BILL NUMBER: AB 1854	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 27317 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1854, as amended, Brownley. Vehicles: inflatable restraint
systems.
   Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to install or
reinstall for compensation or distribute or sell any previously
deployed air bag that is part of an inflatable restraint system if
the person knows that the air bag has been previously deployed.
   This bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a person, for
compensation, to install, reinstall, rewire, tamper with, alter, or
modify a vehicle's computer system or  air bag safety system
    supplemental restraint system  ,
including, but not limited to, the  air bag safety system
 supplemental restraint system   's 
on-board  lighting   system performance 
indicators, so that it falsely indicates the  air bag safety
system     supplemental restraint system 
is in proper working order, and for a person to  knowingly 
distribute or sell a previously deployed air bag  or 
component  , knowing that the air bag component was part of a
previously deployed inflatable restraint system   that
will no longer meet the original equipment manufacturing form or
function for proper operation  .
   Because this bill would expand the definition of an existing
crime, it 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 27317 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   27317.  A person who installs, reinstalls, rewires, tampers with,
alters, or modifies for compensation, a vehicle's computer system or
 air bag safety   supplemental restraint 
system, including, but not limited to, the  air bag safety
system   supplemental restraint system's  on-board
 lighting   system performance  indicators,
so that it falsely indicates the  air bag safety 
 supplemental restraint  system is in proper working order,
or who  knowingly  distributes or sells a previously
deployed air bag or  previously deployed  air bag component
that  is part of an inflatable restraint system, knowing that
the air bag has been previously deployed or that the air bag
component was part of a previously deployed inflatable restraint
system,   will no longer meet the original equipment
manufacturing form or function for proper operation,  is guilty
of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to five thousand dollars
($5,000) or by imprisonment in  the   a 
county jail for up to one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B 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 XIII B of the California
Constitution.