Vehicle Length: Transportation of Agricultural Biomass
35401.8. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 35401 and 35402, a combination of vehicles designed and used to transport agricultural biomass, and that may consist of a truck tractor, a semitrailer, and a semitrailer or trailer, may extend to a total combined length of 75 feet, if the length of the front trailer does not exceed 32 feet, and the length of the rear trailer does not exceed 28 feet 6 inches. The distance between the axles of the front trailer shall be the same as that of a trailer that is 28.5 feet in length. No extension shall be allowed for the front trailer. The rear trailer may have one-third of a bale that extends off of the back of the trailer, the rear trailer may also have an extension not to exceed 18 inches, or the rear trailer may have both the extension and the one-third bale extending off the back of the trailer.
(b) This section shall only apply to those combinations of vehicles operating within the Counties of Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Placer, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba.
(c) This section does not apply to those highways designated by the United States Department of Transportation as national network routes.
(d) The Department of the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall conduct a study on the effect of this statute on public safety, and report their findings to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2005.
(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2006, and shall be repealed as of January 1, 2007, unless a later enacted statute which is enacted before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends that date.