Bill Text: CA AB444 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 444 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Vehicles: material damage: definition.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB444 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB444-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 444	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2011

   An act to amend Section 9990 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 444, as introduced, Carter. Vehicles: material damage:
definition.
   Existing law, for purposes of defining material damage sustained
by a motor vehicle in order to comply with damage disclosure
requirements set forth in the Vehicle Code, specifies that the damage
is material under specified circumstances relating to the cost of
repairs and whether the damage was to the frame or drive train of the
motor vehicle, occurred in connection with a theft of the entire
vehicle, or was to the suspension of the vehicle requiring repairs
other than wheel balancing or alignment.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubtantive change in those
provisions.
   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 9990 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   9990.  For purposes of this chapter, damage sustained by a motor
vehicle is material under any of the following circumstances:
   (a) The damage required repairs having a value, including parts
and labor calculated at the repairer's cost, exceeding 3 percent of
the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle or five
hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater. The replacement of
damaged or stolen components, excluding the cost of repainting or
refinishing those components, if replaced by the installation of new
original manufacturer's equipment, parts, or accessories that are
bolted or otherwise attached as a unit to the vehicle, including, but
not limited to, the hood, bumpers, fenders, mechanical parts,
instrument panels, moldings, glass, tires, wheels, and electronic
instruments, shall be excluded from the damage calculation, except
that any damage having a cumulative repair or replacement value
 which   that  exceeds 10 percent of the
manufacturer's suggested retail price of the vehicle shall be deemed
material.
   (b) The damage was to the frame or drive train of the 
motor  vehicle.
   (c) The damage occurred in connection with a theft of the entire
vehicle.
   (d) The damage was to the suspension of the vehicle requiring
repairs other than wheel balancing or alignment.