Bill Text: CA AB2646 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Vehicles: vehicle registration: required information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2646 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2646-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2646 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 12, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member John A. Perez
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend Sections 4150 and 4453 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2646, as amended, John A. Perez. Vehicles: vehicle
registration: required information.
(1) Existing law requires the owner of a vehicle to submit an
application, furnished by the Department of Motor Vehicles, for the
original or renewal registration of the vehicle. Existing law
requires the application to include, among other things, the true,
full name, business or residence and mailing address, and driver's
license or identification card number, if any, of the owner, and the
true, full name and business or residence or mailing address of the
legal owner, if any.
This bill would require the owner of the vehicle to provide, on
the form furnished by the department, his or her physical
mailing residence address and the
physical mailing address of the legal owner, if any, when a mailing
address is provided or, where the vehicle is owned by
a business, a business address, and a mailing address .
(2) Existing law requires the department, upon registering a
vehicle, to issue a registration card to the owner. Existing law
requires the registration card to contain on its face, among other
things, the name and residence or business address or mailing address
of the owner and of the legal owner, if any.
This bill would instead require the registration card to contain
on its face, among other things, the name, residence address
or , where the vehicle is owned by a business, a
business address , and physical mailing address of
the owner and the legal owner, if any.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4150 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
4150. An application for the original or renewal registration of
a vehicle of a type required to be registered under this code shall
be made by the owner to the department upon the appropriate form
furnished by it and shall contain all of the following:
(a) The true, full name, business or residence and
physical residence address or, if the vehicle is owned
by a business, the business address, and the mailing address,
and driver's license or identification card number, if any, of the
owner, and the true, full name and business or residence or
physical mailing address of the legal owner, if any. ,
residence, or mailing address of the legal owner.
(b) The name of the county in which the owner resides.
(c) A description of the vehicle, including the following data
insofar as they may exist:
(1) The make, model, and type of body.
(2) The vehicle identification number or any other identifying
number as may be required by the department.
(3) The date first sold by a manufacturer, remanufacturer, or
dealer to a consumer.
(d) Any other information that is reasonably required by the
department to enable it to determine whether the vehicle is lawfully
entitled to registration.
SEC. 2. Section 4453 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
4453. (a) The registration card shall contain upon its face, the
date issued, the name, residence or , where the vehicle is owned
by a business, the business address, and physical
mailing address of the owner and of the legal owner, if
any, the registration number assigned to the vehicle, and a
description of the vehicle as complete as that required in the
application for registration of the vehicle.
(b) The following motor vehicles shall be identified as such on
the face of the registration card whenever the department is able to
ascertain that fact at the time application is made for initial
registration or transfer of ownership of the vehicle:
(1) A motor vehicle rebuilt and restored to operation that was
previously declared to be a total loss salvage vehicle because the
cost of repairs exceeds the retail value of the vehicle.
(2) A motor vehicle rebuilt and restored to operation that was
previously reported to be dismantled pursuant to Section 11520.
(3) A motor vehicle previously registered to a law enforcement
agency and operated in law enforcement work.
(4) A motor vehicle formerly operated as a taxicab.
(5) A motor vehicle manufactured outside of the United States and
not intended by the manufacturer for sale in the United States.
(6) A park trailer, as described in Section 18009.3 of the Health
and Safety Code, that when moved upon the highway is required to be
moved under a permit pursuant to Section 35780.
(7) A motor vehicle that has been reacquired under circumstances
described in subdivision (c) of Section 1793.23 of the Civil Code, a
vehicle with out-of-state titling documents reflecting a warranty
return, or a vehicle that has been identified by an agency of another
state as requiring a warranty return title notation, pursuant to the
laws of that state. The notation made on the face of the
registration and pursuant to this subdivision shall state "Lemon Law
Buyback."
(c) The director may modify the form, arrangement, and information
appearing on the face of the registration card and may provide for
standardization and abbreviation of fictitious or firm names on the
registration card whenever the director finds that the efficiency of
the department will be promoted by so doing.
