BILL NUMBER: AB 2709	CHAPTERED  09/30/04

	CHAPTER  948
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 19, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 20, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act to add Section 16058.1 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2709, Levine.  Vehicle:  financial responsibility.
   Existing law requires every driver and every owner of a motor
vehicle to be able, at all times, to establish financial
responsibility, as defined, for the vehicle.  Existing law requires,
among other things, upon the renewal of registration of a motor
vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles, that a form be
submitted that includes a statement from the insurance company or
surety company that the policy or bond meets the financial
responsibility requirements.
   This bill would require the department to develop a method by
which law enforcement officers, on and after July 1, 2006, may
electronically verify that an insurance policy or bond for a motor
vehicle has been issued.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 16058.1 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

   16058.1.  The department shall develop a method by which law
enforcement officers, on and after July 1, 2006, may electronically
verify that an insurance policy or bond for a motor vehicle has been
issued.