BILL NUMBER: AB 805	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fuentes

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 11504 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 805, as amended, Fuentes. Vehicles: automobile dismantlers:
license: applications.
   Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon
receipt of an application for an automobile dismantler's license that
is accompanied by the appropriate fee, to make a thorough
investigation of the information contained in the application, not
later than 120 days from the receipt of that application, except this
investigation requirement does not apply to information in the
application relating to permits, numbers, or a plan that may be
required by other provisions of law.
   This bill would require the department to instead make a thorough
investigation of all of the information  in 
contained in the application  for a new license. This bill would
require the department to make a thorough investigation of all the
information contained in the   application for a renewal of
a license beginning January 1, 2011  .
   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 11504 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   11504.  (a)  An applicant who applies for a license pursuant to
Section 11501 shall submit an application to the department on the
forms prescribed by the department. The applicant shall provide the
department with information as to the applicant's character, honesty,
integrity, and reputation, as the department may consider necessary.
The department, by regulation, shall prescribe what information is
required of the applicant for the purposes of this subdivision, and
the applicant shall provide that information under penalty of
perjury. In addition to any other information required by the
department, the department shall require the applicant to furnish all
of the following information on any application for a new license or
the renewal of a license, if the applicant is required by other
provisions of law to have the following permits, numbers, or plan:
   (1) Board of Equalization resale permit number.
   (2) Identification number issued by the California Environmental
Protection Agency.
   (3) A statement indicating that the applicant has either filed an
application for a  storm water   stormwater
permit or is not required to obtain a  storm water 
 stormwater  permit.
   (4) A statement indicating that the applicant has either filed a
hazardous materials business plan or is not required to file that
plan.
   (5) The tax identification number assigned by the Franchise Tax
Board.
   (b) Upon receipt of an application for a  new  license
that is accompanied by the appropriate fee, the department shall, not
later than 120 days from the receipt of that application, make a
thorough investigation of all of the information contained in the
application.
   (c)  (1)     Upon   receipt of an
application for renewal of a license that is accompanied by the
appropriate fee, the department shall, not later than 120 days from
the receipt of that application, make a thorough investigation of the
information contained in the application, except the information
specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a).
 
   (2) As of January 1, 2011, upon receipt of an application for the
renewal of a license that is accompanied by the appropriate fee, the
department shall, not later than 120 days from the receipt of that
application, make a thorough investigation of all of the information
contained in the application. 
    (d)    A person holding a license issued
pursuant to Section 11501 shall notify the department, within 10
days, of any change in the ownership or corporate structure of the
licensee.