AB 206 — Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices.

Summary

Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation an articulated bus or trolley and a bus, except a schoolbus, that is operated by a public agency or passenger stage corporation that is used in a transit system if it is equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the vehicle that is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles, does not materially affect efficiency or visibility of vehicle safety equipment, and does not extend more than 36 inches from the front of the body of the bus or trolley when fully deployed. In addition, existing law prohibits a bicycle that is transported on the above-described device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the vehicle. This bill would authorize the Sacramento Regional Transit District to install folding devices attached to the front of its buses that are designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles if the use of the device meets certain requirements, including, but not limited to, that the device does not extend more than 40 inches from the front of the bus when fully deployed, and that the handlebars of the bicycles being transported do not extend more than 46 inches from the front of the bus. This bill would also establish, for a specified purpose, a route review committee prior to the installation of the initial folding device on a bus that is 45 feet in length. This bill would require the committee to perform an initial review of the routes on which the district proposes to operate a 45-foot bus equipped with a front-mounted bicycle rack and would require the committee to make a determination of, by unanimous vote of all members, the routes that are suitable for the safe operation of a 45-foot bus that is equipped with a front-mounted bicycle rack. The bill would require the district to submit a report, containing specified requirements, to the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing on or before December 31, 2018. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Sacramento Regional Transit District.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 08/13/13 - Chaptered Current pdf August 13, 2013
• Enrolled 07/10/13 - Enrolled pdf July 10, 2013
• Amended 04/01/13 - Amended Assembly pdf April 01, 2013
• Introduced 01/30/13 - Introduced pdf January 30, 2013
• AB206 View text html

Action History

1. August 13, 2013

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2013.

2. August 13, 2013

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 01, 2013

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.

4. July 01, 2013

   In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

5. July 01, 2013

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1601.).

6. June 05, 2013

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

7. June 04, 2013

   From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4).

8. April 25, 2013

   Referred to Com. on T. & H.

9. April 15, 2013

   In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

10. April 15, 2013

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 917.)

11. April 10, 2013

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

12. April 09, 2013

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 8).

13. April 02, 2013

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

14. April 01, 2013

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

15. February 07, 2013

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

16. January 31, 2013

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

17. January 30, 2013

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Dickinson · Primary

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