BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 2387
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Date of Hearing: April 27, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2387 (Mullin) - As Amended April 14, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
No
SUMMARY:
This bill prohibits the intentional manufacture, importation,
installation, reinstallation, distribution, sale, or offer for
sale of a counterfeit or nonfunctional airbag, and also
prohibits a person from knowingly and intentionally selling,
installing or reinstalling any device that would cause a
vehicle's diagnostic systems to fail to warn when the vehicle is
equipped with a counterfeit airbag or nonfunctional airbag,
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violation of which is a misdemeanor punishable by a $5,000 fine
and/or up to one year in county jail.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Minor nonreimbursable local costs for incarceration, offset to a
degree by fine revenue.
COMMENTS:
Background/Purpose. AB 1854 (Brownley), Chapter 97, Statutes of
2012, prohibits knowingly installing any air bag or air bag
component that will no longer meet the original equipment
manufacturing form or function for proper operation. AB 1854
added the knowing installation or sale of any nonfunctional air
bag or counterfeit air bag to the list of air bags which are
prohibited to be installed or sold.
According to the author, "AB 2387 is a consumer protection
measure. It strengthens existing laws aimed at deterring the
fraudulent distribution and installation of counterfeit airbags
by more clearly defining key terms and increasing the penalty
for knowingly exposing the public to this potentially deadly
hazard."
AB 2387 is intended to curb the illegal market for dangerous
replacement vehicle airbags by prohibiting the intentional
manufacture, importation, installation, reinstallation,
distribution, sale or offer for sale of counterfeit and
nonfunctional airbags.
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Analysis Prepared by:Pedro Reyes / APPR. / (916)
319-2081