Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 486

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the definitions of vehicle and motor vehicle (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law defines "vehicle," for certain purposes, to include any device in,

upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn on a highway,

but specifically excludes snowmobiles and electric personal assistive mobility

devices except when made specifically applicable by statute. Current law also

defines "motor vehicle" to include any self-propelled vehicle or vehicle combination,

but specifically excludes snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles except when made

specifically applicable by statute.

Under this bill, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and electric personal

assistive mobility devices are not considered a "vehicle" or a "motor vehicle" under

the definitions of those terms except when made specifically applicable by statute.

For further information, see the

Notes

provided by the Law Revision

Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 14, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 12, 2012 official source full page