California Senate Bill SB875 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 875AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 25, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Senator Price FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to add Section 13800.1 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to rental vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 875, as amended, Price. Rental vehicles. Existing law authorizes a rental vehicle fuel gauge installed by a vehicle's manufacturer to be used in a rental transaction by a rental company to calculate an optional charge for fueling, under specified circumstances. This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to confirm that the enactment of that provision clarified, but did not change, existing law, and   provide  that the provision applies to passenger and nonpassenger vehicle  rentals   rental transactions  by a rental company  and to all such transactions made before and after the enactment of that provision   made on or after January 1, 2000  . 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 13800.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:  13800.1. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to confirm that the enactment of Section 13800 clarified, but did not change, existing law. Section 13800 applies to passenger and nonpassenger vehicle rentals by a rental company and to all such rental transactions made before and after the enactment of Section 13800.   13800.1.  Section 13800 shall apply to passenger and nonpassenger vehicle rental transactions by a rental company made on or after January 1, 2000.