BILL NUMBER: SB 1224	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  449
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 31, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 10, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 28, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Chesbro and Aanestad
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Torrico)

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2006

   An act to amend Section 35401.7 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1224, Chesbro  Vehicles: limitations of access.
   Existing law exempts from established limitations of access,
licensed carriers of livestock when engaged in travel necessary and
incidental to the shipment of livestock on specified portions of
State Highway Route 101. This exemption is repealed on January 1,
2007. Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway
Patrol (CHP), in consultation with the Department of Transportation
and in accordance with recommendations from the CHP's study issued on
May 1, 2003, of the effect of the exemption, to continue the
comprehensive study of the effect of the exemption on public safety,
as specified, and to report the findings of the additional study to
the Legislature on or before January 1, 2006.
   This bill would extend the January 1, 2007, repeal date, to
January 1, 2012, thereby extending the exemption. This bill would
also delete obsolete language regarding the study, and require the
CHP, in consultation with the Department of Transportation and in
accordance with recommendations from the CHP's study issued March 20,
2006, on the effect of the exemption, to continue the comprehensive
study of the effect of the exemption on public safety, as specified,
and make recommendations on future exemptions, including the creation
of a permitting system for cattle truck and trailer combinations
meeting the applicable provisions of the federal Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, and appropriate safety
improvements. The bill would require the CHP to report the findings
and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature on or before
January 1, 2011.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 35401.7 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   35401.7.  (a) The limitations of access specified in subdivision
(d) of Section 35401.5 do not apply to licensed carriers of livestock
when those carriers are directly en route to or from a point of
loading or unloading of livestock on those portions of State Highway
Route 101 located in the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, and
Mendocino from its junction with State Highway Route 1 near Leggett
north to the Oregon border, if the travel is necessary and incidental
to the shipment of the livestock.
   (b) The exemption allowed under this section does not apply unless
both of the following conditions are met:
   (1) The length of the truck tractor, in combination with the
semitrailer used to transport the livestock, does not exceed a total
of 70 feet.
   (2) The distance from the kingpin to the rearmost axle of the
semitrailer does not exceed 40 feet.
   (c) The exemption allowed under this section does not apply to
travel conducted on the day prior to, or on the day of, any federally
recognized holiday.
   (d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol, in
consultation with the Department of Transportation and in accordance
with recommendations from the Department of the California Highway
Patrol's study issued on March 20, 2006, of the effect of the
statutory exemption, shall continue the comprehensive study of the
effect that the exemption provided by this section has on the public
safety during the extended effective period of the exemption, and
make recommendations on future exemptions, including the creation of
a permitting system for cattle truck and trailer combinations meeting
applicable provisions of the federal Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-424), and appropriate safety
improvements. Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code,
the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall report the
findings of this additional study and recommendations to the Governor
and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2011.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2012, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends
that date.