needed for immediate use from the Motor Vehicle Account shall, on order of the State Controller, be transferred to the credit of the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 669.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 3 - Motor Vehicle Account › Section 42275.

42275. Notwithstanding Section 42273, the State Controller may, after at least 15 days’ prior notice, transfer back to the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund amounts transferred to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund pursuant to that section to pay costs incurred against other appropriations from the Motor Vehicle Account.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 669.)
2023 California Code › Vehicle Code - VEH › DIVISION 18 - PENALTIES AND DISPOSITION OF FEES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES › CHAPTER 3 - Motor Vehicle Account › Section 42276.

42276. Not later than January 10, 1985, and not later than January 10th of each four-year period thereafter, the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency shall submit a report to the Legislature on a study of the fees imposed under this code, including any finding or recommendation on changes in the fees necessary to generate sufficient revenues for the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund to finance those operations of state government to be financed from those revenues.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 541, Sec. 39. Effective September 17, 1981.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 17.

17. “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER › CHAPTER 1 - General State Policy › Section 100.

100. It is hereby declared that because of the conditions prevailing in this State the general welfare requires that the water resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent of which they are capable, and that the waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use of water be prevented, and that the conservation of such water is to be exercised with a view to the reasonable and beneficial use thereof in the interest of the people and for the public welfare. The right to water or to the use or flow of water in or from any natural stream or watercourse in this State is and shall be limited to such water as shall be reasonably required for the beneficial use to be served, and such right does not and shall not extend to the waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use or unreasonable method of diversion of water.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER › CHAPTER 1 - General State Policy › Section 100.5.

100.5. It is hereby declared to be the established policy of this state that conformity of a use, method of use, or method of diversion of water with local custom shall not be solely determinative of its reasonableness, but shall be considered as one factor to be weighed in the determination of the reasonableness of the use, method of use, or method of diversion of water, within the meaning of Section 2 of Article X of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 933, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER › CHAPTER 1 - General State Policy › Section 101.

101. Riparian rights in a stream or watercourse attach to, but to no more than so much of the flow thereof as may be required or used consistently with this and the next preceding section, for the purposes for which such lands are, or may be made adaptable, in view of such reasonable and beneficial uses; provided, however, that nothing in this or the next preceding section shall be construed as depriving any riparian owner of the reasonable use of water of the stream to which his land is riparian under reasonable methods of diversion and use, or of depriving any appropriator of water to which he is lawfully entitled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL STATE POWERS OVER WATER › CHAPTER 1 - General State Policy › Section 104.

104. It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a paramount interest in the use of all the water of the State and that the State shall determine what water of the State, surface and underground, can be converted to public use or controlled for public protection.
(Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)