1. (a) When payment of registration renewal fees is not required as specified in Vehicle Code Section 4000 for a vehicle to which the environmental license plate was last assigned, the environmental license plate owner shall be permitted to retain the license plate upon payment of an annual retention fee of $43, as specified in Vehicle Code Section 5106(c).
2. (b) If the annual retention fee is not paid by the expiration of the registration year for which payment of registration renewal fees is not required, the license plate owner shall lose ownership and the letter/number configuration shall become available for reassignment.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 5110, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 5105 and 5106, Vehicle Code.

History

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering section 170.12 to new section 206.12, including amendment of subsection (a)(1), filed 2-15-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 7).

2. Renumbering of section 206.12 to new section 206.14 and renumbering of former section 206.10 to 206.12, including amendment of section, filed 8-8-2024; operative 8-8-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 32).