AB 529: Armed prohibited persons: vehicle registration and driver’s license prohibitions.

(a)The Attorney General shall establish and maintain an online database to be known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File. The purpose of the file is to cross-reference identify persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996, as indicated by a record in the Consolidated Firearms Information System, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession of a firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

(b)The Except as provided in subdivision (c), the information contained in the Prohibited Armed Persons File shall only be available only to those entities specified in, and pursuant to, subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11105, through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, for the purpose of determining if persons are armed and prohibited from possessing firearms.

The department shall refuse registration, or renewal or transfer of registration, upon any of the following grounds:

(a)The application contains any false or fraudulent statement.

(b)The required fee has not been paid.

(c)The registration, or renewal or transfer of registration, is prohibited by the requirements of Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.

(d)The owner of a heavy vehicle, which is subject to the heavy vehicle use tax imposed pursuant to Section 4481 of Title 26 of the United States Code, has not presented sufficient evidence, as determined by the department, that the tax for the vehicle has been paid pursuant to that section.

(e)Evidence of financial responsibility, that which is required for a vehicle registration renewal where when there is no change in registered owner, has not been provided to the department pursuant to Section 4000.37 or electronically. This subdivision does not apply to any of the following:

(1)A vehicle for which a certification has been filed pursuant to Section 4604, until the vehicle is registered for operation upon the highway.

(2)A vehicle owned or leased by, or under the direction of, the United States or any public entity that is included in Section 811.2 of the Government Code.

(3)A vehicle registration renewal application where when there is a change of registered owner.

The department shall not issue a drivers license to, or renew a the drivers license of, any person:

(a)Who is not of legal age to receive a drivers license.

(b)Whose best corrected visual acuity is 20/200 or worse in that persons better eye, as verified by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. No person may use a bioptic telescopic or similar lens to meet the 20/200 visual acuity standards.

(c)Who is unable, as shown by examination, to understand traffic signs or signals or who does not have a reasonable knowledge of the provisions of this code governing the operations of vehicles upon the highways.

(d)When it is determined, by examination or other evidence, that the person is unable to safely operate a motor vehicle upon a highway.

(e)Who is unable to read and understand simple English used in highway traffic and directional signs. This subdivision does not apply to any person holding an operators or chauffeurs license issued by this state and valid on September 11, 1957.

(f)Who holds a valid drivers license issued by a foreign jurisdiction unless the license has been surrendered to the department, or is lost or destroyed.

(g)Who has ever held, or is the holder of, a license to drive issued by another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and that license has been suspended by reason, in whole or in part, of a conviction of a traffic violation until the suspension period has terminated, except that the terminated. The department may issue a license to the applicant if, in the opinion of the department, it will be safe to issue a license to a person whose license to drive was suspended by a state that is not a party to the Driver License Compact provided for in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 6.

(h)Who has ever held, or is the holder of, a license to drive issued by another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and that license has been revoked by reason, in whole or in part, of a conviction of a traffic violation, until the revocation has been terminated or after the expiration of one year from the date the license was revoked, whichever occurs first, except that the first. The department may issue a license to the applicant if, in the opinion of the department, it will be safe to issue a license to a person whose license to drive was revoked by a state that is not a party to the Driver License Compact provided for in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 6.