AB 64, as amended, Donnelly. Vehicles: fifth-wheel travel trailers.
(1) Existing law prohibits a vehicle from exceeding 40 feet in length. Existing law exempts from this prohibition specified types of vehicles, including, but not limited to, an articulated bus or articulated trolley coach that does not exceed a length of 60 feet, and a motortruck used solely as a cotton module mover that does not exceed 48 feet in length. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.
This bill would additionally exempt from this prohibition a 5th-wheel travel trailer that does not exceed 48 feet in length from the foremost point of the trailer to the rear extremity of the trailer, and that does not exceed 40 feet in lengthbegin insert for a trailer with 2 or more axles, and 38 feet in length for a trailer with a single axle,end insert
from the kingpin to the rearmost axle. The bill would require a manufacturer of a 5th-wheel travel trailer that meets this exemption to include in the delivery documentsbegin delete provided to a dealer the overall length of the 5th-wheel travelend deletebegin insert specified length information necessary to register thatend insert trailer. The bill would permit a dealer to reject acceptance of the 5th-wheel travel trailer if this documentation is not provided. By creating a new crime, the 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.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 35400.6 is added to the Vehicle Code,
2to read:
(a) Subdivision (a) of Section 35400 does not apply
4to a fifth-wheel travel trailer that does not exceedbegin delete 48 feet in length begin insert the following lengths:end insert
5from the foremost point of the trailer to the rear extremity of the
6trailer, and that does not exceed 40 feet in length from the kingpin
7to the rearmost axle.end delete
8(1) Forty-eight feet in length from the foremost point of the
9trailer to the rear extremity of the trailer.
10(2) (A) For a fifth-wheel travel trailer with a single axle, 38
11feet in length from the kingpin to the rearmost axle.
12(B) For a fifth-wheel travel trailer with two or more axles, 40
13feet in length from the kingpin to the rearmost axle.
14(b) A manufacturer of a fifth-wheel travel trailer described by
15subdivision (a) shall include in the delivery documentsbegin delete provided begin insert the
16to a dealer the overall length of the fifth-wheel travel trailer.end delete
17information necessary to register that
fifth-wheel travel trailer,
18includingend insertbegin insert its overall length pursuant to paragraph (1) of
19subdivision (a) and a declaration that its length is in compliance
20with subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of
21subdivision (a).end insert The dealer may reject acceptance of the fifth-wheel
22travel trailer if this documentation is not provided.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
2Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
3the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
4district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
5infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
6for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
7the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
8the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
9Constitution.
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