BILL NUMBER: AB 87	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        JANUARY 6, 2011

   An act relating to home furnishings.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 87, as introduced, Logue. Home furnishings: inspections:
compensation.
   Existing law, the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act,
provides for the licensure and regulation of various manufacturers,
sellers, upholsterers, and sanitizers of home furnishings, such as
furniture and bedding. The act is enforced by the Chief of the Bureau
of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal
Insulation. Existing law authorizes the chief or any inspector to
open any article of upholstered furniture or bedding for the purpose
of inspection and to take any part for analysis. Existing law also
authorizes the bureau to condemn, withhold from sale, seize, or
destroy any upholstered furniture or bedding or any filling material
or insulation that is found to be in violation of the act.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would amend the act to require that compensation be
provided to property owners during the course of enforcement.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) It is the right of every person to own private property.
   (b) The right to private property is fundamental to other civil
rights, and it is the duty of government to observe and protect this
right.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this measure
to ensure that just compensation is provided to owners of private
property in accordance with Section 19 of Article I of the California
Constitution.
  SEC. 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
that would amend the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act
(Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 8 of the
Business and Professions Code) to require that compensation be
provided to property owners during the course of enforcement.