Here's the deal. The VLF (Vehicle Licensing Fee) in California is a
portion of the annual registration fees based on vehicle purchase
price. It is 2% of the purchase price and then decreases over the life of
the vehicle.
The last few years the 2% was cut to .65% and you'd see this on your
renewal as a VLF Offset. That's a cut of nearly 3/4ths of the VLF portion
of the registration fees. Most of the VLF monies went to local government,
and the state actually pitched in the remaining 1.35% from other taxes to
bring the total VLF funds back to 2% to give to the local governments.
Two things have been proposed, one that is likely to happen and the other
that isn't. First, it is almost certain that the VLF will go back to the
full 2%, which really sucks. I'll probably have to pay over $400 to
register my 1999 Nissan Quest next year, and around $300 to register my
1998 Honda Accord this November. The other piece that did not pass was to
also stop giving most or all of the VLF monies to the local government. So
the state wanted to (a) collect more from you and me, (b) stop subsidizing
the funds given to local governments, and in fact (c) keep nearly all the
money for itself to help offset the state deficit.
At 03:21 PM 1/30/2003 -0500, SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 01/30/2003 11:57:10 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>giel@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > If you paid $200 last year, it will be $600 next
> > year!
> >
>
>$800. i think you said "...the Governor and other Democrats
>of the State of California plan to increase ALL
>car related fees 300%...." 300% of $200 is $600. if that is the amount of
>the increase, then the new price will be the price of the old, plus such
>increase.
>
>FWIW
>s
>67.5MIZU
Adam Bradley
'70 Datsun 1600 Roadster SPL311-28181
'67 Datsun RL411 SSS sedan RL411-11321
'66 Datsun PL411 sedan PL411-022447
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