BILL NUMBER: ACR 152 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hernandez
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Bill Berryhill, Fletcher, and Jeffries
)
APRIL 7, 2010
Relative to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 152, as amended, Hernandez. Vehicles: automotive aftermarket:
National Car Care Month.
This measure would recognize the contributions of the automotive
aftermarket to the state and consumers and its efforts to educate the
motoring public about the benefits of proper vehicle maintenance.
The measure also would recognize and support the designation of April
as National Car Care Month and encourage all citizens to participate
in activities that promote proper vehicle maintenance.
Fiscal committee: no.
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket encompasses all products and
services purchased for light- and heavy-duty vehicles after the
original sale of the vehicle, including new, recycled, and
remanufactured replacement parts, accessories, lubricants, appearance
products, tires, collision repairs, service repairs, and the tools
and equipment necessary to make the repairs, as well as vehicle
end-of-life handling issues; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket is a significant sector of the
United States economy and also is a vital and steady component of
California's economy with annual aftermarket sales in California of
approximately thirty-one billion one hundred million dollars
($31,100,000,000) thirty-four billion five hundred
million dollars ($34,500,000,000) ; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket employed approximately
4,300,000 people nationally in 2008, and, of that amount, employs
approximately 220,000 people in more than 30,000
nearly 24,000 parts, warehouse, distributor, and retail
establishments statewide; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket supplies the products and
services that are fundamental to the proper maintenance and repair of
California's 28,000,000 vehicles more than
29,000,000 vehicles in California ; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket supplies and serves more than
40,000 auto repair dealers that repair and service
approximately 80 percent over 70 pe rcent
of California's vehicles; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket historically leads the world
in innovation for service equipment, repair procedures, maintenance
programs, and safety equipment for the state's and nation's fleet of
vehicles; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket promotes a healthy
and clean environment and encourages ecological advancements,
including maintaining the longest running sustainable practice of
a long-running sustainable practice of recycling
and utilizing remanufactured and recycled automobile parts to
conserve materials and energy; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket contributes to greenhouse gas
reductions and the state's overall climate change goals by fostering
awareness that a well-maintained vehicle leads to lower tailpipe
emissions, and by advocating for a robust automotive aftermarket that
is essential for keeping vehicles clean, well-maintained, and
running efficiently and safely; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket provides consumers with
choices for high-quality and affordable replacement parts and service
for their vehicles, and also provides consumers with options for
where they can purchase their parts and have their vehicles repaired;
and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket gives motorists options for
repairing their vehicles in communities where dealerships have closed
or in rural parts of the state where there is no dealership within
close range; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket provides high-quality
automobile replacement parts; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket is committed to providing
parts and service options and choices so that proper vehicle
maintenance and repairs are available to all socioeconomic levels of
society, improving fuel efficiency, gas mileage, and safety for
vehicles of all ages; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket strongly promotes career and
technical education options for students in high school and community
college in order to provide an educated workforce with the increased
technical skills needed to maintain advanced vehicle systems; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket gives back to the community by
providing educational scholarships to students pursuing careers in
the automotive industry; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket believes in continuing
education and training for the industry and supports technician
testing programs; and
WHEREAS, The automotive aftermarket is committed to educating
motorists about the benefits of regular vehicle care, maintenance,
and repair to ensure that vehicles are safer, more dependable and
fuel efficient, and run more cleanly, by participating in consumer
awareness initiatives like the Car Care Council's "Be Car Care Aware"
campaign and the designation of April as National Car Care Month;
and
WHEREAS, The "Be Car Care Aware" campaign and National Car Care
Month are the automotive aftermarket's collective effort to reach out
to motorists and impart an understanding and appreciation of the
personal and societal importance of proper vehicle maintenance; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the considerable
contribution of the automotive aftermarket to the state's economy,
transportation system, and environmental stewardship, while also
providing robust consumer choices for the transportation needs of all
Californians; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes and applauds the
automotive aftermarket's efforts through the "Be Car Care Aware"
campaign and National Car Care Month to educate the motoring public
about the importance of vehicle safety and environmental stewardship
facilitated by proper vehicle maintenance; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes and supports the
designation of April as National Car Care Month and encourages all
citizens to participate in activities that promote proper vehicle
maintenance; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.