Mimi Walters
- Republican
Author
Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, exempts from these provisions a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement limit of not more than 46 feet, a trailer length of not more than 56 feet, and used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined. This bill would extend the operation of that exemption indefinitely. In order to comply with the terms of that exemption, the bill would require a permit issued by the Department of Transportation for the operation of that combination of vehicles on a specific route. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to conduct field tests of the truck tractor semitrailer combination for motorsport trucks with a trailer length of 56 feet to evaluate their performance on transition routes connecting to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. The bill would require a permit to operate the above-described combination of vehicles on a specific route for a motorsport event, as specified. The bill would provide that the permit requirement for routes to or from the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the Sonoma Raceway, and the Auto Club Speedway at Fontana would only apply until field tests by the Department of Transportation determine that no additional projects need to be performed on that particular route for the respective raceway, or, if projects are required to be performed on the route, until those projects are completed. The bill would require the department to update the transition routes to reflect road projects completed since the 1990s and to update the transition routes every 5 years thereafter. The bill would require the department to develop new transition routes, as necessary, for the truck tractor semitrailer combination for motorsport trucks with a trailer length of 56 feet. The bill would require, no later than January 1, 2017, the department to submit a report to the Legislature that includes the results of the field tests for the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, the Sonoma Raceway, and the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, an overview of the related roadway improvements identified and made, and, in consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, a recommendation as to whether the 56 foot trailer length should be reauthorized. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 786, Statutes of 2014.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4875.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6424.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14).
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3604.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3711.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 19.
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3387.) (May 6).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.
Set for hearing May 6.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1175 | HTML |
| 02/20/14 - Introduced | |
| 04/29/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/12/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/25/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/18/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/28/14 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/14 - Chaptered |
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