BILL NUMBER: AB 365	CHAPTERED  07/28/03

	CHAPTER  127
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 28, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 27, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 10, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 7, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jerome Horton
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Cox, Dutton, Koretz, and Maze)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Bowen)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2003

   An act to amend Section 1810.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
Department of Motor Vehicle records.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 365, Jerome Horton.  Department of Motor Vehicle records:
access by city attorneys.
   Existing law authorizes various governmental entities to have
access to the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
   This bill would authorize city attorneys prosecuting misdemeanor
actions to have access to those records.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1810.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   1810.5.  The Attorney General, district attorneys, law enforcement
agencies, city attorneys prosecuting misdemeanor actions under
Section 41803.5 of the Government Code, public defenders, and public
defender investigators shall have access, including, but not limited
to, telephone access, to the records of the department.  For purposes
of obtaining a governmental entity requester code from the
department, the office of a city attorney engaged in the prosecution
of criminal actions shall be deemed a law enforcement entity.