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                                                                  AB 501
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          Date of Hearing:   May 8, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   AB 501 (Nazarian) - As Amended:  April 16, 2013

          Policy Committee:                               
          TransportationVote:16-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill,  as proposed to be amended  , makes several generally  
          minor modifications to existing statutes related to vehicles and  
          car dealers. Specifically, this bill:

          1)Authorizes car dealers to sell non-compliant break friction  
            materials on vehicles if the materials were already installed  
            when the dealers acquired the vehicle.

          2)Exempts car dealers from registering and reporting tire  
            shipment activity for purposes of complying with tire  
            recycling laws.

          3)Repeals provisions requiring car dealers to place a label on a  
            model-year 1972 through 1990 vehicle warning that the vehicle  
            may not have lap belts and shoulder restraints.

          4)Adds trailers "designed to transport watercraft" to the list  
            of trailers exempt from motor carrier permit (MCP)  
            requirements when towed by a certain motor truck or two-axle  
            truck.

          5)Authorizes motor trucks or two-axle trucks with a gross  
            vehicle weight rating of 16,001 pounds or less to operate  
            without an MCP if not being used for commercial purposes.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor revenue loss to the DMV from additional exemptions to MCP  
          permitting requirements. All other costs are negligible.









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           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . This omnibus bill, sponsored by the California New Car  
          Dealers Association, makes several minor changes, generally to  
          recently-enacted legislation in order to make these statutes  
          more workable. For a thorough discussion of policy rationale for  
          each of these changes, see the Assembly Committee on  
          Transportation analysis of this bill.

          The author's amendment removes a provision of the bill exempting  
          specified car wash facilities, including those operated by car  
          dealers, from a requirement to use recycled water. It was  
          determined that this clarification of existing law was not  
          necessary.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081