Bill Text: CA AB1659 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Automobile dismantlers: catalytic converters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-27 - Referred to Com. on TRANS. [AB1659 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1659-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1659
| Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson |
January 14, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 220 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1659, as introduced, Patterson.
Automobile dismantlers: catalytic converters.
Existing law defines an “automobile dismantler” as a person who is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in vehicles that are required to be registered under the Vehicle Code, for the purpose of dismantling the vehicles, buys or sells the integral parts and component materials of those vehicles, or deals in used motor vehicle parts, as specified. The definition of “automobile dismantler” also includes a person who keeps or maintains on property owned by the person, or under their possession or control, 2 or more unregistered motor vehicles no longer intended for, or in condition for, legal use on the highways, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime for a person to act as an automobile dismantler without having an established place of business, meeting specified requirements, and having a current, valid license or temporary permit issued by the Department of Motor
Vehicles.
This bill would revise the definition of an automobile dismantler to include a person who keeps or maintains 2 or more used catalytic converters that are not attached to a motor vehicle on property owned by the person, or under their possession or control, for any of the above-described purposes. By expanding the definition of an automobile dismantler, the bill would expand the scope of an existing crime, thereby imposing 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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 220 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:220.
(a) An “automobile dismantler” is(a)Is engaged in the business of buying, selling, or dealing in vehicles of a type required to be registered under this code, including nonrepairable vehicles, for the purpose of dismantling the vehicles, who buys or sells the integral parts and component materials thereof, in whole or in part, or deals in used motor vehicle parts. This section does not apply to the occasional and incidental dismantling of vehicles by dealers who have secured dealers plates from the department for the current year whose principal business is buying and selling new and used vehicles, or by owners who desire to dismantle not more than three personal vehicles within any 12-month period.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), “automobile dismantler” includes a person who keeps or maintains on real property owned by him, or under his the person, or under their possession or control, two or more unregistered motor vehicles no longer intended for, or in condition for, legal use on the highways, or two or more used catalytic converters that are not attached to a motor vehicle, whether for the purpose of resale of used parts, for the
purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials, whether metal, glass, fabric, or otherwise, or to dispose of them, or for any other purpose.
