Government Affairs: Legislative Scoreboard
Click on the Bill Number below to see a copy of the bill or an underlined CNCDA Position to view the Association's position letter.
Bill
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Subject |
CNCDA Position |
Status |
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| Requires dealers to post signs and provide customers with a “Towing Fees and Access Notice” if they charge for vehicle towing. | Senate Floor |
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| Modifies Bureau of Automotive Repair’s Consumer Assistance Program to increase the threshold from $1,500 to $2,000 for vehicle retirements and narrow the repair assistance component to cover only low-income individuals. | Senate Appropriations |
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| Requires corporations making campaign contributions to refund contributions to shareholders who object and creates a private right of action for violations. | OPPOSE |
Senate Banking, Finance & Insurance - Failed Passage |
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| Restructures the California Tire Fee so that it is assessed on the sales of vehicles, rather than by counting the number of new tires mounted on vehicles sold. | Senate Environmental Quality |
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| Modifies the dealer credit score disclosure requirement in the Car Buyer’s Bill of Rights so that it incorporates the new FTC model form which takes effect in January, 2011. | SPONSOR |
Senate Judiciary - Failed Passage |
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| Expands the "Lemon Law" to cover many commercial trucks with vague definitions and inadequate safeguards | OPPOSE |
Assembly Floor - Dropped by the Author |
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| Allows counties to assess their own Vehicle License Fee up to 2%, subject to voter approval, creating administrative chaos for dealers. | OPPOSE |
Assembly Floor | |
| Imposes a new $1 fee per axle on brake pads and prohibits the sale after 2014 of certain chemicals in brake pads. | Assembly Appropriations | Reintroduction of vetoed bill to require auto repair shops give consumers copies of invoices for replacement airbags and put mandatory disclosures on repair invoices. | Assembly Appropriations |
| Modernizes salesperson requirements to allow posting of license copies (rather than originals) and provides flexibility in movement of salespeople between dealers with the same controlling ownership. | Assembly Floor |
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| Authorizes county freeway service authorities to increase local call box registration fees by $2 without a vote of the people. | Assembly Transportation - Failed Passage |
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| Similar to policy in several states, allows a credit against sales taxes on a new vehicle for trade-ins as a potential stimulant for new car sales. | Senate Revenue & Taxation |
