Aguiar-Curry visits local business regarding proposed legislation
- John Jensen
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry recently traveled to Clearlake and met with Bill Stone and Alvaro Valencia, co-owners of A&B Collision, before attending the Clearlake Oaks Business Association meeting later that day.
Stone and Valencia had previously met the Aguiar-Curry at a legislative day event earlier this year and wanted to talk about Assembly Bill 1679 which would have handed more control to insurance companies over auto body repair, according to Valencia.
During the meeting, Aguiar-Curry spoke with both business owners about the potential impacts of the legislation over a front bumper approved by insurance but which required retooling to actually fit on a vehicle.
Opposed by auto body shop owners including Stone and Valencia as well as the nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog, the bill failed to clear its appropriations committee by deadline in January of this year, effectively killing the legislation.
If the bill is renewed and defeated, body shops will have more impact on auto body repairs, Valencia told Lake County News.
Should AB 1679 pass in the future, Valencia said "Insurance companies will have more impact on repairs. They don't know all the repairs that have to be done a vehicle."
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