BILL NUMBER: AB 2189	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 14608 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2189, as amended, Skinner. Vehicles: rentals: driver's
licenses.
   Existing law prohibits a person from renting a motor vehicle to
another unless the person to whom the vehicle is rented is a validly
licensed driver, as specified, and the person renting to that driver
has inspected the person's driver's license and compared the
signature on the license with the signature of the driver written in
his or her presence.
   This bill would  make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions.   require a person renting a motor
vehicle to another person to inspect the driver's license of the
person to whom the vehicle is to be rented in the physical presence
of the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented or, in the
alternative, to inspect the   driver's license through
electronic means. This bill would remove the requirement to compare a
person's signature when renting a vehicle. 
   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.  Section 14608 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   14608.  (a) A person shall not rent a motor vehicle to another
 person  unless  both of the following requirements have
been met  :
    (1) The person to whom the vehicle is rented is licensed under
this code or is a nonresident who is licensed under the laws of the
state or country of his or her residence.
    (2) The person renting to another person has  inspected
the driver's license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be
rented and compared the signature thereon with the signature of that
person written in his or her presence.   done either of
the following:  
   (A) Inspected the driver's license of the person to whom the
vehicle is to be rented in the physical presence of the person to
whom the vehicle is to be rented.  
   (B) Inspected the driver's license of the person to whom the
vehicle is to be rented through electronic means. 
    (b)  Nothing in this   This  section
 prohibits   does not prohibit  a blind or
disabled person who is a nondriver from renting a motor vehicle
 ,  if both of the following conditions exist at the
time of rental:
   (1) The blind or disabled person either holds an identification
card issued pursuant to this code or is not a resident of this state.

   (2) The blind or disabled person has a driver present who is
either licensed to drive a vehicle pursuant to this code or is a
nonresident licensed to drive a vehicle pursuant to the laws of the
state or country of the driver's residence.