ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 1650–1685.1 · 53 sections

§ 1650 The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this code relating to the department.
§ 1651 (a) The director may adopt and enforce rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this code relating to the department. (b) Rules…
§ 1651.2 Whenever in the judgment of the department, any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute, an…
§ 1651.3 It is the policy of this state to recognize the training and experience that individuals gain while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. In…
§ 1651.5 (a) The director may assign or reassign dates for the expiration of registration for a vehicle registered pursuant to this code. The director may establish a…
§ 1652 (a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of ownership, registration cards, drivers’ licenses, and all other…
§ 1653 The department shall examine and determine the genuineness and regularity of every application or document filed with it under this code and may require…
§ 1653.5 (a) Each form prescribed by the department for use by an applicant for the issuance or renewal by the department of a driver’s license or identification card… see note
§ 1654 The director may purchase or lease such real estate and erect such buildings as the department or any of its divisions require, subject to the approval of the…
§ 1655 (a) The director and deputy director of the department, the Deputy Director, Investigations Division, the Chief, Field Investigations Branch, and the…
§ 1656 The department shall publish on its internet website a synopsis or summary of the laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of the highways.
§ 1656.1 The Department of Justice shall, in conjunction with the department and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, develop and create a video…
§ 1656.2 (a) The department shall prepare and publish a printed summary describing the penalties for noncompliance with Sections 16000 and 16028, which shall be…
§ 1656.3 (a) The department shall include within the California Driver’s Handbook, as specified in Section 1656, information regarding each of the following: (1) Rail…
§ 1656.4 (a) The department, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall make available on its Internet web site, on or before July 1, 1997,…
§ 1656.5 (a) The Legislature finds that the department, by virtue of its interaction with millions of California drivers and vehicle owners each year, represents a…
§ 1657 The director may assign qualified employees of the department to advise with the State Board of Education and with the governing boards of districts…
§ 1658 The department may pay membership fees, join, and participate in affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to…
§ 1659 The department may develop criteria, establish standards for, and coordinate a program of motor vehicle driver education and motor vehicle driver training for…
§ 1660 (a) Any institution or organization described in subdivision (o) of Section 286 shall keep the following records for not less than three years: (1) The name…
§ 1661 (a) Except for vehicles registered pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 9700) of Chapter 6 of Division 3, the department shall notify the registered…
§ 1663 (a) The department shall, in the synopsis or summary of laws regulating the operation of vehicles and the use of the highways published under Section 1656,…
§ 1664 The department shall publicize the Safe Streets Act of 1994 when mailing vehicle registrations, driver’s licenses, and driver’s license suspension and…
§ 1665 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses or…
§ 1666 The department shall do all of the following: (a) Include at least one question in each test of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of…
§ 1666.1 Upon updating the California Driver’s Handbook, the department shall include at least one question in any of the noncommercial driver’s license examinations,…
§ 1666.5 The department shall include, on a rotating basis, at least one question in at least 20 percent of the tests of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of…
§ 1666.7 The department shall include, on a rotating basis, at least one question in at least 20 percent of the tests of an applicant’s knowledge and understanding of…
§ 1667 (a) As part of its motor vehicle registration and registration renewal process, other than upon the initial registration of a new motor vehicle, the department…
§ 1668 (a) The department may provide fingerprint service to the general public. When that service is provided, the department shall charge a fee of not less than…
§ 1669 It is the intent of the Legislature that the department implement procedures to ensure, to the fullest extent permitted by the resources made available to it,…
§ 1670 A licensee issued an occupational license by the department and conducting more than one type of business from an established place of business shall provide a…
§ 1671 (a) The established place of business of a dealer, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch,…
§ 1672 (a) The department shall make available, in the public area of each office of the department where applications for driver’s licenses or identification cards…
§ 1672.3 (a) The director shall determine the date when the department’s inventory of driver’s license and identification card forms, as that inventory exists in…
§ 1672.5 For purposes of providing a means of identifying persons who have elected to make an anatomical gift under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (Chapter 3.5…
§ 1673 For the purposes of refunding the smog impact fee, as prescribed in Sections 1673.2 and 1673.4, “registered owner or lessee” means the person or persons to…
§ 1673.2 (a) The department, in coordination with the Department of Finance, shall do all of the following: (1) Search its records to identify the registered owner or…
§ 1673.4 (a) Any claim submitted by a person other than a registered owner or lessee shall be filed within 30 days from the effective date of this section. (b) If a…
§ 1673.5 The department shall attempt to recover any refund of the smog impact fee, or part thereof, that is erroneously made. Collection shall be initiated if the…
§ 1673.6 It is unlawful to use a false or fictitious name, to knowingly make any false statement, or conceal any material fact on a refund claim for the smog impact fee…
§ 1673.7 (a) The department shall include the following notice with each check issued as a refund of the smog impact fee: “The enclosed check is a refund of the $300…
§ 1674 The department shall develop a program to foster a positive atmosphere that is conducive to encouraging drivers to succeed in passing any visual tests or…
§ 1674.4 In order to address any conscious or unconscious bias against a driver by persons administering the department’s visual tests or written or behind-the-wheel…
§ 1674.6 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons should be provided with transportation alternatives when their privilege to drive is lost because of…
§ 1675 (a) The director shall establish standards and develop criteria for the approval of initial and renewal driver improvement courses specifically designed for…
§ 1676 (a) A course provider conducting a mature driver improvement course pursuant to Section 1675 may charge a tuition not to exceed thirty dollars ($30). (b) A…
§ 1677 (a) The department may collect a fee, to be determined by the department, from each course provider who shall be responsible for the development and operation…
§ 1678 (a) Between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2004, inclusive, the fee amounts set forth in Section 488.385 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 10902 of…
§ 1679 On and after July 1, 2006, in any document mailed by the department that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote pursuant to the National Voter…
§ 1680 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, an appointment with the department. (b) For purposes of this section, “appointment” means…
§ 1685 (a) In order to continue improving the quality of products and services it provides to its customers, the department, in conformance with Article 4 (commencing…
§ 1685.1 (a) In order to provide electronic vehicle registration services, the department may enter into an interstate carrier partnership, established under this…