Bill Text: CA SB627 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Catalytic converters: junk dealers and recyclers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 603, Statutes of 2009. [SB627 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB627-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 627	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 11542 to the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 627, as introduced, Calderon. Vehicles: catalytic converters:
junk dealers and recyclers.
   (1) Existing law requires a person who is engaged in the business
of buying, selling, or dealing in integral parts of, or component
materials of, a vehicle, or deals in used motor vehicle parts to
obtain a license from the Department of Motor Vehicles. A violation
of this provision is a crime.
   This bill would prohibit a recycler or a junk dealer from
accepting a catalytic converter unless the recycler or junk dealer is
also a licensed automobile dismantler. Because a violation of this
prohibition is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   (2) 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 11542 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   11542.  A recycler, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 21605
of the Business and Professions Code, or a junk dealer, as defined
in Section 21601 of the Business and Professions Code, shall not
accept a catalytic converter unless the recycler or junk dealer is
also an automobile dismantler licensed pursuant to this chapter.
  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.