HB 624

Present law requires e ach county clerk to provide a mail order service for the renewal of registrations whereby registrants may apply for and receive the renewal certificates and plates or decals through the U . S . postal service. A n application for renewal by mail must be postmarked no later than 20 days before the license expiration date to allow time for processing. Each county clerk may impose a fee for the service of handling mail orders of plates and decal s. The amount of such fee for the service of handling mail orders of plates is $ 5 , and the amount of such fee for the service of handling mail orders of decals is $ 2. However, e ach county clerk may increase such fees in an amount not to exceed an applica ble U . S . postal service price increase in a given year. This bill increases the minimum fee for the service of handling mail orders of plates to $7 and such orders of decals to $3.