Some clients in the industry want a photo of the auto repair shop buffing the vehicle if they are going to pay for the operation. Here’s a good one….

The Nevada DMV released a study of auto body labor rates within the state. We compared them to our data and found them to match very closely to the Median results. The averages of the Nevada study tended to be on the higher end than what we have seen in 2009.

Click here for a link to the survey.

COMPLETE BILL HISTORY

BILL NUMBER  : A.B. No. 1179
AUTHOR	: Jones
TOPIC	: Motor vehicle insurance: damage assessments.

TYPE OF BILL :
                Active
                Non-Urgency
                Non-Appropriations
                Majority Vote Required
                Non-State-Mandated Local Program
                Non-Fiscal
                Non-Tax Levy

BILL HISTORY
2009
May 14	Referred to Com. on  B., F. & I.
Apr. 30	In Senate.  Read first time.  To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Apr. 30	Read third time, passed, and to Senate.
Apr. 28	Read second time.  To third reading.
Apr. 27	Read second time and amended.  Ordered returned to second reading.
Apr. 23	From committee:  Amend, and do pass as amended.  (Ayes 10. Noes  0.)
	(April  22).
Apr. 1	In committee:  Set, first hearing.  Further hearing to be set.
Mar. 26	Referred to Com. on  INS.
Mar. 2	Read first time.
Mar. 1	From printer.  May be heard in committee  March  30.
Feb. 27	Introduced.  To print.

The U.S. Government released the CPI for April and the results are in. Auto body work showed an upward trend,  used car prices leveled out and auto insurance shows a upward spike.