BILL NUMBER:  AB 1673
  VETOED	DATE: 10/14/2007




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1673 without my signature.

In prior years, I have vetoed legislation that addressed the issue of
consumer rebates because I did not want them to lead to fewer rebate
options for California consumers.  I have always believed in the
balance between consumer protection and limited regulation over
business operations.  While the author of this bill has put forth an
interesting proposal relating to the advertisement of pre-rebate
prices and post-rebate prices, there are still outstanding issues
related to practical consequences that still need to be resolved.
For instance, a California retailer should not have to be held to the
responsibilities triggered in this bill, if it does not have control
over the manner in which a manufacturer's national rebate
advertising campaign is structured.  Furthermore, I would like to
further examine the anomalies that may exist from industry to
industry before I can consider enacting a measure such as this.

For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger