BILL ANALYSIS
AB 99
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 99 (De Leon)
As Introduced January 7, 2009
Majority vote
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 8-3
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|Ayes:|Hayashi, Conway, Eng, | | |
| |Hernandez, | | |
| |Nava, John A. Perez, | | |
| |Price, Ruskin | | |
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|Nays:|Emmerson, Niello, Smyth | | |
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SUMMARY : Adds a Matricula Consular to the specified list of
documents that a secondhand or coin dealer may use to verify the
identification of an intended seller or pledger, and provides that
a signature on documents used to verify identification is only
required 'where applicable.'
EXISTING LAW :
1)Requires secondhand dealers and coin dealers to report
acquisitions of tangible personal property on a daily basis to
local law enforcement authorities, as specified.
2)Requires an acquisition report to include the identification of
the intended seller or pledger of the property and requires the
dealer to verify that identification.
3)Provides that an identification verification is valid if the
person taking the information reasonably relies on a specified
document that is currently valid or has been issued within five
years and contains a photograph or description, or both, of the
person named on it, is signed by that person, and bears a serial
or other identifying number.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This bill is keyed non-fiscal.
COMMENTS : According to the author's office, "Matricula Consular
cards are accepted at many financial institutions as acceptable
documentation that can be used to open a checking or banking
account, and used in a variety of other banking transactions. AB
99 seeks to expand the acceptable documentation for second
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hand/pawn transactions, to include a Matricula Consular. Current
law is very specific as to what documents may be used as
identification in a pawn transaction and AB 99 would include a
Matricula Consular, in addition to another item of identification
bearing an address as an acceptable identifying document in a pawn
transaction.
"Currently, there is no 'standard form' for the new identification
forms that have been issued since September 11, 2001. The federal
government and many state governments have eliminated signature
lines on many forms of government identity cards, including
passports, as they move towards "bio-chip" forms of identification
security. For example, the US Department of Defense has begun
issuing 'Common Access Cards' that include an imbedded microchip
containing biometric information in lieu of the active military
identification cards. In this instance a signature has become
unnecessary. By adding the phrase 'where applicable' referring to
the signature, if the acceptable form of identification no longer
requires it, the signature does not have to be obtained."
Analysis Prepared by : Whitney Clark / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301
FN: 0000233