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a) Until December 31, 1984, a person described in

Section may also apply for a set of commemorative Olympic reflectorized license plates and the department shall issue those special license plates in lieu of the regular license plates. No commemorative Olympic reflectorized license plates shall be issued pursuant to an application therefor which is submitted on or after January 1, 1985, but the holder of those plates may thereafter renew or retain them, or transfer them to another vehicle, subject to this section. (

b) The commemorative Olympic reflectorized license plates shall be of a distinctive design and shall be available in a special series of letters or numbers, or both, as determined by the department after consultation with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. (

c) In addition to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal of registration, a special fee of twelve dollars ($12) shall be paid for the transfer of the special plates to another vehicle. (

d) When payment of renewal fees is not required as specified in

Section 4000, or when the person determines to retain the plates upon sale, trade, or other release of the vehicle upon which the special plates have been displayed, the person shall notify the department and the person may retain the special plates. (

e) Until December 31, 1989, duplicate, replacement plates shall be identical commemorative Olympic reflectorized license plates of the same letter, number, and design as originally issued. However, duplicate, replacement plates of the commemorative Olympic reflectorized license plate series shall not be available on or after January 1, 1990. Thereafter, unless otherwise provided by this code, regular series plates shall be issued for the fee provided in

Section whenever substitute or duplicate plates are requested. (

f) All revenue derived from the additional special fees provided in this

section shall be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund pursuant to

Section of the Public Resources Code.