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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1242
Author: Lieu (D), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE BUSINESS, PROF. & ECON. DEV.COMM. : 9-0, 4/28/14
AYES: Lieu, Wyland, Berryhill, Block, Corbett, Galgiani,
Hernandez, Hill, Padilla
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SUBJECT : Automotive repair: Bureau of Automotive Repair
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill subjects the powers and duties of the
Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to review by the appropriate
policy committees of the Legislature as if these provisions were
scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019; and makes
technical, updating and correcting changes to the Automotive
Repair Act.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Licenses and regulates automotive repair dealers (ARDs), under
the Automotive Repair Act, by the BAR.
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2. Requires that in 2003, and every four years thereafter, the
Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer
Protection hold a public hearing to evaluate and review the
effectiveness and efficiency of the BAR, as specified.
3. Provides for the Governor to appoint, subject to confirmation
by the Senate, a chief of the BAR; and specifies that before
a chief is appointed, the Governor shall give due
consideration to any person(s) recommended by the Bureau of
Automotive Repair Advisory Board. [The Bureau of Automotive
Repair Advisory Board was repealed by SB 574 (Boatwright,
Chapter 1264, Statutes of 1993).]
This bill:
1. Subjects the powers and duties of the BAR to review by the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if these
provisions were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019.
2. Deletes the outdated requirement for the BAR to be reviewed in
2003, and removes an obsolete reference to the repealed joint
committee.
3. Repeals the outdated provision requiring the Governor, in
appointing a chief of the BAR, to give due consideration to a
person recommend by the Bureau of Automotive Repair Advisory
Board.
Background
This bill is one of six "sunset review bills" authored by the
Chair of the Senate Business, Professions and Economic
Development (BPED) Committee. This bill provides for the BAR to
be reviewed by the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature, and makes legislative changes regarding the BAR
recommended in the Committee's background paper.
In 2014, the Senate BPED Committee and the Assembly Business,
Professions and Consumer Protection Committee conducted joint
oversight hearings to review nine regulatory entities: BAR;
Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation; Bureau for
Private Postsecondary Education; California Massage Therapy
Certification program; California Board of Acupuncture;
California Tax Preparer program; Dental Hygiene Committee of
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California; Professional Fiduciaries Bureau; and the Structural
Pest Control Board.
The Committees began their review of the aforementioned
licensing agencies in March and conducted two days of hearings.
This bill, and the accompanying sunset bills, are intended to
implement legislative changes as recommended in the Committee's
Background Papers prepared for each agency and program reviewed
by the Committees for this year.
NOTE: For a summary of the issues and recommendations relating
to the BAR, including technical cleanup, exempt areas of
practice, and continued preparation by BAR, refer to the
Senate BPED Committee analysis of April 28, 2014.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, projected
expenditures of approximately $195 million annually (Vehicle
Inspection and Repair Fund, High Polluter Repair or Removal
Account, Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount), supporting
592.4 personnel years until January 1, 2019, fully offset by
specified fee revenues and transfers of over $200 million, based
on the proposed 2014-15 Budget.
The Department of Consumer Affairs indicates that subjecting the
BAR to review by the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature, as specified, and making updates to the Automotive
Repair Act will have minor and absorbable costs within existing
resources.
MW:k 5/23/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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