No. SB 1400
Filed under Transportation.
Towing Disabled Vehicles; Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide the driver of a vehicle impounded under certain circumstances with certain information; authorizing the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances to take certain action; requiring a law enforcement officer and wrecker operator to provide specified information to the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA driver whose vehicle is disabled in a crash gets a role in picking the wrecker: a list of options from the officer if the vehicle is being impounded, or the driver's own pick otherwise.
The officer and the wrecker operator must disclose the daily storage rate, the storage lot's phone number and email, and how the owner can retrieve the vehicle.
If the vehicle stays at the storage facility, state law now requires written, phone, and text notice to the owner at 14, 30, and 45 business days, each time flagging that storage charges keep accruing.
AIThe officer and the wrecker operator must tell the driver the per-day storage charge, the storage facility's phone number and email address, and how the owner can retrieve the vehicle.
AIThe storage facility must notify the vehicle's owner in writing by certified mail, by phone, and by text message at 14, 30, and 45 business days after the vehicle arrives, each time stating that it remains in storage and is accruing daily charges.
AIIf law enforcement is impounding the vehicle, the officer must give the driver a list of wrecker operators to choose from; if it is not being impounded, the driver may call a wrecker operator of their own choice.