BILL NUMBER: SB 677	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Mendoza

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 44052 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 677, as introduced, Mendoza. Smog check: penalties.
   Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and
maintenance program, referred to as a smog check program, developed,
implemented, and administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The duty of enforcing and administering the program is vested in the
Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair within the department.
Existing law authorizes the department to issue a citation to a
licensee, contractor, or fleet owner for a violation of the
requirements of the smog check program, and the citation may specify
certain civil or administrative penalties.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
provisions.
   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 44052 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   44052.  (a) If a citation lists more than one violation, the
amount of the civil penalty or administrative fine assessed shall be
stated separately for each statute and regulation violated.
   (b) If a citation lists more than one violation arising from a
single  motor vehicle  inspection or repair  of
a motor vehicle  , the total penalties assessed shall not exceed
five thousand dollars ($5,000).