Text from Sections 11-12 of California AB 1215:
Text sections merged with differences colored red (repealed) and green (added).

SEC. 11. Section 5202 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
SEC. 12. Section 5202 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
5202. (a) A license plate issued by this state or any other
jurisdiction within or without the United States shall remain
attached during the period of its validity to the vehicle for which
it is issued while being operated within this state or during the
time the vehicle is being held for sale in this state, or until the
time that a vehicle with special or identification plates is no
longer entitled to those plates; and a person shall not operate, nor
shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon a highway a
vehicle unless the license plate is so attached. Special permits
issued in lieu of plates shall be attached and displayed on the
vehicle for which issued during the period of their validity.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and, as
of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that
is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends the dates on
which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
jurisdiction within or without the United States shall be attached
upon receipt and remain attached during the period of its validity to
the vehicle for which it is issued while being operated within this
state or during the time the vehicle is being held for sale in this
state, or until the time that a vehicle with special or
identification plates is no longer entitled to those plates; and a
person shall not operate, and an owner shall not knowingly permit to
be operated, upon any highway, a vehicle unless the license plate is
so attached. A special permit issued in lieu of plates shall be
attached and displayed on the vehicle for which the permit was issued
during the period of the permit’s validity.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.