LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1361, as amended, Portantino. Vehicles: commercial vehicle ban:
State Route 2.
(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to
declare and fix a weight limit for a highway under its jurisdiction
that is less than the maximum weight limits otherwise authorized
under the Vehicle Code, upon determining that the highway will not
sustain those maximum weights and, after conducting a public hearing
on the issue, determining the maximum weight that the highway will
sustain. The department is prohibited from establishing a maximum
weight limit that is less than 16,000 pounds. A violation of the
Vehicle Code is a crime.
This bill would prohibit, with specified exemptions, the operation
of a commercial vehicle with 3 or more axles, or a gross vehicle
weight or a combined gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more on the
segment of State Route 2 that is located between Interstate Route 210
(I-210) in the City of La Canada Flintridge and County Route N4 (Big
Pine Highway) in the County of Los Angeles. The bill would provide
that, upon conviction, a violation of the above prohibition is
subject to a fine of $1,000. Because the bill would create a new
crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The
bill would require the department to erect suitable signs to give
adequate notice of the prohibition.
(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) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.