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department shall provide a copy of this study to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2016.

SEC. 31. Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11050) is added to Part 5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:

Chapter 6. Transportation Improvement Fee 11050. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Transportation purposes” means both of the following:

(1) The research, planning, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of public streets and highways (and their related public facilities for nonmotorized traffic), including the mitigation of their environmental effects, the payment for property taken or damaged for the foregoing purposes, and the administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing purposes.

(2) The research, planning, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of public transportation systems (and their related equipment and fixed facilities), including the mitigation of their environmental effects, the payment for property taken or damaged for the foregoing purposes, and the administrative costs necessarily incurred in the foregoing purposes.

(b) “Transportation improvement fee” means a supplemental charge added to the fee imposed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10751).

(c) “Vehicle” means every vehicle that is subject to the fee in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10751), except the following:

(1) A commercial vehicle with an unladen weight of more than 10,000 pounds.

(2) A vehicle exempted pursuant to the Vehicle Code from the payment of registration fees.

(3) A vehicle for which a certificate of nonoperation has been filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 4604 of the Vehicle Code, during the period of time covered by the certificate.

(4) A vehicle described in Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code. 11051. (a) In addition to any other fee imposed on a vehicle by this code or the Vehicle Code, a transportation improvement fee is hereby imposed on each vehicle as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 11050 effective on January 1, 2018, or as soon after that date as the department is able to commence collection of the fee. The transportation improvement fee shall be in the amounts specified in Section 11052.

(b) The department shall collect the fee at the same time and in the same manner as the department collects the vehicle registration fee pursuant to Section 9250 of the Vehicle Code.

(c) The fee imposed pursuant to this chapter is imposed for the privilege of a resident of California to operate upon the public highways a vehicle or

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