AB 2012: Vehicles: transportation of manufactured homes.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation or a local authority to issue a special or annual permit for the transporting of a manufactured home that does not exceed 16 14 feet in total width, exclusive of lights and devices, upon any highway, as specified. Existing law prescribes specified requirements and conditions for transporting manufactured homes not exceeding 14 feet in width, and additional requirements and conditions for homes exceeding 14 feet but not exceeding 16 feet in width, and prohibits the department from issuing a permit to move a manufactured home unless the department determines that all of those requirements and conditions have been met. the above-described manufactured homes, and makes it unlawful for a person to violate any of the terms or conditions of the above-described permits.

This bill would instead require the department or the local authority to issue the above-described permits for manufactured homes under specified conditions. The bill would raise the maximum allowable width for a permit from 16 feet to 16 feet and 8 inches and would impose specified height, length, and weight limits for a home between 14 feet and 16 feet and 8 inches. The bill would prohibit the department or the local authority from imposing any other technical or prescriptive requirement on an applicant that would prevent the applicant from obtaining a permit. The bill would clarify that a special permit is not required to move a manufactured home if the applicant has obtained an annual permit. The bill would exempt permitted manufactured homes from specified pilot car requirements. By requiring local jurisdictions to modify their approval processes for the above-described permits, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.