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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 2502
Author: Blumenfield (D)
Amended: 5/8/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE : 4-0, 7/3/12
AYES: Evans, Blakeslee, Corbett, Leno
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/14/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Vehicles: conditional sale contracts
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill revise the automobile conditional
sales contract law to allow electric vehicle charging
stations to be sold with, and financed as part, of an
automobile purchase, with a required disclosure regarding
charges.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, the Rees-Levering Motor Vehicle
Sales and Finance Act, sets forth numerous disclosure
requirements to be included in an automobile conditional
sale contract, including disclosures regarding finance
charges, and sets forth the permissible fees and charges in
an automobile conditional sale contract for the sale of a
motor vehicle. (Civil Code Section 2982 et seq.)
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This bill adds a required disclosure regarding charges for
an electric vehicle charging station, which must be labeled
"EV Charging Station" and may include materials, wiring,
and equipment installation, each of which shall be
separately itemized.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/6/12)
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
California New Car Dealers Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author:
We are at the beginning of a new era in car
technology: that of electric vehicles. Those models
currently on the market come with primary chargers
which allow the cars to plug in to a normal electric
outlet, though they require hours to fully charge the
battery. Level 2 Chargers (so-called secondary
chargers) are also available for purchase. Most of
these secondary chargers are charging stations that
can be installed in electric vehicle owner's places of
residence. They use 220 to 240V to charge the car
battery and thus, can reduce the charge time by more
than half. These secondary chargers costs upwards of
$1,000, yet cannot be financed with the car purchase
itself because they are not considered accessories
under current law. There is no place on the
conditional sales contract to document a charge for
such an item. This provides a barrier to car buyers
who are interested in purchasing an electric vehicle,
and the secondary charger along with it. Although
they can finance the car, they must find alternative
financing to purchase the secondary charger- which,
for many, is the feature that would make owning an
electric car feasible (due to reducing charging
times).
AB 2502 creates a line on the conditional sales
contract so that secondary chargers may be financed
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with the vehicle. Other add on items, such as Lo-Jack
and On-Star, already can be financed with the vehicle
itself. This would be a similar such item, except it
is not installed in the vehicle itself, but rather in
the vehicle owner's residence.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 05/14/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove,
Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger
Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor,
Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande,
Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino,
Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wagner,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Atkins, Fletcher, Perea, Valadao
RJG:n 7/6/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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