BILL NUMBER: AB 1706INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eng FEBRUARY 15, 2012 An act to amend Section 660 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1706, as introduced, Eng. Vehicles: unladen weight. Existing law, for purposes of the Vehicle Code, specifies that the "unladen weight" of a vehicle is the weight equiped and ready for operation on the road including the body, fenders, oil in motor, radiator full of water, with 5 gallons of gasoline or equivalent weight of other motor fuel, equipment required by law, except as provided, and any special cabinets, boxes, or body parts permanently attached to the vehicle, and any machinery, equipment, or attachment that is attendant to the efficient operation of the body or vehicle. This bill would additionally include batteries among those items included as the basis for determining the unladen weight of a vehicle. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 660 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 660. The "unladen weight" of a vehicle is the weight equipped and ready for operation on the road including the body, fenders, oil in motor, batteries, radiator full of water, with five gallons of gasoline or equivalent weight of other motor fuel;alsoequipment required by law, and unless exempted under Section 66l, any special cabinets, boxes , or body parts permanently attached to the vehicle, and any machinery, equipment , or attachmentwhichthat is attendant to the efficient operation of the body or vehicle. Unladen weight shall not include any load or any machinery or mechanical apparatus, such as, but not limited to, wood saws, well-drilling machines, spray apparatus, tow truck cranes, and grinding equipment. The unladen weight of a vehicle shall have no application in determining any fee under this code or the Revenue and Taxation Code other than Section 9400.