BILL NUMBER: AB 1706	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2012

   An act to amend Section 660 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1706, as introduced, Eng. Vehicles: unladen weight.
   Existing law, for purposes of the Vehicle Code, specifies that the
"unladen weight" of a vehicle is the weight equiped and ready for
operation on the road including the body, fenders, oil in motor,
radiator full of water, with 5 gallons of gasoline or equivalent
weight of other motor fuel, equipment required by law, except as
provided, and any special cabinets, boxes, or body parts permanently
attached to the vehicle, and any machinery, equipment, or attachment
that is attendant to the efficient operation of the body or vehicle.
   This bill would additionally include batteries among those items
included as the basis for determining the unladen weight of a
vehicle.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 660 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   660.  The "unladen weight" of a vehicle is the weight equipped and
ready for operation on the road including the body, fenders, oil in
motor,  batteries,  radiator full of water, with five
gallons of gasoline or equivalent weight of other motor fuel;
 also  equipment required by law, and unless
exempted under Section 66l, any special cabinets, boxes  , 
or body parts permanently attached to the vehicle, and any machinery,
equipment  ,  or attachment  which  
that  is attendant to the efficient operation of the body or
vehicle. Unladen weight shall not include any load or any machinery
or mechanical apparatus, such as, but not limited to, wood saws,
well-drilling machines, spray apparatus, tow truck cranes, and
grinding equipment. The unladen weight of a vehicle shall have no
application in determining any fee under this code or the Revenue and
Taxation Code other than Section 9400.