SB 995

Permit fees

Under current law, with limited exceptions, no person may operate upon a

highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight

or size limits unless the person obtains a permit issued by the Department of

Transportation or a local authority. Current law contains numerous fee provisions

for these permits that applied only during a specific timeframe. This bill repeals

these fee provisions.

Motorcycle registration weight

Under current law, a motor vehicle may not be operated upon a highway

without a current, valid registration acquired by payment of a specified fee to DOT.

Current law establishes a fee for the registration of a motorcycle or moped with a curb

weight of 1,499 pounds or less. This bill eliminates the weight limit.

Motor vehicle emission control equipment grant program

Under current law, DOT administers a program to provide grants for the

purchase and installation of oxidation catalyst mufflers on school buses customarily

kept in counties in which the air quality does not meet certain federal standards.

This bill eliminates the program.

Specific information signs

Under current law, DOT may authorize the erection of specific information

signs, i.e., signs to direct motorists to services along a highway, only on highways

enumerated by the legislature. Currently, nearly 40 highways or portions of

highways are enumerated for this purpose. This bill makes several changes to

existing enumerations to correct obsolete or otherwise incorrect references.

For further information, see the

Notes

provided by the Law Revision

Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.