BILL NUMBER: AB 1128 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Furutani
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal)
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to amend Section 35700.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1128, as introduced, Furutani. Vehicles: Terminal Island
Freeway: special permits.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, upon
adoption of an ordinance or resolution by both the City of Long Beach
and the City of Los Angeles, to issue a special permit to the
operator of a vehicle, combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment,
permitting the operation and movement of the vehicle, combination, or
equipment, and its load, on the 3.66-mile portion of State Route 47
and State Route 103 known as the Terminal Island Freeway, between
Willow Street in the City of Long Beach and Terminal Island in the
City of Long Beach and the City of Los Angeles, and on the 2.1-mile
portion of State Highway Route 1 that is between Blinn Avenue in the
City of Los Angeles and Harbor Avenue in the City of Long Beach, if
the vehicle, combination, or equipment meets specified criteria.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
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 35700.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
35700.5. (a) The Department of Transportation, upon adoption of
an ordinance or resolution that is in conformance with the provisions
of this section by both the City of Long Beach and the City of Los
Angeles, may issue a special permit to the operator of a vehicle,
combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment, permitting the
operation and movement of the vehicle, combination, or equipment, and
its load, on the 3.66-mile portion of State Route 47 and State Route
103 known as the Terminal Island Freeway, between Willow Street in
the City of Long Beach and Terminal Island in the City of Long Beach
and the City of Los Angeles, and on the 2.1-mile portion of State
Highway Route 1 , that is between Blinn Avenue in the City
of Los Angeles and Harbor Avenue in the City of Long Beach, if the
vehicle, combination, or equipment meets all of the following
criteria:
(1) The vehicle, combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment is
used to transport intermodal cargo containers that are moving in
international commerce.
(2) The vehicle, combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment, in
combination with its load, has a maximum gross weight in excess of
the maximum gross weight limit of vehicles and loads specified in
this chapter, but does not exceed 95,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.
(3) (A) The vehicle, combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment
conforms to the axle weight limits specified in Section 35550.
(B) The vehicle, combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment
conforms to the axle weight limits in Section 35551, except as
specified in subparagraph (C).
(C) Vehicles, combinations of vehicles, or mobile equipment that
impose more than 80,000 pounds total gross weight on the highway by
any group of two or more consecutive axles, exceed 60 feet in length
between the extremes of any group of two or more consecutive axles,
or have more than six axles shall conform to weight limits that shall
be determined by the Department of Transportation.
(b) The permit issued by the Department of Transportation shall be
required to authorize the operation or movement of a vehicle,
combination of vehicles, or mobile equipment described in subdivision
(a). The permit shall not authorize the movement of hazardous
materials or hazardous wastes, as those terms are defined by local,
state, and federal law. The following criteria shall be included in
the application for the permit:
(1) A description of the loads and vehicles to be operated under
the permit.
(2) An agreement wherein each applicant agrees to be responsible
for all injuries to persons and for all damage to real or personal
property of the state and others directly caused by or resulting from
the operation of the applicant's vehicles or combination of vehicles
under the conditions of the permit. The applicant shall agree to
hold harmless and indemnify the state and all its agents for all
costs or claims arising out of or caused by the movement of vehicles
or combination of vehicles under the conditions of the permit.
(3) The applicant shall provide proof of financial responsibility
that covers the movement of the shipment as described in subdivision
(a). The insurance shall meet the minimum requirements established by
law.
(4) An agreement to carry a copy of the permit in the vehicle at
all times and furnish the copy upon request of an employee of the
Department of the California Highway Patrol or the Department of
Transportation.
(5) An agreement to place an indicia, developed by the Department
of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the
California Highway Patrol, upon the vehicle identifying it as a
vehicle possibly operating under this section. The indicia shall be
displayed in the lower right area of the front windshield of the
power unit. The Department of Transportation may charge a fee to
cover the cost of producing and issuing this indicia.
(c) The permit issued pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be valid
for one year. The permit may be canceled by the Department of
Transportation for any of the following reasons:
(1) The failure of the applicant to maintain any of the conditions
required pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) The failure of the applicant to maintain a satisfactory
rating, as required by Section 34501.12.
(3) A determination by the Department of Transportation that there
is sufficient cause to cancel the permit because the continued
movement of the applicant's vehicles under the permit would
jeopardize the safety of the motorists on the roadway or result in
undue damage to the highways listed in this section.
(d) The Department of Transportation may charge a fee to cover the
cost of issuing a permit pursuant to subdivision (a).