AB 860

This bill modifies several requirements related to the registration and

operation of collector and hobbyist vehicles.

Current law provides special categories of vehicle registration for certain

former military vehicles and vehicles being preserved for their historic interest

(collector vehicles) and for certain reconstructed, replica, street modified, and

homemade vehicles (hobbyist vehicles). Among other requirements, certain vehicles

are eligible for registration as a collector or hobbyist vehicle only if the vehicle is at

least 20 years old. This bill increases the minimum age for such vehicles to 30 years,

except for those vehicles that are registered as collector or hobbyist vehicles on the

effective date of the bill.

Under current law, the fee to register a vehicle as a collector or hobbyist vehicle

is twice the regular annual registration fee for the type of vehicle being registered.

However, the owner may subsequently reregister the vehicle without the payment

of any additional fee. This bill increases the initial registration fee for these vehicles

to three times the regular annual registration fee for the type of vehicle being

registered.

Current law provides certain restrictions on the operation of vehicles registered

as collector or hobbyist vehicles. Among these restrictions, such a vehicle generally

may not be operated on a highway during the month of January. This bill extends

the nonoperation period to the period between December 15 and February 15.