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Assembly Bill 2967 (Young – 1980)

Chapter 499, Statutes of 1980

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Sections relating to personal property in the Business and Professions Code and Financial Code were affected in 1980 following legislative approval of Assembly Bill 2967.  (See Exhibit #1d)  This bill was introduced on March 6, 1980 by Assembly member Bruce Young at the request of the Attorney General.  (See Exhibits #1a and #14, document PE-2) 

Assembly Bill 2967 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on Judiciary where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3 and #7)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance.  (See Exhibits #4 and #2)  Two amendments were made to Assembly Bill 2967.  (See Exhibits #1b, #1c and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., signed the bill on July 12, 1980, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on July 13, 1980 as Chapter 499 of the Statutes of 1980.  (See Exhibits #1d and #2)

Assembly member Young indicated in his letter to Governor Brown that the purpose of Assembly Bill 2967 was “to protect the public from purchasing from a second-hand dealer, tangible personal property that is not stolen.”  (See Exhibit #14, document PE-8)  The Senate Committee on Judiciary analysis stated similarly that:

The purpose of the bill is to curtail dissemination of stolen property by means of uniform, state-administered regulation of secondhand dealers.
(See Exhibit #7, page 2)