BILL NUMBER: AB 1250	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 35554 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1250, as amended, Bloom. Vehicles: buses:  gross
 axle weight.
   Existing law, operative January 1, 2016, provides that the gross
weight on any one axle of a bus shall not exceed 20,500 pounds.
Existing law exempts from this limitation a transit bus procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued before January 1, 2013. A violation of this provision is a
crime.
   This bill would exempt from the weight limitation transit buses
procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a
solicitation was issued before January 1, 2016.  This bill would
also establish certain weight limitations for transit buses procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued at a specified time. The bill would provide that these
provisions do not authorize the operation of a   transit bus
on a bridge if the gross weight of the bus exceeds the single
vehicle maximum weight limit to which that bridge was designed,
except as specified. Because a violation of these provisions would be
a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
 
   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:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes .


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 35554 of the Vehicle Code, as amended by
Section 2 of Chapter 263 of the Statutes of 2014, is amended to read:

   35554.  (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 35550, the maximum gross
weight on any one axle of a bus shall not exceed 20,500 pounds.
   (2) This subdivision does not apply to a transit bus procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued before January 1, 2016.
   (b) A transit bus is not subject to Section 35550. 
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the following provisions
shall apply to a transit bus:  
   (1) The unladen weight on any one axle of a transit bus procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2017, shall not
exceed 25,000 pounds.  
   (2) The unladen weight on any one axle of a transit bus procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019, shall not
exceed 24,000 pounds.  
   (3) The unladen weight on any one axle of a transit bus procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, shall not
exceed 23,000 pounds.  
   (4) The unladen weight on any one axle of a transit bus procured
through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was
issued on or after January 1, 2022, shall not exceed 22,000 pounds.
 
   (d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the
operation of a transit bus on a bridge if the gross weight of the
transit bus exceeds the single vehicle maximum weight limit to which
that bridge was designed, unless the agency owning and operating the
transit bus has obtained a permit from the agency owning the bridge
to operate such a transit bus on that bridge. 
   SEC. 2.    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.