California Assembly Bill AB1960 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1960INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lackey FEBRUARY 12, 2016 An act to amend Section 471 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1960, as introduced, Lackey. Pickup trucks. Existing law defines a pickup truck to mean 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 make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. 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 "pickup truck" is 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 whic   h   that  is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. "Pickup truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above  definition,   definition  that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."