BILL NUMBER: AB 2401	CHAPTERED  09/18/06

	CHAPTER  322
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 16, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Karnette
   (Coauthor: Senator Lowenthal)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to add Sections 175 and 4000.5 to the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2401, Karnette  Vehicles: autoettes.
   (1) Existing law requires operating motor vehicles to be
registered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law makes it
a crime to violate any provision of the Vehicle Code.
   This bill would require the department to register autoettes, as
defined, as motor vehicles. The bill would also require the owner of
the autoette to remove the license plates from the vehicle and return
them to the department if the vehicle is removed from a natural
island, as described.
   Because the failure to remove the license plates would create a
new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 175 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   175.  An "autoette" is a motor vehicle, located on a natural
island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres and that is within a
county having a population in excess of 4,000,000, that meets all of
the following requirements:
   (a) Has three or more wheels in contact with the ground.
   (b) Has an unladed weight of no greater than 1,800 pounds.
   (c) Has an overall length of no more than 120 inches, including
the front and rear bumpers.
   (d) Has a width of no more than 55 inches, as measured from its
widest part.
  SEC. 2.  Section 4000.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   4000.5.  (a) The department shall register an autoette, as defined
in Section 175, as a motor vehicle.
   (b) The owner of an autoette shall remove the license plates from
the vehicle and return them to the department when the autoette is
removed from a natural island, as described in Section 175.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.