California Business and Professions Code

§ 9882

BPC § 9882 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Ch. 20.3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Automotive Repair under the supervision and control of the director. The duty of enforcing and administering this chapter is vested in the chief who is responsible to the director. The director may adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that the director determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter and declare the policy of the bureau, including a system for the issuance of citations for violations of this chapter as specified in Section 125.9.

(2)(A) On or after July 1, 2023, the director may include in the citation system a process for informal review of and recommendation on citations, including establishment of an informal citation conference conducted by a panel of independent representatives appointed by the chief. The informal citation conference panel shall consist of three members, with one representative each from the bureau, the public, and the automotive repair industry.

(B)(i) The director may include in the citation system a process for an automotive repair dealer, upon successful completion of remedial training conducted by a provider certified pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 9884.7, to prevent disclosure of the citation on the internet as provided in Section 27.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 681, Sec. 4) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 786, Sec. 1. (SB 774) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2025, Ch. 786.