BILL NUMBER: AB 501 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Nazarian
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
An act to amend Section 25250.51 of the Health and Safety Code, to
amend Section 42950 of the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections
21100, 34601, and 34622 of, and to repeal Section 27314.5 of, the
Vehicle Code, and to amend Section 10950 of the Water Code, relating
to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 501, as introduced, Nazarian. Vehicles.
(1) Existing law prohibits the sale of motor brake friction
materials containing specified constituents in excess of specified
concentrations. Existing law, however, permits motor vehicle
manufacturers and distributors, wholesalers, or retailers to sell
brake friction materials that are not certified as compliant with
that provision.
This bill would permit motor vehicle manufactures and
distributors, wholesalers, or retailers of replacement brake friction
materials to continue to offer for sale, or sell, brake friction
materials not certified as compliant with that provision for the
purpose of, rather than solely for the purpose of, depletion of
inventories until a specified date. This bill would also permit motor
vehicle dealers to sell or offer for sale brake friction material
not certified as compliant with that provision if the brake friction
material was installed when the vehicle was acquired by the dealer.
(2) Existing law defines tire broker to mean a person that
arranges for the shipment of used or waste tires to or from a site
located within the state, or through the state, as defined.
This bill would add that a tire broker does not include a tire
retailer primarily engaged in the retail sale, service, and
installation of tires on customer vehicles, or a vehicle dealer, as
defined.
(3) Existing law authorizes local authorities to adopt rules and
regulations regarding regulating advertising signs on motor vehicles
parked or left standing on a public street as well as minimum
distances that the advertising sign must be moved after a specified
time period. Existing law exempts from any minimum distances
requirement a license plate frame that is installed, as specified.
This bill would correct an erroneous cross-reference within this
provision.
(4) Existing law requires a dealer, selling or offering for sale
any specified used passenger vehicle, except as otherwise provided,
to affix a specified notice on the window of the left front door or
as specified, and another specified notice on one rear seat lap belt
buckle at all times the vehicle is offered for sale and in a
specified manner.
This bill would delete that provision.
(5) Existing law excludes from the definition of commercial motor
vehicle specified trucks and truck tractors, when used solely to tow
specified trailers.
This bill would add that specified trucks and truck tractors
operated singly are excluded from the definition of commercial motor
vehicle. This bill would add, as an alternative rather than as an
additional requirement, that when the specified truck or truck
tractor is towing other specified trailers, now including trailers
designed to transport watercraft and utility trailers never operated
in commercial use, they would also be excluded from the definition of
commercial motor vehicle.
(6) Existing law prohibits a motor carrier of property from
operating a commercial motor vehicle on any public highway in this
state unless it meets specified requirements and holds a valid motor
carrier permit. Existing law also prohibits a person from contracting
with a motor carrier of property unless that motor carrier holds a
valid motor carrier of property permit. Existing law excludes from
these prohibitions vehicles that are exempt from paying vehicle
registration fees.
This bill would also exclude from those prohibitions vehicles that
are owned or leased by an honorary consular officer or a similar
official, as well as special construction equipment, special mobile
equipment, cemetery equipment, trailer, semitrailer, and logging
vehicles.
(7) Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board
to take appropriate actions to prevent waste or the unreasonable use
of water and to make determinations with regard to the availability
of recycled water. Existing law requires a conveyor car wash,
permitted and constructed after January 1, 2014, to either install,
use and maintain a water recycling system or to use recycled water
provided by a water supplier, as specified. Existing law defines
conveyer car wash for these purposes to mean a commercial car wash
where the vehicle moves on a conveyor belt during the wash and the
driver of the vehicle can remain in, or wait outside of, the vehicle.
This bill would define commercial car wash for these purposes to
mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, joint venture, or association that is subject to specified
employment-related requirements.
(8) This bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive,
conforming, and clarifying changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 25250.51 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
25250.51. (a) On and after January 1, 2014, any motor vehicle
brake friction materials containing any of the following constituents
in an amount that exceeds the following concentrations shall not be
sold in this state:
(1) Cadmium and its compounds: 0.01 percent by weight.
(2) Chromium (VI)-salts: 0.1 percent by weight.
(3) Lead and its compounds: 0.1 percent by weight.
(4) Mercury and its compounds: 0.1 percent by weight.
(5) Asbestiform fibers: 0.1 percent by weight.
(b) Motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors, wholesalers, or
retailers of replacement brake friction materials may continue to
sell or offer for sale brake friction materials not certified
as compliant with subdivision (a) solely for the
purpose of depletion of inventories until December 31, 2023.
(c) Motor vehicle dealers may continue to sell or offer for sale
brake friction material not certified as compliant with subdivision
(a) if the brake friction material was installed on a vehicle when
the vehicle was acquired by the dealer.
SEC. 2. Section 42950 of the Public Resources Code is amended to
read:
42950. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Agricultural purposes" means the use of waste tires as
bumpers on agricultural equipment or as a ballast to maintain covers
or structures at an agricultural site.
(b) (1) "Altered waste tire" means a waste tire that has been
baled, shredded, chopped, or split apart. "Altered waste tire" does
not mean crumb rubber.
(2) "Alteration" or "altering," with reference to a waste tire,
means an action that produces an altered waste tire.
(c) "Applicant" means a person seeking to register as a waste tire
hauler.
(d) "Baled tire" means either a whole or an altered tire that has
been compressed and then secured with a binding material for the
purpose of reducing its volume.
(e) "Common carrier" means a "common carrier," as defined in
Section 211 of the Public Utilities Code.
(f) "Crumb rubber" means rubber granules derived from a waste tire
that are less than or one-quarter inch or six millimeters in size.
(g) "Repairable tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire
that is retreadable, recappable, or regrooveable, or that can be
otherwise repaired to return the tire to use as a vehicle tire, and
that meets the applicable requirements of the Vehicle Code and Title
13 of the California Code of Regulations.
(h) "Scrap tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is
not a repairable tire.
(i) "Tire broker" means a person that arranges for the shipment of
used or waste tires to or from a site located within the state, or
through the state, as that term may be further defined by the
department by regulation. "Tire broker" does not include a tire
retailer primarily engaged in the retail sale, service, and
installation of tires on customer vehicles, or a vehicle dealer, as
defined in Section 285 of the Vehicle Code.
(j) "Tire derived product" means material that meets both of the
following requirements:
(1) Is derived from a process using waste tires or waste tire
equivalents as a feedstock. A process using waste tires or waste tire
equivalents includes, but is not limited to, shredding, crumbing, or
chipping.
(2) Has been sold and removed from the processing facility.
(k) "Used tire" means a tire that meets both of the following
requirements:
(1) The tire is no longer mounted on a vehicle but is still
suitable for use as a vehicle tire.
(2) The tire meets the applicable requirements of the Vehicle Code
and of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.
(l) "Waste tire" means a tire that is no longer mounted on a
vehicle and is no longer suitable for use as a vehicle tire due to
wear, damage, or deviation from the manufacturer's original
specifications. A waste tire includes a repairable tire, scrap tire,
and altered waste tire, but does not include a tire derived product,
crumb rubber, or a used tire.
(m) "Waste tire generator" or "waste tire generating business"
means a person as defined by Section 40170 whose act or process
produces waste tires as defined in Section 42807, causes a waste tire
hauler to transport those waste tires, or otherwise causes waste
tires to become subject to regulation. "Waste tire generator" or
"waste tire generating business" does not include a person who
transports 10 or fewer waste tires at any one time.
SEC. 3. Section 21100 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
21100. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by
ordinance or resolution regarding all of the following matters:
(a) Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the
highways.
(b) Licensing and regulating the operation of vehicles for hire
and drivers of passenger vehicles for hire.
(c) Regulating traffic by means of traffic officers.
(d) Regulating traffic by means of official traffic control
devices meeting the requirements of Section 21400.
(e) (1) Regulating traffic by means of a person given temporary or
permanent appointment for that duty by the local authority when
official traffic control devices are disabled or otherwise
inoperable, at the scenes of accidents or disasters, or at locations
as may require traffic direction for orderly traffic flow.
(2) A person shall not be appointed pursuant to this subdivision
unless and until the local authority has submitted to the
commissioner or to the chief law enforcement officer exercising
jurisdiction in the enforcement of traffic laws within the area in
which the person is to perform the duty, for review, a proposed
program of instruction for the training of a person for that duty,
and unless and until the commissioner or other chief law enforcement
officer approves the proposed program. The commissioner or other
chief law enforcement officer shall approve a proposed program if he
or she reasonably determines that the program will provide sufficient
training for persons assigned to perform the duty described in this
subdivision.
(f) Regulating traffic at the site of road or street construction
or maintenance by persons authorized for that duty by the local
authority.
(g) (1) Licensing and regulating the operation of tow truck
service or tow truck drivers whose principal place of business or
employment is within the jurisdiction of the local authority,
excepting the operation and operators of any auto dismantlers' tow
vehicle licensed under Section 11505 or any tow truck operated by a
repossessing agency licensed under Chapter 11 (commencing with
Section 7500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code and
its registered employees.
(2) The Legislature finds that the safety and welfare of the
general public is promoted by permitting local authorities to
regulate tow truck service companies and operators by requiring
licensure, insurance, and proper training in the safe operation of
towing equipment, thereby ensuring against towing mistakes that may
lead to violent confrontation, stranding motorists in dangerous
situations, impeding the expedited vehicle recovery, and wasting
state and local law enforcement's limited resources.
(3) This subdivision does not limit the authority of a city or
city and county pursuant to Section 12111.
(h) Operation of bicycles, and, as specified in Section 21114.5,
electric carts by physically disabled persons, or persons 50 years of
age or older, on the public sidewalks.
(i) Providing for the appointment of nonstudent school crossing
guards for the protection of persons who are crossing a street or
highway in the vicinity of a school or while returning thereafter to
a place of safety.
(j) Regulating the methods of deposit of garbage and refuse in
streets and highways for collection by the local authority or by any
person authorized by the local authority.
(k) (1) Regulating cruising.
(2) The ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this
subdivision shall regulate cruising, which is the repetitive driving
of a motor vehicle past a traffic control point in traffic that is
congested at or near the traffic control point, as determined by the
ranking peace officer on duty within the affected area, within a
specified time period and after the vehicle operator has been given
an adequate written notice that further driving past the control
point will be a violation of the ordinance or resolution.
(3) A person is not in violation of an ordinance or resolution
adopted pursuant to this subdivision unless both of the following
apply:
(A) That person has been given the written notice on a previous
driving trip past the control point and then again passes the control
point in that same time interval.
(B) The beginning and end of the portion of the street subject to
cruising controls are clearly identified by signs that briefly and
clearly state the appropriate provisions of this subdivision and the
local ordinance or resolution on cruising.
( l ) Regulating or authorizing the removal by peace
officers of vehicles unlawfully parked in a fire lane, as described
in Section 22500.1, on private property. A removal pursuant to this
subdivision shall be consistent, to the extent possible, with the
procedures for removal and storage set forth in Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 22650).
(m) Regulating mobile billboard advertising displays, as defined
in Section 395.5, including the establishment of penalties, which may
include, but are not limited to, removal of the mobile billboard
advertising display and misdemeanor criminal penalties, for a
violation of the ordinance or resolution. The ordinance or resolution
may establish a minimum distance that a mobile billboard advertising
display shall be moved after a specified time period.
(n) Licensing and regulating the operation of pedicabs for hire,
as defined in Section 467.5, and operators of pedicabs for hire,
including requiring one or more of the following documents:
(1) A valid California driver's license.
(2) Proof of successful completion of a bicycle safety training
course certified by the League of American Bicyclists or an
equivalent organization as determined by the local authority.
(3) A valid California identification card and proof of successful
completion of the written portion of the California driver's license
examination administered by the department. The department shall
administer, without charging a fee, the original driver's license
written examination on traffic laws and signs to a person who states
that he or she is, or intends to become, a pedicab operator, and who
holds a valid California identification card or has successfully
completed an application for a California identification card. If the
person achieves a passing score on the examination, the department
shall issue a certificate of successful completion of the
examination, bearing the person's name and identification card
number. The certificate shall not serve in lieu of successful
completion of the required examination administered as part of any
subsequent application for a driver's license. The department is not
required to enter the results of the examination into the
computerized record of the person's identification card or otherwise
retain a record of the examination or results.
(o) (1) This section does not authorize a local authority to enact
or enforce an ordinance or resolution that establishes a violation
if a violation for the same or similar conduct is provided in this
code, nor does it authorize a local authority to enact or enforce an
ordinance or resolution that assesses a fine, penalty, assessment, or
fee for a violation if a fine, penalty, assessment, or fee for a
violation involving the same or similar conduct is provided in this
code.
(2) This section does not preclude a local authority from enacting
parking ordinances pursuant to existing authority in Chapter 9
(commencing with Section 22500) of Division 11.
(p) (1) Regulating advertising signs on motor vehicles parked or
left standing upon a public street. The ordinance or resolution may
establish a minimum distance that the advertising sign shall be moved
after a specified time period.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(A) Advertising signs that are permanently affixed to the body of,
an integral part of, or a fixture of a motor vehicle for permanent
decoration, identification, or display and that do not extend beyond
the overall length, width, or height of the vehicle.
(B) If the license plate frame is installed in compliance with
Section 5201, 11713.17, paper
advertisements issued by a dealer contained within that license plate
frame or any advertisements on that license plate frame.
(3) As used in paragraph (2), "permanently affixed" means any of
the following:
(A) Painted directly on the body of a motor vehicle.
(B) Applied as a decal on the body of a motor vehicle.
(C) Placed in a location on the body of a motor vehicle that was
specifically designed by a vehicle manufacturer as defined in Section
672 and licensed pursuant to Section 11701, in compliance with both
state and federal law or guidelines, for the express purpose of
containing an advertising sign.
SEC. 4. Section 27314.5 of the Vehicle Code is repealed.
27314.5. (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (3), no dealer shall sell
or offer for sale any used passenger vehicle of a model year of 1972
to 1990, inclusive, unless there is affixed to the window of the left
front door or, if there is no window, to another suitable location
so that it may be seen and read by a person standing outside the
vehicle at that location, a notice, printed in 14-point type, which
reads as follows:
"WARNING: While use of all seat belts reduces the chance of
ejection, failure to install and use shoulder harnesses with lap
belts can result in serious or fatal injuries in some crashes.
Lap-only belts increase the chance of head and neck injury by
allowing the upper torso to move unrestrained in a crash and increase
the chance of spinal column and abdominal injuries by concentrating
excessive force on the lower torso. Because children carry a
disproportionate amount of body weight above the waist, they are more
likely to sustain those injuries. Shoulder harnesses may be
available that can be retrofitted in this vehicle. For more
information call the Auto Safety Hotline at 1-800-424-9393."
(2) The notice shall remain affixed to the vehicle pursuant to
paragraph (1) at all times that the vehicle is for sale.
(3) The notice is not required to be affixed to any vehicle
equipped with both a lap belt and a shoulder harness for the driver
and one passenger in the front seat of the vehicle and for at least
two passengers in the rear seat of the vehicle.
(b) (1) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), and
subject to paragraph (3) and subdivision (c), the dealer shall affix,
to one rear seat lap belt buckle of every used passenger vehicle of
a model year of 1972 to 1990, inclusive, that has a rear seat, a
notice, printed in 10-point type, that reads as follows:
"WARNING: While use of all seat belts reduces the chance of
ejection, failure to install and use shoulder harnesses with lap
belts can result in serious or fatal injuries in some crashes.
Shoulder harnesses may be available that can be retrofitted in this
vehicle. For more information, call the Auto Safety Hotline at
1-800-424-9393."
(2) The notice shall remain affixed to the vehicle pursuant to
paragraph (1) at all times that the vehicle is for sale.
(3) The message is not required to be affixed to any vehicle
either equipped with both a lap belt and a shoulder harness for at
least two passengers in the rear seat or having no rear seat lap
belts.
(c) A dealer is not in violation of subdivision (b) unless a
private nonprofit entity has furnished a supply of the appropriate
notices suitable for affixing as required free of charge or, having
requested a resupply of notices, has not received the resupply.
(d) The department shall furnish, to a nonprofit private entity
for purposes of this section, for a fee not to exceed its costs in so
furnishing, at least once every six months, a list of all licensed
dealers who sell used passenger vehicles.
SEC. 5. Section 34601 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
34601. (a) As used in this division, "motor carrier of property"
means any person who operates any commercial motor vehicle as defined
in subdivision (c). "Motor carrier of property" does not include a
household goods carrier, as defined in Section 5109 of the Public
Utilities Code, a household goods carrier transporting used office,
store, and institution furniture and fixtures under its household
goods carrier permit pursuant to Section 5137 of the Public Utilities
Code, persons providing only transportation of passengers, or a
passenger stage corporation transporting baggage and express upon a
passenger vehicle incidental to the transportation of passengers.
(b) As used in this division, "for-hire motor carrier of property"
means a motor carrier of property as defined in subdivision (a) who
transports property for compensation.
(c) (1) As used in this division, except as provided in paragraph
(2), a "commercial motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle
listed in subdivisions (a), (b), (f), (g), and (k) of Section 34500,
any motor truck of two or more axles that is more than 10,000 pounds
gross vehicle weight rating, and any other motor vehicle used to
transport property for compensation.
(2) As used in this division, "commercial motor vehicle" does not
include any of the following:
(A) Vehicles identified in subdivision (f) of Section 34500, if
the gross vehicle weight rating of the towing vehicle is 10,000
pounds or less.
(B) Vehicles identified in subdivision (g) of Section 34500, if
the hazardous material transportation does not require the display of
placards under Section 27903, a license under Section 32000.5, or a
hazardous waste transporter registration under Section 25163 of the
Health and Safety Code, and the vehicle is not operated in commercial
use.
(C) Vehicles operated by a household goods carrier, as defined in
Section 5109 of the Public Utilities Code, under the household goods
carrier permit pursuant to Section 5137 of that code.
(D) Vehicles operated by a household goods carrier to transport
used office, store, and institution furniture and fixtures under its
household goods carrier permit pursuant to Section 5137 of the Public
Utilities Code.
(E) Pickup trucks as defined in Section 471, if the conditions in
subparagraphs (A) and (B) are also met.
(F) Two-axle daily rental trucks with a gross vehicle weight
rating of less than 26,001 pounds, when operated in noncommercial
use.
(G) Motor trucks or two-axle truck tractors, with a gross vehicle
weight rating of less than 26,001 pounds, operated singly, or
when used solely to tow a camp trailer, trailer coach,
fifth-wheel travel trailer, trailer designed to transport
watercraft, or utility trailer never operated in
commercial use . Vehicle combinations described in this
subparagraph are not subject to Section 27900, 34501.12, or 34507.5.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, "private carrier" means a motor
carrier of property, who transports only his or her own property,
including, but not limited to, the delivery of goods sold by that
carrier.
SEC. 6. Section 34622 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
34622. This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(a) Vehicles described in Section 5006 or 5011, and vehicles
that are exempt from vehicle registration fees.
(b) A household goods carrier transporting used office, store, and
institution furniture and fixtures under its household goods carrier
permit pursuant to Section 5137 of the Public Utilities Code.
SEC. 7. Section 10950 of the Water Code is amended to read:
10950. The following definitions govern the construction of this
part:
(a) "Commercial car wash" means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, or association
subject to the requirements of Part 8.5 (commencing with Section
2050) of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(a)
(b) "Conveyor car wash" means a commercial car wash
where the vehicle moves on a conveyor belt during the wash and the
driver of the vehicle can remain in, or wait outside of, the vehicle.
(b)
(c) "In-bay car wash" means a commercial car wash where
the driver pulls into a bay, parks the car, and the vehicle remains
stationary while either a machine moves over the vehicle to clean it
or one or more employees of the car wash clean the vehicle, instead
of the vehicle moving through a tunnel.
(c)
(d) "Self-service car wash" means a commercial car wash
where a customer washes his or her own car with spray wands and
brushes.
(d)
(e) "Water recycling system" means a water system at
the car wash that captures and reuses water previously used in wash
or rinse cycles.