New Motor Vehicle Board: all-terrain vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles.

(1) Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board that regulates the activities or practices of a new motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or representative, as those terms are defined by the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires licensing by the Department of Motor Vehicles to do these activities for specified types of vehicles. This bill would make a person who acts as a dealer, among other things, of recreational off-highway vehicles and utility-terrain vehicles subject to these licensing provisions and the provisions governing the New Motor Vehicle Board. (2) Under existing law, the New Motor Vehicle Board consists of 9 members, 4 of whom are required to be new motor vehicle dealers, which existing law defines as a dealer who acquires for resale new and unregistered motor vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, or all-terrain vehicles. Existing law excludes a dealer who deals exclusively in motorcycles or recreational vehicles from appointment to the board as a new motor vehicle dealer. This bill would also exclude a dealer who deals exclusively in all-terrain vehicles from appointment to the board as a new motor vehicle dealer.