BILL NUMBER: SB 12	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 13, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 4, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   An act to amend Section 35110 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 12, as amended, Corbett. Vehicles: aerodynamic devices.
   Existing law provides that the total outside width of any vehicle
or its load shall not exceed 102 inches,  with specified
exceptions including, among others,   except  door
handles, hinges, cable cinchers, chain binders, and holders for the
display of placards warning of hazardous materials  may extend 3
inches on each side of the vehicle  .
   This bill would  add an additional exception for 
 also allow  aerodynamic devices, as defined, 
which may   to  extend 3 inches on each side of the
vehicle.
   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 35110 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   35110.  (a) Door handles, hinges, cable cinchers, chain binders,
aerodynamic devices, and holders for the display of placards warning
of hazardous materials may extend three inches on each side of the
vehicle.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "aerodynamic devices" means
devices using technologies that minimize drag and improve airflow
over an entire tractor-trailer vehicle. These include gap fairings
that reduce turbulence between the tractor and trailer, side skirts
that minimize wind under the trailer, and rear fairings that reduce
turbulence and pressure drop at the rear of the trailer  , 
 if the device does not adversely impact the vehicle's swept
width and turning characteristics  .