BILL NUMBER: AB 2383	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  304
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 17, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ammiano

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1808.51 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2383, Ammiano. Vehicles: confidential records: access by
certain public officials.
   Existing law requires that the Attorney General, district
attorneys, law enforcement agencies, city attorneys prosecuting
specified misdemeanor actions, public defenders, and public defender
investigators have access, including, but not limited to, telephone
access, to specified records of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
   Existing law requires a driver's license to bear a fullface
engraved picture or photograph of the licensee and prohibits the
department, unless requested by the licensee, from distributing or
selling the licensee's picture or photograph or any information
pertaining to the licensee's physical characteristics to any private
individual, other than the licensee, or to any firm, copartnership,
association, or corporation, except as specified.
   This bill would authorize the department to provide copies of
fullface engraved pictures or photographs of individuals directly to
a city attorney of a city and county and his or her investigators for
purposes of performing functions related to city and county
operations.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1808.51 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   1808.51.  Notwithstanding Sections 1808.5 and 12800.5, both of the
following may obtain copies of fullface engraved pictures or
photographs of individuals directly from the department:
   (a) The Department of Real Estate, as a department, individually,
or through its staff, for purposes of enforcing the Real Estate Law
(Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 4 of the Business
and Professions Code) or the Subdivided Lands Law (Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 11000) of Part 2 of Division 4 of the
Business and Professions Code).
   (b) The city attorney of a city and county and his or her
investigators for purposes of performing functions related to city
and county operations.