(a) In addition to the fees required by Section 14900, 14900.1, or 14902, and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the department shall charge a one-time fee of five dollars ($5) to any person who requests, pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811, that the person’s driver’s license or identification card be printed with the word “VETERAN” to indicate that the person has served in the United States Armed Forces. The department may increase the fee by regulation, in an amount not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15), to reimburse the department for its reasonable costs in processing and issuing a request for a license or card issued pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.
(b) (1) A fee shall not be charged for a request made pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811 by either of the following persons:
(A) A person who has been determined to be eligible to obtain an original or replacement identification card at a reduced fee pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14902.
(B) A person who can verify his or her status as a homeless person and who has been determined to be eligible to obtain an original or replacement identification card for no fee pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14902.
(2) A person making a request under paragraph (1) shall have his or her status as a veteran verified by a county veteran service officer pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 12811.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2019.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 579, Sec. 2. (AB 363) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2019, by its own provisions.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018