Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners, including second-line business partners, to provide services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions. Existing law authorizes the department to establish the maximum amount that a qualified private industry partner may charge its customers, but requires the department to annually adjust that amount, as specified.
The bill would, notwithstanding the above-described authorization to establish maximum charge amounts, require the department to limit the amount that any qualified second-line business partner may charge their customers to no more than 5% above the fees that the department charges to consumers when providing those services directly, as specified. The bill would also direct the department to require all qualified second-line business partners to prominently display on their internet websites, in a clear and conspicuous manner, a working link to the department's internet website with a specified statement informing the public that consumers may obtain services from the department at no additional cost.

Statutes affected:
AB 1190: 1685 VEH
02/21/25 - Introduced: 1685 VEH
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly: 1685 VEH, 1685 VEH, 1685 VEH