CA AB 1263

Title: Vehicles: Bureau of Automotive Repair: smog check program.
Author: Richard Dale Roth

Summary
AB 1263, Berman. Vehicles: Bureau of Automotive Repair: smog check program. (1) Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the registration and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair in the Department of Consumer Affairs. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs to adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that the director determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and declare the policy of the bureau. Existing law subjects the bureau to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, as specified, and requires that review to be performed as if the act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024.This bill would extend the above-described date to January 1, 2028.(2) Existing law defines “automotive repair dealer” for purposes of the Automotive Repair Act to mean a person who, for compensation, engages in the business of repairing or diagnosing malfunctions of motor vehicles.This bill would amend that definition to additionally include a person who engages in the business of collecting compensation for automotive repair services that are referred or sublet to someone other than the dealer or their employees.(3) Existing law prohibits a person required to have a valid registration under the Automotive Repair Act from having the benefit of a lien for labor or materials or the right to sue on a contract for motor vehicle repairs unless the person possesses a valid registration.This bill would authorize the Bureau of Automotive Repair to adopt regulations to carry out that prohibition as necessary.(4) Existing law requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to adopt regulations that prescribe the equipment and other qualifications as a condition to licensing a station as an official station for adjusting lamps or brakes and to prescribe the qualifications of adjusters employed in those stations. Existing law requires a licensed adjuster in a licensed station to issue a certificate of adjustment when requested by the owner or driver of the vehicle if the adjuster determines that the lamps or the brakes of the vehicle conform with the applicable requirements of law. Under existing law, a violation of the provisions regulating lamp and brake adjusting stations is an infraction.Existing law requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to issue vehicle safety systems inspection licenses to stations and technicians to conduct inspections of, and repairs to, safety systems of vehicles. Existing law requires the director to develop inspection criteria and standards for specific safety systems and components of the vehicle in order to promote the safe and uniform installation, maintenance, and servicing of vehicle safety systems and components. Existing law requires the director to adopt regulations by January 1, 2024, including, but not limited to, the application fee and process for applicants and the certification process for vehicles, as specified.Existing law provides that the vehicle safety systems inspection license replaces licenses issued pursuant to the existing provisions governing the licensure of lamp and brake adjusting stations and adjusters and repeals those provisions on the effective date of the new regulations. Existing law provides that licenses and certificates issued pursuant to those repealed provisions remain valid for 6 months after the adoption of those regulations.This bill would instead repeal those provisions 6 months after the effective date of the new regulations and would also provide that licenses and certificates issued pursuant to those repealed provisions remain valid for 6 months after the effective date of the new regulations. The bill would make conforming changes. By extending the operation of those provisions regulating lamp and brake adjusting stations, the violation of which is an infraction, this bill would imp

Status
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

Bill Documents
CA AB 1263 - 09/18/23 - Enrolled
09/18/23 - CA AB 1263 (09/18/23 - Enrolled)

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CA AB 1263 - 09/07/23 - Amended Senate
09/07/23 - CA AB 1263 (09/07/23 - Amended Senate)

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CA AB 1263 - 07/11/23 - Amended Senate
07/11/23 - CA AB 1263 (07/11/23 - Amended Senate)

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CA AB 1263 - 06/28/23 - Amended Senate
06/28/23 - CA AB 1263 (06/28/23 - Amended Senate)

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CA AB 1263 - 06/28/23 - Amended Senate
06/28/23 - CA AB 1263 (06/28/23 - Amended Senate)

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CA AB 1263 - 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly
05/18/23 - CA AB 1263 (05/18/23 - Amended Assembly)

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CA AB 1263 - 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly
05/18/23 - CA AB 1263 (05/18/23 - Amended Assembly)

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CA AB 1263 - 04/20/23 - Amended Assembly
04/20/23 - CA AB 1263 (04/20/23 - Amended Assembly)

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CA AB 1263 - 04/20/23 - Amended Assembly
04/20/23 - CA AB 1263 (04/20/23 - Amended Assembly)

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CA AB 1263 - 02/16/23 - Introduced
02/16/23 - CA AB 1263 (02/16/23 - Introduced)

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CA AB 1263 - 02/16/23 - Introduced
02/16/23 - CA AB 1263 (02/16/23 - Introduced)

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