Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to designate a state highway segment as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone if specified conditions are met, including that the highway segment is eligible for designation pursuant to specified law. Existing law provides that a certain segment of State Highway Route 12 is eligible for designation as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone. Existing law requires the fine for certain violations of the Vehicle Code that are committed within a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone to be doubled in a misdemeanor case and to be one category higher than the penalty otherwise prescribed by the uniform traffic penalty schedule in an infraction case. Existing law requires a commercial motor vehicle, singly or in combination, that operates with a declared gross or combined gross vehicle weight that exceeds 10,000 pounds to be registered, prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle, either singly or in combination, in excess of its registered declared gross or combined gross vehicle weight, and makes a violation of these provisions punishable as an infraction.
This bill would make eligible for designation as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone State Highway Route 74 between the State Highway Route 111 junction in the City of Palm Desert and the State Highway Route 371 in Anza. The bill would also make a violation of the above-described rules relating to commercial motor vehicle weight limits within an area that has been designated as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone subject to the fine enhancement for an infraction case.

Statutes affected:
03/24/25 - Amended Assembly: 97 SHC, 97 SHC, 42010 VEH, 42010 VEH