CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2444Introduced by Assembly Member SmithFebruary 17, 2022 An act to add Section 35559 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2444, as introduced, Smith. Size, Weight, and Load: United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter: exception.Existing law generally provides limits for the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle or any group of 2 or more axles, as specified. Existing law provides different limits for vehicles transporting loads consisting of logs and for buses, as specified. Existing law makes an exception to weight limits imposed on the highway for vehicles that transport cotton in certain circumstances during certain months of the year, as specified.This bill would provide an exemption from the prescribed weight limits imposed on the highway for a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 35559 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2444Introduced by Assembly Member SmithFebruary 17, 2022 An act to add Section 35559 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2444, as introduced, Smith. Size, Weight, and Load: United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter: exception.Existing law generally provides limits for the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle or any group of 2 or more axles, as specified. Existing law provides different limits for vehicles transporting loads consisting of logs and for buses, as specified. Existing law makes an exception to weight limits imposed on the highway for vehicles that transport cotton in certain circumstances during certain months of the year, as specified.This bill would provide an exemption from the prescribed weight limits imposed on the highway for a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2444
Introduced by Assembly Member SmithFebruary 17, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Smith
February 17, 2022
An act to add Section 35559 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2444, as introduced, Smith. Size, Weight, and Load: United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter: exception.
Existing law generally provides limits for the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle or any group of 2 or more axles, as specified. Existing law provides different limits for vehicles transporting loads consisting of logs and for buses, as specified. Existing law makes an exception to weight limits imposed on the highway for vehicles that transport cotton in certain circumstances during certain months of the year, as specified.This bill would provide an exemption from the prescribed weight limits imposed on the highway for a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
Existing law generally provides limits for the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle or any group of 2 or more axles, as specified. Existing law provides different limits for vehicles transporting loads consisting of logs and for buses, as specified. Existing law makes an exception to weight limits imposed on the highway for vehicles that transport cotton in certain circumstances during certain months of the year, as specified.
This bill would provide an exemption from the prescribed weight limits imposed on the highway for a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 35559 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 35559 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
SECTION 1. Section 35559 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.
35559. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a United States Army Heavy Equipment Transporter engaged in the transport of an M1 Abrams tank between Fort Irwin, California, Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, California, and Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California along a route that includes Fort Irwin Road, Yermo Cut-Off, Ghost Town Road, Daggett-Yermo Road, and National Trails Highway.