BILL NUMBER: SB 333 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 23, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator La Malfa
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
An act to amend Section 22406 add and
repeal Section 22406.2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 333, as amended, La Malfa. Vehicles: speed limits.
Existing
(1) Existing law prohibits a
person from driving specified vehicles, including a motortruck or
truck tractor having 3 or more axles, or any motortruck or truck
tractor drawing any other vehicle, on a highway at a speed in excess
of 55 miles per hour. A violation of this requirement is a
crime.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
these provisions. , notwithstanding that
prohibition, until January 1, 2016, permit a person to drive a truck
tractor, commercial vehicle, or motor vehicle with an attached
trailer at a speed not to exceed 5 miles less per hour than the
posted speed limit for a motor vehicle on a 4-lane freeway or highway
in a county located north of the County of Sacramento. Because the
bill would expand the scope of a crime, it would impose a
state-mandated local program.
(2) 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.
(3) The bill would declare that, due to the unique geographic and
demographic characteristics of counties located north of the County
of Sacramento, a general statute within the meaning of specified
provisions of the California Constitution cannot be made applicable
and a special statute is necessary.
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 22406.2 is added to the
Vehicle Code , to read:
22406.2. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22406 or any other contrary
law, a person may drive a truck tractor, commercial vehicle, or motor
vehicle with an attached trailer at a speed not exceeding five miles
less per hour than the posted speed limit for a motor vehicle on a
four-lane freeway or highway located in a county located north of the
County of Sacramento.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date.
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.
SEC. 3. Due to the unique geographic and
demographic characteristics of counties located north of the County
of Sacramento, the Legislature finds and declares that a general
statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of
Article IV of the California Constitution. Therefore, the special
legislation contained within Section 1 of this act is necessarily
only applicable to those counties.
SECTION 1. Section 22406 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
22406. A person shall not drive any of the following vehicles on
a highway at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour:
(a) A motortruck or truck tractor having three or more axles or
any motortruck or truck tractor drawing any other vehicle.
(b) A passenger vehicle or bus drawing any other vehicle.
(c) A schoolbus transporting any school pupil.
(d) A farm labor vehicle when transporting passengers.
(e) A vehicle transporting explosives.
(f) A trailer bus, as defined in Section 636.