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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2719
Introduced by Assembly Member Wilson
(Principal coauthor: Senator Dodd)
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry)
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February 14, 2024 |
An act to amend Section 2813 of, and to add Section 2813.6 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2719, as introduced, Wilson.
Vehicles: commercial vehicle inspections.
Existing law requires the driver of a commercial vehicle to stop and submit to a vehicle and driver inspection, as described, wherever the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is conducting commercial vehicle inspections and signs are displayed requiring the stop. Under existing law, a failure to stop as required is punishable as a misdemeanor.
This bill would authorize a public transit agency, as defined, to request the CHP to conduct an annual inspection and certification of its fleet. The bill would authorize the Commissioner of the CHP to issue stickers or other devices as evidence of certification. The bill would exempt any public transit agency vehicle that has been certified through that inspection from the requirement to stop at a roadside inspection.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2813 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:2813.
(a) Every driver of a commercial vehicle shall stop and submit the vehicle to an inspection of the vehicle’s size, weight, equipment, loading, and smoke emissions, as well as the driver’s license, medical qualifications, and hours-of-service compliance of a driver of the vehicle at any location where members of the California Highway Patrol are conducting tests and inspections of commercial vehicles and when signs are displayed requiring the stop. Every driver who fails or refuses to stop and submit the vehicle to an inspection when signs are displayed requiring that stop is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) This section does not apply to a vehicle that is displaying a valid and unexpired sticker issued for that vehicle pursuant to Section 2813.5 or 2813.6.
SEC. 2.
Section 2813.6 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:2813.6.
(a) A public transit agency may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to annually inspect each commercial vehicle and transit vehicle in its fleet and, as appropriate, certify that its condition meets minimum safety standards established by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.(b) The commissioner shall have the exclusive authority in the issuance of stickers or other devices as evidence that a commercial vehicle or transit vehicle has been inspected and certified to be in compliance with minimum safety standards. The commissioner may make and enforce regulations with respect to the issuance and display of stickers or other devices issued pursuant to this subdivision.
(c) A vehicle that has been inspected and certified pursuant to this section and is displaying a sticker or other device issued pursuant to this section, as required by the commissioner, is exempt from the requirement to stop for inspection pursuant to Section 2813.
(d) As used in this section, “public transit agency” has the same meaning as “public transportation operator” as defined in Section 99312.2 of the Public Utilities Code, and “transit vehicle” has the same meaning as in Section 99501 of the Public Utilities Code.
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REVISIONS:
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