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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1623 (Yamada)
          As Amended  August 6, 2012
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |56-16|(May 7, 2012)   |SENATE: |27-9 |(August 9,     |
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           Original Committee Reference:    B.,P. & C.P.  

           SUMMARY  :  Extends the authority of a county board of supervisors 
          to charge fees to recover the costs of the county sealer until 
          January 1, 2018, and establishes or revises a number of device 
          fee caps.  

           The Senate amendments  :

          1)Change the increase on the fee cap for truck mounted or 
            stationary liquefied petroleum gas meters from $200 to $185 
            per device, and for computing scales from $30 to $20 per 
            device.

          2)Extend the $60 device fee for odometers utilized to charge 
            mileage usage fees in vehicle rental transactions to vehicle 
            odometers utilized in computing other charges for services, 
            including ambulance, towing or limousine services, and delete 
            a provision limiting the sum of this device fee and the 
            business location fee to $400 for each business location.

          3)Clarify the definition of "passenger vehicle," delete a 
            provision imposing the $60 device fee for odometers in rental 
            passenger vehicles if a renter files a complaint, and instead 
            provide a county sealer with the authority to charge a fee to 
            the operator of a vehicle rental business sufficient to 
            recover, but not to exceed, the reasonable cost of testing the 
            device in investigating a complaint regarding the accuracy of 
            a rental passenger vehicle odometer.

          4)Clarify that, for vehicle odometers utilized to charge mileage 
            usage fees in vehicle rental transactions involving 
            nonpassenger vehicles, as specified, the portion of the annual 
            registration fee consisting of the business location fee and 
            the $60 device fee for odometers shall not exceed $340 for 








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            each business location.

          5)Clarify the definition of a single business location, as 
            specified.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill extended the authority of a 
          county board of supervisors to charge fees to recover the costs 
          of the county sealer until January 1, 2018, and established or 
          revised a number of device fee caps.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown.  This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the 
          Legislative Counsel.

           COMMENTS  :  This bill was amended in the Senate, and is 
          consistent with Assembly actions.  


          Analysis Prepared by  :    Angela Mapp / B.,P. & C.P. / (916) 
          319-3301 


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