10781. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle owned by the United States, by any foreign government, by a
consul or other official representative of any foreign government, by
the state, by any political subdivision of the state, or by any
city, city and county, county, district, public corporation, or by a
public fire department organized as a nonprofit corporation and used
exclusively for firefighting purposes or exclusively as an ambulance.
10781.1. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle that is owned by a federally recognized Indian tribe, if the
vehicle is used exclusively within the boundaries of lands under the
jurisdiction of that Indian tribe, including the incidental use of
that vehicle on highways within those boundaries.
10782. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
any vehicle operated by the state, or by any county, city and county,
city, district, or political subdivision of the state, or the United
States, as a lessee under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase
agreement which grants possession of the vehicle to the lessee for a
period of 30 consecutive days or more.
(b) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
privately owned schoolbus, as defined in Section 545 of the Vehicle
Code, which is either:
(1) Owned by a private nonprofit educational organization and
operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education exclusively in transporting school pupils, or
school pupils and employees, of such private nonprofit educational
organization, or
(2) Operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education exclusively in transporting school pupils, or
school pupils and employees, of any public school or private
nonprofit educational organization pursuant to a contract between a
public school district or nonprofit educational organization and the
owner or operator of the schoolbus.
This subdivision shall not, however, be applicable to any
schoolbus which is operated pursuant to any contract which requires
the public school district or nonprofit educational organization to
pay any amount representing the costs of registration and weight fees
unless and until the contract is amended to require only the payment
of an amount representing the fee required by this section.
10783. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to a
passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less
than 8,001 pounds unladen weight, unless the vehicle is used for
transportation for hire, compensation, or profit, if the vehicle is
owned by any disabled veteran, as defined in Section 295.7 of the
Vehicle Code, any former American prisoner of war, or any veteran who
is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(b) The exemption granted by subdivision (a) shall extend to not
more than one vehicle owned by the veteran, or former American
prisoner of war, and is applicable to the same vehicle as described
in subdivision (b) of Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require any disabled
veteran applying for an exemption under this section to submit a
certificate signed by a physician or surgeon substantiating the
disability.
(2) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require any person
applying for an exemption under this section for either of the
following reasons to do any of the following:
(A) By reason of the person's status as a former American prisoner
of war, to show, by satisfactory proof, his or her former
prisoner-of-war status.
(B) By reason of the person's status of receiving the
Congressional Medal of Honor, to show, by satisfactory proof, that he
or she is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1999.
10783.2. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
a passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less
than 8,001 pounds unladen weight, unless the vehicle is used for
transportation for hire, compensation, or profit, if the vehicle is
owned by either of the following:
(1) The surviving spouse of a former American prisoner of war who
has elected under subdivision (c) of Section 5101.5 of the Vehicle
Code to retain the special license plates.
(2) The surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor
recipient who has elected under subdivision (d) of Section 5101.6 of
the Vehicle Code to retain the special license plates.
(b) The exemption granted by subdivision (a) shall extend to not
more than one vehicle owned by the surviving spouse, and is
applicable to the same vehicle as described in subdivision (b) of
Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.
10784. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
any mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the Health
and Safety Code which is sold and installed on a foundation system,
pursuant to Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Any mobilehome exempted from the provisions of this part shall
be subject to local property taxation.
10785. (a) The license fee imposed by this part shall not apply to
any new mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the
Health and Safety Code, which is sold and installed for occupancy, in
accordance with Section 18613 of the Health and Safety Code, on or
after July 1, 1980.
(b) Any new mobilehome exempted from the provisions of this part
shall be subject to local property taxation.
10786. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle owned by an educational institution of collegiate grade, not
conducted for profit, having an enrollment of 5,000 students or more
and having an acreage of 5,000 acres or more, if such vehicle is used
for fire-fighting purposes within the limits of the acreage of such
institution, and is operated principally on roads owned by such
institution.
10787. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle operated by the Civil Air Patrol, when the vehicle has been
transferred to the Civil Air Patrol by the United States Government,
or any agency thereof, if by federal regulation or directive the use
of such vehicle is restricted to defined activities of the Civil Air
Patrol, and if by federal regulation or directive the vehicle must be
returned to the United States Government when no longer required or
suited for use by the Civil Air Patrol.
10788. (a) With respect to mobilehomes or trailer coaches subject
to the provisions of this part, which are owned by, and which
constitute the principal place of residence of, a disabled veteran
who is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of two or more limbs, or
is totally disabled as a result of injury or disease incurred in
military service or the unmarried surviving spouse of such a veteran:
(1) The first twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of the market
value of the mobilehome or trailer coach shall be exempt from the
license fee imposed by this part, or
(2) In the case of a disabled veteran or the unmarried surviving
spouse whose household income, as defined in Section 20504, does not
exceed the amounts specified in Section 20585, the first thirty
thousand dollars ($30,000) of the market value of the mobilehome or
trailer coach, shall be exempt from the license fee imposed by this
part.
(b) For purposes of this section, "veteran" is defined as
specified in subdivision (o) of Section 3 of Article XIII of the
Constitution.
(c) No veteran shall be eligible for this exemption unless he or
she was a resident of California at the time of his or her entry into
military or naval service, or unless he or she was a resident of the
state on November 7, 1972, if he or she is blind or has lost the use
of two or more limbs, or on January 1, 1975, if he or she was
totally disabled.
(d) As used in this section "mobile home" and "trailer coach"
which are owned by the veteran includes:
(1) Property owned by the veteran with the veteran's spouse as a
joint tenancy, tenancy in common or as community property;
(2) Property owned by the veteran or the veteran's spouse as
separate property;
(3) Property owned with one or more other persons to the extent of
the interest owned by the veteran, the veteran's spouse, or both the
veteran and the veteran's spouse;
(4) Property owned by the veteran's unmarried surviving spouse
with one or more other persons to the extent of the interest owned by
the veteran's unmarried surviving spouse.
(e) For purposes of this section, "blind in both eyes" means
having a visual acuity of 5/200 or less; "losing the use of a limb"
means that the limb has been amputated or its use has been lost by
reason of ankylosis, progressive muscular dystrophies, or paralysis;
and "totally disabled" means that the United States Veterans
Administration or the military service from which such veteran was
discharged has rated the disability at 100 percent or has rated the
disability compensation at 100 percent by reason of being unable to
secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
10789. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to the
following:
(a) Any vehicle purchased with federal funds under the authority
of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1612 of Title 49 of the
United States Code or Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 3000) of
Title 42 of the United States Code for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and
handicapped persons by public and private nonprofit operators of
specialized transportation services, including a consolidated
transportation service agency designated pursuant to Section 15975 of
the Government Code.
(b) Any vehicle operated solely for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and persons
with disabilities, by a nonprofit, public benefit consolidated
transportation service agency designated under Section 15975 of the
Government Code. The exemption provided by this subdivision shall not
apply to more than 600 vehicles at any given time.
10781. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle owned by the United States, by any foreign government, by a
consul or other official representative of any foreign government, by
the state, by any political subdivision of the state, or by any
city, city and county, county, district, public corporation, or by a
public fire department organized as a nonprofit corporation and used
exclusively for firefighting purposes or exclusively as an ambulance.
10781.1. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle that is owned by a federally recognized Indian tribe, if the
vehicle is used exclusively within the boundaries of lands under the
jurisdiction of that Indian tribe, including the incidental use of
that vehicle on highways within those boundaries.
10782. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
any vehicle operated by the state, or by any county, city and county,
city, district, or political subdivision of the state, or the United
States, as a lessee under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase
agreement which grants possession of the vehicle to the lessee for a
period of 30 consecutive days or more.
(b) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
privately owned schoolbus, as defined in Section 545 of the Vehicle
Code, which is either:
(1) Owned by a private nonprofit educational organization and
operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education exclusively in transporting school pupils, or
school pupils and employees, of such private nonprofit educational
organization, or
(2) Operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education exclusively in transporting school pupils, or
school pupils and employees, of any public school or private
nonprofit educational organization pursuant to a contract between a
public school district or nonprofit educational organization and the
owner or operator of the schoolbus.
This subdivision shall not, however, be applicable to any
schoolbus which is operated pursuant to any contract which requires
the public school district or nonprofit educational organization to
pay any amount representing the costs of registration and weight fees
unless and until the contract is amended to require only the payment
of an amount representing the fee required by this section.
10783. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to a
passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less
than 8,001 pounds unladen weight, unless the vehicle is used for
transportation for hire, compensation, or profit, if the vehicle is
owned by any disabled veteran, as defined in Section 295.7 of the
Vehicle Code, any former American prisoner of war, or any veteran who
is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(b) The exemption granted by subdivision (a) shall extend to not
more than one vehicle owned by the veteran, or former American
prisoner of war, and is applicable to the same vehicle as described
in subdivision (b) of Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require any disabled
veteran applying for an exemption under this section to submit a
certificate signed by a physician or surgeon substantiating the
disability.
(2) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require any person
applying for an exemption under this section for either of the
following reasons to do any of the following:
(A) By reason of the person's status as a former American prisoner
of war, to show, by satisfactory proof, his or her former
prisoner-of-war status.
(B) By reason of the person's status of receiving the
Congressional Medal of Honor, to show, by satisfactory proof, that he
or she is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1999.
10783.2. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
a passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less
than 8,001 pounds unladen weight, unless the vehicle is used for
transportation for hire, compensation, or profit, if the vehicle is
owned by either of the following:
(1) The surviving spouse of a former American prisoner of war who
has elected under subdivision (c) of Section 5101.5 of the Vehicle
Code to retain the special license plates.
(2) The surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor
recipient who has elected under subdivision (d) of Section 5101.6 of
the Vehicle Code to retain the special license plates.
(b) The exemption granted by subdivision (a) shall extend to not
more than one vehicle owned by the surviving spouse, and is
applicable to the same vehicle as described in subdivision (b) of
Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.
10784. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
any mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the Health
and Safety Code which is sold and installed on a foundation system,
pursuant to Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Any mobilehome exempted from the provisions of this part shall
be subject to local property taxation.
10785. (a) The license fee imposed by this part shall not apply to
any new mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the
Health and Safety Code, which is sold and installed for occupancy, in
accordance with Section 18613 of the Health and Safety Code, on or
after July 1, 1980.
(b) Any new mobilehome exempted from the provisions of this part
shall be subject to local property taxation.
10786. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle owned by an educational institution of collegiate grade, not
conducted for profit, having an enrollment of 5,000 students or more
and having an acreage of 5,000 acres or more, if such vehicle is used
for fire-fighting purposes within the limits of the acreage of such
institution, and is operated principally on roads owned by such
institution.
10787. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle operated by the Civil Air Patrol, when the vehicle has been
transferred to the Civil Air Patrol by the United States Government,
or any agency thereof, if by federal regulation or directive the use
of such vehicle is restricted to defined activities of the Civil Air
Patrol, and if by federal regulation or directive the vehicle must be
returned to the United States Government when no longer required or
suited for use by the Civil Air Patrol.
10788. (a) With respect to mobilehomes or trailer coaches subject
to the provisions of this part, which are owned by, and which
constitute the principal place of residence of, a disabled veteran
who is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of two or more limbs, or
is totally disabled as a result of injury or disease incurred in
military service or the unmarried surviving spouse of such a veteran:
(1) The first twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of the market
value of the mobilehome or trailer coach shall be exempt from the
license fee imposed by this part, or
(2) In the case of a disabled veteran or the unmarried surviving
spouse whose household income, as defined in Section 20504, does not
exceed the amounts specified in Section 20585, the first thirty
thousand dollars ($30,000) of the market value of the mobilehome or
trailer coach, shall be exempt from the license fee imposed by this
part.
(b) For purposes of this section, "veteran" is defined as
specified in subdivision (o) of Section 3 of Article XIII of the
Constitution.
(c) No veteran shall be eligible for this exemption unless he or
she was a resident of California at the time of his or her entry into
military or naval service, or unless he or she was a resident of the
state on November 7, 1972, if he or she is blind or has lost the use
of two or more limbs, or on January 1, 1975, if he or she was
totally disabled.
(d) As used in this section "mobile home" and "trailer coach"
which are owned by the veteran includes:
(1) Property owned by the veteran with the veteran's spouse as a
joint tenancy, tenancy in common or as community property;
(2) Property owned by the veteran or the veteran's spouse as
separate property;
(3) Property owned with one or more other persons to the extent of
the interest owned by the veteran, the veteran's spouse, or both the
veteran and the veteran's spouse;
(4) Property owned by the veteran's unmarried surviving spouse
with one or more other persons to the extent of the interest owned by
the veteran's unmarried surviving spouse.
(e) For purposes of this section, "blind in both eyes" means
having a visual acuity of 5/200 or less; "losing the use of a limb"
means that the limb has been amputated or its use has been lost by
reason of ankylosis, progressive muscular dystrophies, or paralysis;
and "totally disabled" means that the United States Veterans
Administration or the military service from which such veteran was
discharged has rated the disability at 100 percent or has rated the
disability compensation at 100 percent by reason of being unable to
secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
10789. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to the
following:
(a) Any vehicle purchased with federal funds under the authority
of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1612 of Title 49 of the
United States Code or Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 3000) of
Title 42 of the United States Code for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and
handicapped persons by public and private nonprofit operators of
specialized transportation services, including a consolidated
transportation service agency designated pursuant to Section 15975 of
the Government Code.
(b) Any vehicle operated solely for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and persons
with disabilities, by a nonprofit, public benefit consolidated
transportation service agency designated under Section 15975 of the
Government Code. The exemption provided by this subdivision shall not
apply to more than 600 vehicles at any given time.
10781. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle owned by the United States, by any foreign government, by a
consul or other official representative of any foreign government, by
the state, by any political subdivision of the state, or by any
city, city and county, county, district, public corporation, or by a
public fire department organized as a nonprofit corporation and used
exclusively for firefighting purposes or exclusively as an ambulance.
10781.1. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle that is owned by a federally recognized Indian tribe, if the
vehicle is used exclusively within the boundaries of lands under the
jurisdiction of that Indian tribe, including the incidental use of
that vehicle on highways within those boundaries.
10782. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
any vehicle operated by the state, or by any county, city and county,
city, district, or political subdivision of the state, or the United
States, as a lessee under a lease, lease-sale, or rental-purchase
agreement which grants possession of the vehicle to the lessee for a
period of 30 consecutive days or more.
(b) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
privately owned schoolbus, as defined in Section 545 of the Vehicle
Code, which is either:
(1) Owned by a private nonprofit educational organization and
operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education exclusively in transporting school pupils, or
school pupils and employees, of such private nonprofit educational
organization, or
(2) Operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Department of Education exclusively in transporting school pupils, or
school pupils and employees, of any public school or private
nonprofit educational organization pursuant to a contract between a
public school district or nonprofit educational organization and the
owner or operator of the schoolbus.
This subdivision shall not, however, be applicable to any
schoolbus which is operated pursuant to any contract which requires
the public school district or nonprofit educational organization to
pay any amount representing the costs of registration and weight fees
unless and until the contract is amended to require only the payment
of an amount representing the fee required by this section.
10783. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to a
passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less
than 8,001 pounds unladen weight, unless the vehicle is used for
transportation for hire, compensation, or profit, if the vehicle is
owned by any disabled veteran, as defined in Section 295.7 of the
Vehicle Code, any former American prisoner of war, or any veteran who
is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(b) The exemption granted by subdivision (a) shall extend to not
more than one vehicle owned by the veteran, or former American
prisoner of war, and is applicable to the same vehicle as described
in subdivision (b) of Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require any disabled
veteran applying for an exemption under this section to submit a
certificate signed by a physician or surgeon substantiating the
disability.
(2) The Department of Motor Vehicles may require any person
applying for an exemption under this section for either of the
following reasons to do any of the following:
(A) By reason of the person's status as a former American prisoner
of war, to show, by satisfactory proof, his or her former
prisoner-of-war status.
(B) By reason of the person's status of receiving the
Congressional Medal of Honor, to show, by satisfactory proof, that he
or she is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1999.
10783.2. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
a passenger vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial vehicle of less
than 8,001 pounds unladen weight, unless the vehicle is used for
transportation for hire, compensation, or profit, if the vehicle is
owned by either of the following:
(1) The surviving spouse of a former American prisoner of war who
has elected under subdivision (c) of Section 5101.5 of the Vehicle
Code to retain the special license plates.
(2) The surviving spouse of a Congressional Medal of Honor
recipient who has elected under subdivision (d) of Section 5101.6 of
the Vehicle Code to retain the special license plates.
(b) The exemption granted by subdivision (a) shall extend to not
more than one vehicle owned by the surviving spouse, and is
applicable to the same vehicle as described in subdivision (b) of
Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code.
10784. (a) The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to
any mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the Health
and Safety Code which is sold and installed on a foundation system,
pursuant to Section 18551 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Any mobilehome exempted from the provisions of this part shall
be subject to local property taxation.
10785. (a) The license fee imposed by this part shall not apply to
any new mobilehome as defined in Sections 18008 and 18211 of the
Health and Safety Code, which is sold and installed for occupancy, in
accordance with Section 18613 of the Health and Safety Code, on or
after July 1, 1980.
(b) Any new mobilehome exempted from the provisions of this part
shall be subject to local property taxation.
10786. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle owned by an educational institution of collegiate grade, not
conducted for profit, having an enrollment of 5,000 students or more
and having an acreage of 5,000 acres or more, if such vehicle is used
for fire-fighting purposes within the limits of the acreage of such
institution, and is operated principally on roads owned by such
institution.
10787. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to any
vehicle operated by the Civil Air Patrol, when the vehicle has been
transferred to the Civil Air Patrol by the United States Government,
or any agency thereof, if by federal regulation or directive the use
of such vehicle is restricted to defined activities of the Civil Air
Patrol, and if by federal regulation or directive the vehicle must be
returned to the United States Government when no longer required or
suited for use by the Civil Air Patrol.
10788. (a) With respect to mobilehomes or trailer coaches subject
to the provisions of this part, which are owned by, and which
constitute the principal place of residence of, a disabled veteran
who is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of two or more limbs, or
is totally disabled as a result of injury or disease incurred in
military service or the unmarried surviving spouse of such a veteran:
(1) The first twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) of the market
value of the mobilehome or trailer coach shall be exempt from the
license fee imposed by this part, or
(2) In the case of a disabled veteran or the unmarried surviving
spouse whose household income, as defined in Section 20504, does not
exceed the amounts specified in Section 20585, the first thirty
thousand dollars ($30,000) of the market value of the mobilehome or
trailer coach, shall be exempt from the license fee imposed by this
part.
(b) For purposes of this section, "veteran" is defined as
specified in subdivision (o) of Section 3 of Article XIII of the
Constitution.
(c) No veteran shall be eligible for this exemption unless he or
she was a resident of California at the time of his or her entry into
military or naval service, or unless he or she was a resident of the
state on November 7, 1972, if he or she is blind or has lost the use
of two or more limbs, or on January 1, 1975, if he or she was
totally disabled.
(d) As used in this section "mobile home" and "trailer coach"
which are owned by the veteran includes:
(1) Property owned by the veteran with the veteran's spouse as a
joint tenancy, tenancy in common or as community property;
(2) Property owned by the veteran or the veteran's spouse as
separate property;
(3) Property owned with one or more other persons to the extent of
the interest owned by the veteran, the veteran's spouse, or both the
veteran and the veteran's spouse;
(4) Property owned by the veteran's unmarried surviving spouse
with one or more other persons to the extent of the interest owned by
the veteran's unmarried surviving spouse.
(e) For purposes of this section, "blind in both eyes" means
having a visual acuity of 5/200 or less; "losing the use of a limb"
means that the limb has been amputated or its use has been lost by
reason of ankylosis, progressive muscular dystrophies, or paralysis;
and "totally disabled" means that the United States Veterans
Administration or the military service from which such veteran was
discharged has rated the disability at 100 percent or has rated the
disability compensation at 100 percent by reason of being unable to
secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
10789. The license fee imposed by this part does not apply to the
following:
(a) Any vehicle purchased with federal funds under the authority
of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 1612 of Title 49 of the
United States Code or Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 3000) of
Title 42 of the United States Code for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and
handicapped persons by public and private nonprofit operators of
specialized transportation services, including a consolidated
transportation service agency designated pursuant to Section 15975 of
the Government Code.
(b) Any vehicle operated solely for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and persons
with disabilities, by a nonprofit, public benefit consolidated
transportation service agency designated under Section 15975 of the
Government Code. The exemption provided by this subdivision shall not
apply to more than 600 vehicles at any given time.
