AB 1960, as introduced, Lackey. Pickup trucks.
Existing law defines a pickup truck to mean a motor truck with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 471 of the Vehicle Code is amended to
2read:
A “pickup truck” is a motor truck with a manufacturer’s
4gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen
5weight of less than 8,001 pounds, andbegin delete whicend deletebegin deletehend deletebegin insert thatend insert is equipped with
6an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. “Pickup truck”
7does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above
P2 1begin delete definition,end deletebegin insert definitionend insert that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage
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compartment unit commonly called a “utility body.”
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