Bill Text: CA AB1854 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Vehicles: inflatable restraint systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2012. [AB1854 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1854-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1854	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Brownley

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 27317 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1854, as amended, Brownley. Vehicles: inflatable restraint
systems.
   Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to install or
reinstall for compensation  ,  or distribute or sell
any previously deployed air bag that is part of an inflatable
restraint system  ,  if the person knows that the
air bag has been previously deployed.
   This bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a person  , for
compensation,  to install, reinstall,  or 
rewire  , tamper with, alter, or modify  a vehicle's
computer system or air bag safety system, including, but not limited
to, the air bag safety system on-board lighting indicators, so that
it falsely indicates the air bag safety system is in proper working
order, and for a person to distribute or sell a previously deployed
air bag component, knowing that the air bag component was part of a
previously deployed inflatable restraint system.
   Because this bill would expand the definition of an existing
crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 27317 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   27317.  A person who installs, reinstalls,  or 
rewires  , tampers with, alters, or modifies  for
compensation, a vehicle's computer system or air bag safety system,
including, but not limited to, the air bag safety system on-board
lighting indicators, so that it falsely indicates the air bag safety
system is in proper working order, or who distributes or sells a
previously deployed air bag or air bag component that is part of an
inflatable restraint system, knowing that the air bag has been
previously deployed or that the air bag component was part of a
previously deployed inflatable restraint system, is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine of  up to  five thousand
dollars ($5,000) or by  confinement  
imprisonment  in the county jail for  up to  one year
 ,  or by both  that   the  fine
and  confinement   imprisonment  .
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.