Bill Text: CA AB2061 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Near-zero-emission and zero-emission vehicles.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2018. [AB2061 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2061-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Bill No. 2061 |
| CHAPTER 580 |
An act to amend Section 12725 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 35551 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
[
Approved by
Governor
September 20, 2018.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 20, 2018.
]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2061, Frazier.
Near-zero-emission and zero-emission vehicles.
Existing state and federal law sets specified limits on the total gross weight imposed on the highway by a vehicle with any group of 2 or more consecutive axles. Existing federal law authorizes a vehicle operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas to exceed these weight limits by an amount equal to the difference between the weight of the vehicle attributable to the natural gas tank and fueling system carried by that vehicle and the weight of a comparable diesel tank and fueling system. Under existing federal law, the maximum gross vehicle weight of that vehicle may not exceed 82,000 pounds.
This bill would, to the extent expressly authorized by federal law, authorize a near-zero-emission vehicle or a zero-emission vehicle, as defined, to exceed the weight limits on the power unit by up to 2,000 pounds.
Existing law prohibits a weighmaster from certifying the gross weight of a vehicle if the scale is located at the site where the vehicle is loaded, the vehicle is weighed before entering a highway, and the vehicle’s gross weight exceeds 80,000 pounds, except if a special permit is issued.
This bill would increase the weight limit to 82,000 pounds for a near-zero-emission or zero-emission vehicle.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions that will be realized as a result of this act and the specific authorization in federal law to use the types of powertrains identified in this act create a unique set of benefits and circumstances that justify a small increase in the weight of the power unit in order to account for the extra weight of the near-zero-emission and zero-emission powertrain.
(b) The Legislature and the public would benefit from a study quantifying the reductions to greenhouse gas emissions that would occur as a result of allowing overweight near-zero-emission and zero-emission trucks
as proposed by this act.
(c) The Legislature and the public would also benefit from a study quantifying the damage to state and local streets, roads, bridges, overpasses, and conduits caused by the use of overweight near-zero-emission and zero-emission trucks as proposed in this act.
(d) The University of California Institute of Transportation Studies is encouraged to perform the studies described in subdivisions (b) and (c).
SEC. 2.
Section 12725 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:12725.
A weighmaster shall not certify to the gross weight of a vehicle if all of the following conditions prevail:(a) The scale is located at the site where the vehicle is loaded.
(b) The vehicle is weighed before entering a highway.
(c) The vehicle’s gross weight exceeds 80,000 pounds, or exceeds 82,000 pounds if the vehicle is a near-zero-emission or zero-emission vehicle as defined in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 44258 of the Health and Safety Code, unless a special permit authorizing a greater gross weight for the vehicle has been issued pursuant to Section 35780 of the Vehicle
Code.
SEC. 3.
Section 35551 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:35551.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or Section 35551.5, the total gross weight in pounds imposed on the highway by any group of two or more consecutive axles shall not exceed that given for the respective distance in the following table:Distance in feet between the extremes of any group of 2 or more consecutive | |||||
axles | 2 axles | 3 axles | 4 axles | 5 axles | 6 axles |
4
........................
| 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
5
........................
| 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
6
........................
| 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
7
........................
| 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
8
........................
| 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 |
9
........................
| 39,000 | 42,500 | 42,500 | 42,500 | 42,500 |
10
........................
| 40,000 | 43,500 | 43,500 | 43,500 | 43,500 |
11
........................
| 40,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 |
12
........................
| 40,000 | 45,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
13
........................
| 40,000 | 45,500 | 50,500 | 50,500 | 50,500 |
14
........................
| 40,000 | 46,500 | 51,500 | 51,500 | 51,500 |
15
........................
| 40,000 | 47,000 | 52,000 | 52,000 | 52,000 |
16
........................
| 40,000 | 48,000 | 52,500 | 52,500 | 52,500 |
17
........................
| 40,000 | 48,500 | 53,500 | 53,500 | 53,500 |
18
........................
| 40,000 | 49,500 | 54,000 | 54,000 | 54,000 |
19
........................
| 40,000 | 50,000 | 54,500 | 54,500 | 54,500 |
20
........................
| 40,000 | 51,000 | 55,500 | 55,500 | 55,500 |
21
........................
| 40,000 | 51,500 | 56,000 | 56,000 | 56,000 |
22
........................
| 40,000 | 52,500 | 56,500 | 56,500 | 56,500 |
23
........................
| 40,000 | 53,000 | 57,500 | 57,500 | 57,500 |
24
........................
| 40,000 | 54,000 | 58,000 | 58,000 | 58,000 |
25
........................
| 40,000 | 54,500 | 58,500 | 58,500 | 58,500 |
26
........................
| 40,000 | 55,500 | 59,500 | 59,500 | 59,500 |
27
........................
| 40,000 | 56,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
28
........................
| 40,000 | 57,000 | 60,500 | 60,500 | 60,500 |
29
........................
| 40,000 | 57,500 | 61,500 | 61,500 | 61,500 |
30
........................
| 40,000 | 58,500 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 |
31
........................
| 40,000 | 59,000 | 62,500 | 62,500 | 62,500 |
32
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 63,500 | 63,500 | 63,500 |
33
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 64,000 | 64,000 | 64,000 |
34
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 64,500 | 64,500 | 64,500 |
35
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 65,500 | 65,500 | 65,500 |
36
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 66,000 | 66,000 | 66,000 |
37
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 66,500 | 66,500 | 66,500 |
38
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 67,500 | 67,500 | 67,500 |
39
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 |
40
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 68,500 | 70,000 | 70,000 |
41
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 69,500 | 72,000 | 72,000 |
42
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 | 73,280 | 73,280 |
43
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 70,500 | 73,280 | 73,280 |
44
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 71,500 | 73,280 | 73,280 |
45
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 72,000 | 76,000 | 80,000 |
46
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 72,500 | 76,500 | 80,000 |
47
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 73,500 | 77,500 | 80,000 |
48
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 74,000 | 78,000 | 80,000 |
49
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 74,500 | 78,500 | 80,000 |
50
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 75,500 | 79,000 | 80,000 |
51
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 76,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
52
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 76,500 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
53
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 77,500 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
54
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 78,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
55
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 78,500 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
56
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 79,500 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
57
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
58
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
59
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
60
........................
| 40,000 | 60,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
(b) In addition to the weights specified in subdivision (a), two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross weight of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last axles of the consecutive sets of tandem axles is 36 feet or more. The gross weight of each set of tandem axles shall not exceed
34,000 pounds and the gross weight of the two consecutive sets of tandem axles shall not exceed 68,000 pounds.
(c) The distance between axles shall be measured to the nearest whole foot. When a fraction is exactly six inches, the next larger whole foot shall be used.
(d) This section does not affect the right to prohibit the use of any highway or any bridge or other structure thereon in the manner and to the extent specified in Article 4 (commencing with Section 35700) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 35750) of this chapter.
(e) The gross weight limits expressed by this section and Section 35550 shall include all enforcement tolerances.
(f) (1) A near-zero-emission or zero-emission vehicle may exceed the weight limits on the
power unit by up to 2,000 pounds.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms “near-zero-emission vehicle” and “zero-emission vehicle” have the same meanings as defined in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 44258 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) This subdivision applies only to the extent expressly authorized by federal law.
