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          Date of Hearing:   April 19, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                AB 2646 (John A. P?rez) - As Amended:  April 12, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  Vehicle registration: owner address

           SUMMARY  :  Requires an application for an original or renewal  
          vehicle registration, and the registration card itself, to  
          include the physical address of the vehicle's owner.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  

          1)Requires an application for an original or renewal vehicle  
            registration to include specified demographic information,  
            including the applicant's business or residence or mailing  
            address.  

          2)Requires a vehicle registration card to contain upon its face  
            the owner's residence or business address or mailing address.   


           FISCAL EFFECT :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  This bill results from a "ride-along" that the author  
          took with law enforcement officers in his district.  The  
          officers noted that sometimes, when "running a plate," the  
          information they obtain simply yields the vehicle owner's  
          mailing address, which may be a post office box or place of  
          business.  In many situations, what they really need is the home  
          address.  Furthermore, as supporters in law enforcement point  
          out, "All too often, our officers are involved in traffic stops  
          and are unable to locate the operator's home address.  Without  
          this information, the officer cannot verify that the driver of  
          the vehicle is, in fact, the owner.  AB 2646 closes that  
          loophole."  

           Suggested committee amendment  :  In order to more precisely meet  
          the author's intent, the bill's references to "physical address"  
          should be deleted.  Instead, the registration application should  
          be required to include both a residence address and a mailing  
          address, and the registration card should be required to display  
          the residence address.  In those instances where a vehicle is  
          owned by a business, the business address, rather than the  








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          residence address, would be required on the application and the  
          card.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :  

           Support 
           
          Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
          Riverside Sheriffs' Association 

           Opposition 
           
          None received
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093