2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                                A AB6 143

Amendment No. 143

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 6                                                                    (BDR 43‑292)

Proposed by: Committee on Transportation

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 3 through 13 and inserting:

     “The department shall adopt regulations authorizing the holder of a class A noncommercial driver’s license to drive any combination of vehicles not exceeding 70 feet in length with a gross combination weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less so long as the gross combination weight rating of the towed vehicles does not exceed the gross vehicle weight rating of the towing vehicle.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by adding new sections designated sections 4 and 5, following sec. 3, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 4. 1.  The department shall adopt the regulations, required by section 1 of this act on or before July 1, 2002.

     2.  Before the effective date of the regulations, the holder of a class A noncommercial driver’s license may drive any combination of vehicles not exceeding 70 feet in length with a gross combination weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less so long as the gross combination weight rating of the towed vehicles does not exceed the gross vehicle weight rating of the towing vehicle.

     Sec. 5. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the second and third lines and inserting:

“adopt regulations governing the driving of certain combinations of vehicles by persons who hold certain noncommercial driver’s licenses; temporarily authorizing the driving of such combinations of vehicles by such persons; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing driving of certain combinations of vehicles. (BDR 43‑292)”.