California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 175


Introduced by Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez

January 24, 2013


An act relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 175, as introduced, V. Manuel Pérez. Vehicles: towing and impoundment: unlicensed drivers.

Existing law authorizes a peace officer to impound for 30 days a vehicle driven by a person who had never been issued a driver’s license. Existing law subjects to forfeiture, and requires the impoundment of, a vehicle driven by an unlicensed driver who is a registered owner of the vehicle and who has a previous misdemeanor conviction of operating a vehicle without a driver’s license.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to prohibit a peace officer from impounding a vehicle solely on the basis that the driver is unlicensed.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation to prohibit a peace officer from impounding a vehicle
3solely on the basis that the driver is unlicensed.



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