Bob Blumenfield
- Democratic
Author
(1) Existing law imposes specified licensing and regulatory requirements on dealers of motor vehicles and requires that specified fees and charges be disclosed in a conditional sales contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle. Existing law also prohibits any person from driving, moving, or leaving upon a highway any motor vehicle subject to registration under the Vehicle Code, unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under that code, and existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified industry partners to join the department in providing services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions. Existing law makes it a violation of the Vehicle Code for the holder of any vehicle dealer's license to commit specified actions, including, to advertise the total price of a vehicle without including all costs to the purchaser at the time of sale, except taxes, vehicle registration fees, the California tire fee, as defined, emission testing fees not exceeding $50, actual fees charged for certificates, finance charges, and any dealer document preparation charge, and prohibits the dealer document preparation charge from exceeding $55. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2012, revise and recast these provisions and would require a motor vehicle sold or leased by a new motor vehicle dealer to be registered by the dealer using electronic programs provided by a qualified private industry partner, would require the dealer to disclose any document processing charge or electronic registration or transfer charge, and would establish the charges that a dealer may charge the purchaser or lessee of a vehicle. The bill would, after October 1, 2012, make it a violation of the Vehicle Code for the holder of a dealer's license to sell or lease a new motor vehicle unless the dealer has a contractual agreement with the department to be a private industry partner, except as specified. The bill would make other conforming changes to these provisions. The bill would, beginning July 1, 2012, prohibit a dealer from displaying or offering for sale at retail a used vehicle unless the dealer first obtains a vehicle history report from the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) . If the NMVTIS report indicates that the vehicle is or has been a junk or salvage automobile, or the vehicle has been reported as such by a junk or a salvage yard, or an insurance carrier, or the certificate of title contains a brand, the bill would require the dealer to post a specified disclosure and provide the retail purchaser with a copy of the report upon request prior to sale. These requirements associated with obtaining a NMVTIS vehicle history report would become inoperative if all NMVTIS data providers cease to make these reports available to the public. (2) Because this bill would create new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2011.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 2850.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2130.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 22).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 1810.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1215 | HTML |
| 02/18/11 - Introduced | |
| 04/28/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/10/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/22/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/12/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/15/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/18/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/08/11 - Enrolled | |
| 09/26/11 - Chaptered |
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