9889.60.  The director shall direct the Bureau of Automotive Repair
to create with existing bureau resources a voluntary advisory
committee on auto  body repair, comprised of consumer advocate
representatives, experts within the auto body repair and related
industries, who shall not be eligible to claim travel expenses, and
the Bureau of Automotive Repair, to conduct a study for the purpose
of:
   (a) Identifying existing or potential harm to consumers through
unsafe, improper or fraudulent auto body repairs.
   (b) Identifying industry issues including, but not limited to, the
need to increase the competency of body shop owners, auto body
technicians, adjusters and appraisers, and the need to prescribe
performance standards.
   (c) Identifying why problems are not being resolved by existing
laws and regulations.
   (d) Identifying need for minimum requirements for auto body repair
shops, including, but not limited to:
   (1) Equipment necessary to repair vehicles.
   (2) Manuals and other repair literature.
   (3) Employee standards.
   (4) Performance bonds and insurance.
   (5) Records of repairs.
   (6) Shop classification.
   (7) Education and training.
   (8) Continuing education requirements.
   (e) Identifying the incidence and effect of auto body repair shops
that do not comply with federal, state, or local requirements to
obtain necessary permits or licenses.
   (f) Identifying possible solutions to problems including
self-regulation, certification, licensing, pursuit of public
awareness, consumer self-protection, and consumer classes.
   (g) Identifying costs associated with each of the solutions.
   (h) Identifying funding sources to implement solutions.



9889.62.  The director shall report findings and recommendations to
the Legislature by July 1, 1994, at which time the voluntary advisory
committee shall cease to exist.



9889.64.  For purposes of the study specified in Section 9889.60,
the following definitions shall apply:
   (a) "Auto body repair shop" means a place of business wholly or
partially engaged in  automotive collision repair or reconstruction
of automobile or truck bodies for compensation.
   (b) "Auto body technician" means a person wholly or partially
engaged in making automotive collision repairs or reconstruction of
automobile or truck bodies for compensation in an auto body repair
shop.
   (c) "Automotive physical damage appraiser and adjuster" means a
person other than a person required to be licensed under the
Insurance Code, who, for compensation, estimates damage and needed
repairs to a vehicle as a result of collision or other causes of
damage.


9889.66.  The form for registration pursuant to Section 9884 shall
contain sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Automotive
Repair to identify all registrants performing automotive collision
repair work.


9889.68.  Any auto insurance company check or draft issued to a
repairer pursuant to Insurance Code Section 560 shall include the
repairer's registration number or Tax Payer Identification Number.