BILL NUMBER: AB 529	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 529, as introduced, Lowenthal. Vehicles: motor carriers:
inspections and fees.
   Existing law establishes the Biennial Inspection of Terminals
Program to ensure the safe operation of certain vehicles by a motor
carrier through the inspection of these vehicles at the motor carrier'
s terminal by the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
Existing law imposes certain fees on a motor carrier of property, and
requires that the Department of the California Highway Patrol
recommend that the Department of Motor Vehicles suspend or revoke a
motor carrier's permit if it determines that the motor carrier failed
to pay specified fees.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to streamline the commercial truck inspection system and
to transfer duties relating to the accounting of motor carrier fees
to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to streamline the commercial truck inspection system and
to transfer duties relating to the accounting of motor carrier fees
to the Department of Motor Vehicles.