Bill Text: CA AB3141 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Bureau of Automotive Repair: automotive repair dealers: maintenance and services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 2018. [AB3141 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB3141-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 21, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 18, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 25, 2018 |
Assembly Bill | No. 3141 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low (Coauthor: Senator Hill) |
February 16, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 9880.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:9880.1.
The following definitions apply for the purposes of this chapter:(b)“Chief” means the Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
(c)“Bureau” means the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
(d)“Motor vehicle” means a passenger vehicle required to be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles and all motorcycles whether or not required to be registered by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(e)“Repair of motor vehicles” means all maintenance of and repairs to motor vehicles performed by an automotive repair dealer including automotive body repair work, but excluding those repairs made pursuant to a commercial business agreement and also excluding repairing tires, changing tires, lubricating vehicles, installing light bulbs, batteries, windshield wiper blades and other minor accessories, cleaning, adjusting, and replacing spark plugs, replacing fan belts, oil, and air filters, and other minor services, which the director, by regulation, determines are customarily performed by gasoline service stations.
No service shall be designated as minor, for purposes of this section, if the director finds that performance of the service requires mechanical expertise, has given rise to a high incidence of fraud or deceptive practices, or involves a part of the vehicle essential to its safe operation.
(f)“Person” includes firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation.
(g)An “automotive
(h)“Director”
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(j)
SECTION 1.SEC. 2.
Section 9882 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:9882.
(a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Automotive Repair under the supervision and control of the director. The duty of enforcing and administering this chapter is vested in the chief who is responsible to the director. The director may adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that he or she determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and declaring the policy of the bureau, including a system for the issuance of citations for violations of this chapter as specified in Section 125.9. These rules and regulations shall be adopted pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.SEC. 3.
Section 9884.9 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:9884.9.
(a) The automotive repair dealer shall give to the customer a written estimated price for labor and parts necessary for a specific“I acknowledge notice and oral approval of an increase in the original estimated price. | |
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