Bill Text: CA SB708 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles: off-highway motorcycles: sanctioned event permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-06 - June 6 hearing postponed by committee. [SB708 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB708-Amended.html
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Amended
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Senate
March 29, 2023 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 708
| Introduced by Senator Jones |
February 16, 2023 |
An act to add Sections 38087.7 and 38231.7 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 708, as amended, Jones.
Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles: off-highway motorcycles: sanctioned event permit.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to issue to a nonresident of this state a special permit to operate an off-highway motor vehicle. Existing law requires the fee for this special permit to be not less than $20, as established by the department.
This bill would require the department to issue a special permit to California residents to operate certain off-road motorcycles at sanctioned events, as defined. The bill would require the department to establish a fee for this permit, as specified.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 38087.7 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:38087.7.
(a) Upon payment of the fee specified in Section 38231.7, the Department of Parks and Recreation shall issue an annual special permit, to be known as the “sanctioned event permit,” to California residents to operate an off-road motorcycle at a sanctioned event. The sanctioned event permit shall be available for online purchase beginning January 1, 2025.(b) A sanctioned event permit shall expire on December 31 of the year that the permit is issued.
(c) A sanctioned event permit shall only be available to California residents and for model year 2022 and newer off-road motorcycles that are not eligible for the
“Green Sticker” or “Red Sticker” off-highway vehicle identification issued by the department.
(d) A sanctioned event permit shall be displayed on the left side of an off-road motorcycle and shall be visible for inspection at sanctioned events. A sanctioned event permit shall be nonrefundable, nonreplaceable, and void if removed from an off-road motorcycle.
(e) For purposes of this section, “sanctioned event” means an event approved by an agency within its guidelines for off-highway vehicle recreational special competition or racing events.
