2007 California Business and Professions Code Article 10.5. Auto Body Repair

CA Codes (bpc:9889.50-9889.53)

9889.50.  The Legislature finds the following:
   (1) Thousands of California automobile owners each year require
repair of their vehicles as a result of collision or other damage.
   (2) California automobile owners are suffering direct and indirect
harm through unsafe, improper, incompetent, and fraudulent auto body
repairs.
   (3) There is a lack of proper training and equipment that auto
body repair shops need to meet the demands of the highly evolved and
sophisticated automobile manufacturing industry.
   (4) California has no minimum standards or requirements for auto
body repair shops.
   (5) Existing laws currently regulating the auto body industry
could be strengthened.
   (6) There is a compelling need to increase competency and
standards for the auto body repair industry.



9889.51.  "Auto body repair shop" means a place of business operated
by an automotive repair dealer where automotive collision repair or
reconstruction of automobile or truck bodies is performed.



9889.52.  An application for registration pursuant to Section 9884
shall designate that the applicant is registering as an auto body
repair shop if the applicant intends to perform auto body repair.  In
addition, an application for registration to operate an auto body
repair shop shall  include a written statement signed under penalty
of perjury that the applicant has been issued licenses or permits, if
required by law, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
   (1) A city or county business license.
   (2) A State Board of Equalization identification or resale permit
number.
   (3) An Environmental Protection Agency hazardous waste permit
number.
   (4) An Air Quality Management District spray booth permit number.




9889.53.  A check or draft issued to a repairer pursuant to Section
560 of the Insurance Code shall include the repairer's registration
number or taxpayer identification number.