DIVISION 14.8. SAFETY REGULATIONS [34500. - 34520.5.]

Division 14.8 added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2148.

§§ 34500–34520.5 · 60 sections

§ 34500 The department shall regulate the safe operation of the following vehicles: (a) Motortrucks of three or more axles that are more than 10,000 pounds gross…
§ 34500.1 In addition to the duties imposed by Section 34500, the department shall regulate the safe operation of tour buses.
§ 34500.2 No additional inspection shall be required under this division on any vehicle which is owned and operated by a public agency and is used for responding to and…
§ 34500.3 (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations that are designed to promote the safe operation of vehicles, regarding cargo securement standards. The…
§ 34500.4 (a) Not later than July 1, 2017, the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall implement a program to conduct safety inspections of modified limousine…
§ 34500.5 For purposes of this division, the term “commercial motor vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 15210, or any vehicle listed…
§ 34500.6 (a) For purposes of this division, an agricultural vehicle is a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross combination weight rating or a gross vehicle…
§ 34500.7 (a) Subject to Section 34500, motor carriers, drivers, and vehicles shall comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations in Parts 385, 392, 393, 396,…
§ 34501 (a) (1) The department shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations that, in the judgment of the department, are designed to promote the safe operation of…
§ 34501.1 A manufacturer or distributor of wheelchair lifts for buses, schoolbuses, youth buses, and general public transit vehicles, regardless of capacity, shall,…
§ 34501.2 (a) The regulations adopted under Section 34501 for vehicles engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce shall establish hours-of-service regulations for…
§ 34501.3 (a) No motor carrier shall schedule a run or permit or require the operation of any motor vehicle subject to this division between points within a period of…
§ 34501.4 Any driver subject to the hours of service limitations and logbook requirements of this division, who is unable to produce upon request of a representative of…
§ 34501.5 (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations that, in the judgment of the department, are designed to…
§ 34501.6 The governing board of a local educational agency that provides for the transportation of pupils shall adopt procedures that limit the operation of schoolbuses…
§ 34501.7 (a) Any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to Section 34501 for the construction, testing, or certification of wheelchair lifts for installation and use on…
§ 34501.8 (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall inspect every general public paratransit vehicle, as defined in Section 336, at least once each year…
§ 34501.9 (a) Nothing in this division or the regulations adopted under this division is intended to, or shall, affect the rate of payment of wages, including, but not…
§ 34501.10 The employer of any person required to keep log books, records of physical examination, and other driver records as may be required by the Department of the…
§ 34501.12 (a) Vehicles and the operation thereof, subject to this section, are those described in subdivision (a), (b), (e), (f), (g), or (k) of Section 34500, except an…
§ 34501.13 If the inspection of a carrier facility, maintenance facility, or terminal of any person who operates a schoolbus results in an unsatisfactory terminal rating…
§ 34501.14 (a) Notwithstanding Section 34501.12, for purposes of this division, safety inspections of grape gondolas are governed by this section. (b) Every registered…
§ 34501.15 (a) The regulations adopted pursuant to Section 34501 shall require that any driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in Section 15210, be ordered out…
§ 34501.16 (a) Every employer of a commercial driver shall provide information to that employee at the time of hiring and to all employed commercial drivers annually,…
§ 34501.17 (a) All paratransit vehicles shall be regularly and systematically inspected, maintained, and lubricated by the owner or operator in accordance with the…
§ 34501.18 (a) Every motor carrier regularly employing more than 20 full-time drivers shall report to the department whenever it replaces more than half of its drivers…
§ 34501.19 A vehicle described in Section 34500 shall comply with the equipment requirements specified in Part 393 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations,…
§ 34502 In adopting rules and regulations, the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall consider as evidence of generally accepted safety standards the rules…
§ 34503 It is the legislative intention in enacting this division that the rules and regulations adopted by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to…
§ 34504 The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall enforce the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Section 34501. Rules and regulations adopted…
§ 34505 (a) Tour bus operators shall, in addition to the systematic inspection, maintenance, and lubrication services required of all motor carriers, require each tour…
§ 34505.1 (a) Upon determining that a tour bus carrier or modified limousine carrier has either failed to comply with the requirements specified in paragraph (1) or (2),…
§ 34505.2 (a) In furtherance of the requirements specified in subdivision (c) of Section 34501, upon the request of, and in consultation with, representatives of a local…
§ 34505.5 (a) Motor carriers operating any vehicle described in subdivision (a), (b), (e), (f), (g), or (k) of Section 34500, except those vehicles exempted under…
§ 34505.6 (a) Upon determining that a motor carrier of property, as defined in Section 34601, either is subject to paragraph (1) or (2), or has been issued an…
§ 34505.7 (a) Upon determining that a private carrier of passengers, as defined in Section 34681 of the Vehicle Code, has either failed to comply with the requirements…
§ 34505.8 (a) A charter-party carrier of passengers engaged in charter bus transportation shall ensure that the driver of a vehicle as described in paragraph (1) of…
§ 34505.9 (a) An ocean marine terminal that receives and dispatches intermodal chassis may conduct the intermodal roadability inspection program, as described in this…
§ 34505.10 Motor carriers who contract or subcontract transportation service for other motor carriers shall retain all required records relating to the dispatch of…
§ 34506 It is a misdemeanor to fail to comply with any rule or regulation adopted by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to Section 34501,…
§ 34506.3 Except as otherwise provided in this division, it is an infraction to fail to comply with any rule or regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this…
§ 34506.4 (a) Any member of the Department of the California Highway Patrol may remove from the highway and have placed in a storage facility, any vehicle described in…
§ 34506.5 (a) A farm labor vehicle is subject to forfeiture as a nuisance if it is driven on a highway in violation of subdivision (b) of Section 2800, subdivision (a)…
§ 34507 To assist the department in enforcing this division, a vehicle that is subject to this division and to the jurisdiction, control, and regulation of the…
§ 34507.5 (a) A motor carrier, as defined in Section 408, whose principal place of business is in this state, who operates from a terminal in this state, or who is…
§ 34507.6 (a) Every operator of transportation service which is exempt from regulation as a charter-party carrier of passengers pursuant to subdivision (k) or (l) of…
§ 34508 The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the equipment, maintenance, construction, design,…
§ 34509 Vanpool vehicles, as defined in Section 668, and vanpool vehicles when used for purposes other than traveling to and from a work location and transporting not…
§ 34510 Persons operating vehicles, or combinations of vehicles, in the transportation of hazardous material and subject to this division, shall carry in the vehicle…
§ 34510.5 (a) (1) A broker of construction trucking services, as defined in Section 3322 of the Civil Code, shall not furnish construction transportation services to any…
§ 34511 Any violation of any provision of this division or regulation adopted pursuant thereto may be enjoined in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the…
§ 34513 The department shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the equipment and maintenance of tour buses.
§ 34514 (a) Beginning with the 1990–91 fiscal year, the department shall, upon appropriation of the requisite funds by the Legislature, annually conduct additional…
§ 34515 (a) As used in this division and in regulations adopted pursuant to this division, “maintenance facility or terminal” means any place or places where a vehicle…
§ 34516 (a) No person shall use or arrange for the use of a refrigerated motor vehicle, tank truck, dry van, or other motor vehicle, to provide transportation of food…
§ 34517 (a) With respect to a commercial motor vehicle from another country, a person shall not operate the vehicle outside the boundaries of a designated commercial…
§ 34518 (a) A foreign motor carrier or foreign private motor carrier required to have a certificate of registration issued by the United States Secretary of the…
§ 34520 (a) Motor carriers and drivers shall comply with the controlled substances and alcohol use, transportation, and testing requirements of the United States…
§ 34520.3 (a) For the purposes of this section, a “school transportation vehicle” is a vehicle that is not a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, or youth bus, and is…
§ 34520.5 (a) All employers of drivers who operate paratransit vehicles, and the drivers of those vehicles, who are not otherwise required to participate in a testing…