BILL NUMBER: AB 713	CHAPTERED  08/26/99

	CHAPTER   235
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 26, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 25, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 16, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MAY 27, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 10, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 27, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Firebaugh
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Romero)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Polanco and Solis)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act to add Section 2991 to the Civil Code, relating to motor
vehicle lease contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 713, Firebaugh.  Motor vehicle lease contracts:  translation.
   Existing law requires any person engaged in a trade or business
who negotiates primarily in the Spanish language orally, or in
writing, in the course of entering into, among other things, a lease
contract for a motor vehicle or a loan or extension of credit secured
other than by real property, or unsecured, for use primarily for
personal, family or household purposes, to deliver to the party of
that contract or agreement and prior to the execution thereof, a
Spanish language translation of the contract or agreement, as
specified.
   Existing law generally regulates lease contracts for motor
vehicles, as specified, and prescribes the contents of those
contracts.  Existing law makes the knowing and willful violation of
these regulations a misdemeanor.
   This bill would require, as of  January 1, 2001, any prospective
assignee that provides a lessor under a lease contract for a motor
vehicle with any preprinted form for use as a lease contract to also
provide the lessor, upon the request of the lessor, with a Spanish
language translation of the preprinted form.  By creating a new
crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2991 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   2991.  Any prospective assignee that provides a lessor under a
lease contract with any preprinted form for use as a lease contract
shall, upon the request of a lessor, provide the lessor with a
Spanish language translation of the preprinted form.
  SEC. 2.  Section 1 of this act shall become operative on January 1,
2001.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction,
eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime
or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government
Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.