BILL NUMBER: AB 2652	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 4000.2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2652, as introduced, Furutani. Vehicles: smog check.
   Existing law requires a certificate of compliance or noncompliance
with motor vehicle emission standards upon the registration of
vehicles previously registered outside this state, except in certain
instances.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
law.
   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 4000.2 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   4000.2.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of
Section 43654 of the Health and Safety Code, and, commencing on April
1, 2005, except for model-years exempted from biennial inspection
pursuant to Section 44011 of the Health and Safety Code, the
department shall require upon registration of a motor vehicle subject
to Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the
Health and Safety Code, previously registered outside this state, a
valid certificate of compliance or a certificate of noncompliance, as
appropriate, issued in accordance with Section 44015 of the Health
and Safety Code.
   (b) For the purposes of determining the validity of a certificate
of compliance or noncompliance submitted  in compliance with
the requirements of   pursuant to  this section,
the definitions of new and used motor vehicle contained in Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 39010) of Part 1 of Division 26 of the
Health and Safety Code shall control.