California Assembly Bill AB1749 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1749INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Pan FEBRUARY 17, 2012 An act to amend Section 471 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1749, as introduced, Pan. Vehicles: pickup truck: definition. Existing law, except as specified, defines a pickup truck as a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. This bill would also define a "pickup truck" as a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with a flatbed not exceeding 9 feet in length that is designed and operated by a farmer or rancher, or his or her employee, for use in the conduct of agricultural operations. 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 471 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 471.  A   (a)     A  "pickup truck" is  a motor   either of the following:   (1)     A motor  truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding  9   nine  feet in length.  "Pickup   (2) A motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with a flatbed not exceeding nine feet in length that is designed and operated by a farmer or rancher, or his or her employee, for use in the conduct of agricultural operations.   (b)     "Pickup  truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."