BILL NUMBER: AB 2189	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to  add Section 1936.5 to the Civil Code, and to 
amend Section 14608 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2189, as amended, 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  require a person renting a motor vehicle
to another person , as an alternative to that inspection and
comparison, to inspect the driver's license through electronic means
  delete the requirement that the signature of the
driver be written in his or her presence and would allow the person
renting the vehicle to instead compare the photograph on the driver's
license of the person with the person to whom the vehicle is to be
rented  . 
   The bill would also exempt, a "rental company," as defined, from
these requirements when entering into a rental transaction in which a
vehicle that is part of a regional fleet is available to be rented
electronically on either an hourly or daily basis. 
   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 1936.5 is added to the 
 Civil Code   , to read:  
   1936.5.  A "rental company" as defined in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 1936 is not subject to the requirements of
Section 14608 of the Vehicle Code when entering into a rental
transaction in which a vehicle that is part of a regional fleet is
available to be rented electronically on either an hourly or daily
basis. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 14608 of
the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   14608.  (a) A person shall not rent a motor vehicle to another
person unless both of the following requirements have been met:
    (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.
    (2) The person renting to another person has  done either
of the following: 
    (A)     Inspected
  inspected  the driver's license of the person to
whom the vehicle is to be rented and compared  either  the
signature  thereon with that of the person to whom the vehicle is
to be rented or the photograph  thereon with  the
signature of that person written in his or her presence 
 the person to whom the vehicle is to be rented  . 
   (B) Inspected the driver's license of the person to whom the
vehicle is to be rented through electronic means. 
    (b) This section does not prohibit 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.