BILL NUMBER: AB 616	CHAPTERED  09/30/03

	CHAPTER  622
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 9, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Vargas

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2003

   An act to add Section 22854.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 616, Vargas.  Vehicles:  impoundment:  storage notices.
   Under existing law, whenever an officer or employee of a public
agency directs the storage of a vehicle and does not know or is not
able to ascertain the name of the owner of the vehicle, the agency or
person directing the storage is required to notify, or cause to be
notified, the Department of Justice Stolen Vehicle System of the
vehicle's removal.
   The bill would authorize the officer, employee, or public agency
directing a storage to notify the National Law Enforcement
Telecommunication System by transmitting by any means available,
including, but not limited to, electronic means, the vehicle
identification number and certain specified information.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 22854.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

   22854.5.  Whenever an officer or employee of a public agency
directs the storage of a vehicle under this chapter, the officer,
employee, or agency directing that storage may notify the National
Law Enforcement Telecommunication System by transmitting by any means
available, including, but not limited to, electronic means, the
vehicle identification number, the information listed in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 22852, and the
information described under Section 22853.