BILL NUMBER: AB 519INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Duvall FEBRUARY 24, 2009 An act relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 519, as introduced, Duvall. California Consumer Bill of Rights for Towed Vehicles. Existing law authorizes a peace officer, or a regularly employed and salaried public employee, who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, to remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee is allowed to act under specified circumstances, including, among other things, when a vehicle is illegally parked and blocks the movement of a legally parked vehicle. A violation of this provision is an infraction. This bill would declare the Legislature's intent to enact legislation to establish a "California Consumer Bill of Rights for Towed Vehicles," require that it be posted in a vehicle office area of a vehicle storage facility in plain view to the public, and require that copies be made readily available to the public. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to establish a "California Consumer Bill of Rights for Towed Vehicles," require that it be posted in the office area of a vehicle storage facility in plain view to the public, and require that copies be made readily available to the public.