BILL NUMBER: AB 2189	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 14608 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2189, as introduced, Skinner. Vehicles: rentals: driver's
licenses.
   Existing law prohibits a person from renting a motor vehicle to
another unless the person to whom the vehicle is rented is a validly
licensed driver, as specified, and the person renting to that driver
has inspected the person's driver's license and compared the
signature on the license with the signature of the driver written in
his or her presence.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14608 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   14608.   No   (a)     A
 person shall  not  rent a motor vehicle to another
unless: 
   (a) 
    (1)  The person to whom the vehicle is rented is
licensed under this code or is a nonresident who is licensed under
the laws of the state or country of his or her residence. 
   (b) 
    (2)  The person renting to another person has inspected
the driver's license of the person to whom the vehicle is to be
rented and compared the signature thereon with the signature of that
person written in his or her presence. 
   (c) 
    (b)  Nothing in this section prohibits a blind or
disabled person who is a nondriver from renting a motor vehicle, if
both of the following conditions exist at the time of rental:
   (1) The blind or disabled person either holds an identification
card issued pursuant to this code or is not a resident of this state.

   (2) The blind or disabled person has a driver present who is
either licensed to drive a vehicle pursuant to this code or is a
nonresident licensed to drive a vehicle pursuant to the laws of the
state or country of the driver's residence.