Bill Text: CA AB2644 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Vehicles: pickup trucks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-19 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2644 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2644-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2644 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuller
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend Section 12804.8 Sections
260 and 9400 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2644, as amended, Fuller. Vehicles: drivers' licenses:
competency. pickup trucks.
Existing law defines "commercial vehicle" for purposes of the
Vehicle Code, as a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered
under that code that is used or maintained for the transportation of
persons for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or
maintained primarily for the transportation of property. Existing law
subjects pickup trucks to commercial vehicle weight fees.
This bill would exclude from that definition a pickup truck that
is not used for the transportation of property for hire,
compensation, or profit. The bill would exempt those excluded pickup
trucks from commercial vehicle weight fees.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to
conduct studies to develop and identify examinations and tests, to
more accurately identify persons who, due to physical or mental
factors, or both, are not competent or qualified to safely operate a
motor vehicle.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 260 of the Vehicle
Code is amended to read:
260. (a) A "commercial vehicle" is a motor vehicle of a type
required to be registered under this code used or maintained for the
transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit or
designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of
property.
(b) Passenger vehicles and house cars that are not used for the
transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit are not
commercial vehicles. Pickup trucks that are not used for the
transportation of property for hire, compensation, or profit are not
commercial vehicles. This subdivision shall
does not apply to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 6700)
of Division 3.
(c) Any A vanpool vehicle is not a
commercial vehicle.
(d) The definition of a commercial vehicle in this section does
not apply to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 15200) of Division 6.
SEC. 2. Section 9400 of the Vehicle
Code is amended to read:
9400. Except as provided in Section 9400.1, and in addition to
any other registration fee, there shall be paid the fees set forth in
this section for the registration of any a
commercial motor vehicle that operates with unladen weight.
Weight fees for pickup trucks that are commercial vehicles
are calculated under this section. Whenever a camper is temporarily
attached to a motor vehicle designed to transport property, the motor
vehicle shall be subject to the fees imposed by this section. The
camper shall be deemed to be a load, and fees imposed by this section
upon the motor vehicle shall be based upon the unladen weight of the
motor vehicle, exclusive of the camper.
(a) For any an electric vehicle
designed, used, or maintained as described in this section, fees
shall be paid according to the following schedule:
Unladen Weight Fee
Less than 6,000 lbs............. $ 87
6,000 lbs. or more but less than 266
10,000 lbs.............................
10,000 lbs. or more.................... 358
(b) For any a motor vehicle having
not more than two axles and designed, used, or maintained as
described in this section, other than an electric vehicle, fees shall
be paid according to the following schedule:
Unladen Weight Fee
Less than 3,000 lbs.................... $ 8
3,000 lbs. to and including 4,000 24
lbs.....................................
4,001 lbs. to and including 5,000 80
lbs.....................................
5,001 lbs. to and including 6,000 154
lbs.....................................
6,001 lbs. to and including 7,000 204
lbs.....................................
7,001 lbs. to and including 8,000 257
lbs.....................................
8,001 lbs. to and including 9,000 308
lbs.....................................
9,001 lbs. to and including 10,000 360
lbs.....................................
(c) For any a motor vehicle having
three or more axles designed, used, or maintained as described in
this section, other than an electric vehicle, fees shall be paid
according to the following schedule:
Unladen Weight Fee
2,000 lbs. to and including 3,000 $ 43
lbs....................................
3,001 lbs. to and including 4,000 77
lbs....................................
4,001 lbs. to and including 5,000 154
lbs....................................
5,001 lbs. to and including 6,000 231
lbs....................................
6,001 lbs. to and including 7,000 308
lbs....................................
7,001 lbs. to and including 8,000 385
lbs....................................
8,001 lbs. to and including 9,000 462
lbs....................................
9,001 lbs. to and including 10,000 539
lbs....................................
(d) This section is not applicable to any
does not apply to a vehicle that is operated or moved over the
highway exclusively for the purpose of historical exhibition or other
similar noncommercial purpose.
(e) The fee changes effected by this section apply to (1) initial
or original registration on or after January 1, 1995, and prior to
December 31, 2001, of any a commercial
vehicle never before registered in this state and (2) to renewal of
registration of any a commercial
vehicle whose registration expires on or after January 1, 1995, and
prior to December 31, 2001.
(f) Commercial vehicles, other than those specified in Section
9400.1, with an initial registration or renewal of registration that
is due on or after December 31, 2001, are subject to the payment of
fees specified in this section.
SECTION 1. Section 12804.8 of the Vehicle Code
is amended to read:
12804.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
department may conduct studies to develop and identify examinations
and tests, to more accurately identify persons who, due to physical
or mental factors, or both, are not competent or qualified to safely
operate a motor vehicle.
(b) In addition to any other tests or examinations required under
this code, the department may require a person applying for an
original driver's license or renewal of a driver's license, or a
person subject to reexamination under Section 13801, to submit to one
or more tests or examinations which are part of a study.
(c) The results and information obtained during the study, through
the tests and examinations specified in subdivision (a), shall be
used only to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of the tests and
examinations and to select tests and examinations for use by the
department, and for no other purpose. The results of the tests are
confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person.
(d) A public entity or employee shall not be liable for any loss,
detriment, or injury resulting directly or indirectly from the
department's acts or failure to act on information received through
the studies.
