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ASCCA Legislative Day 2012

The leadership of the Automotive Service Councils of California (ASCCA), partnering with the California Autobody Association (CAA), held its annual Legislative Day on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Members from throughout the state convened in Sacramento to hear presentations by influential legislators and policymakers and to highlight legislation which has an impact on the independent automotive repair industry.

ASCCA’s presence in Sacramento is critical to ensure that our members – small business owners – have their voices heard and that legislators are educated about the automotive repair industry. The association’s priorities in 2012 include Career Technical Education, employment issues, vehicle key information access and monitoring regulatory activities of the Bureau of Automotive Repair and Air Resources Board, both of which have an impact on our industry, and legislation affecting the industry.

In addition to 60 meetings with individual legislators and staff, attendees heard from:
• John Wallauch, Chief and Pat Dorais, Deputy Chief, Bureau of Automotive Repair;
• Senator Juan Vargas, 40th Senate District, Chair, Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee
• Assemblymember Katcho Achadjian, Vice Chair, Assembly Banking & Finance Committee, Member, Higher Education Committee
• Assemblymember Curt Hagman, Assistant Republican Floor Leader, Vice Chair, Assembly Insurance Committee

Key legislative issues addressed by ASCCA throughout the day included:
• SB 750 (Hernandez): Vehicles: Key Information Access: Oppose. This bill would eliminate the sunset and make permanent a special key code/data replacement exemption for only BMW, while other car manufacturers must comply.
• SB 1115 (Dutton): Employment: Working Hours: Support. This bill would permit an individual nonexempt employee to request an employee-selected flexible work schedule providing for workdays up to 10 hours per day within a 40-hour workweek.
• SB 1323 (Wyland): Career Technical Education: Support. This bill lays out a roadmap for what the state must do to reinvigorate career technical education programs in California.

On the floor of the Senate Room in front of the marquee, ASCCA 2012 Legislative Day attendees.