Section 9107 Of Article 1. Exemptions From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 1.
9107
. The weight fees for commercial vehicles specified in Sections
9400 and 9400.1 do not apply to any of the following:
(a) A vehicle operated by a passenger stage corporation, as
defined in Section 226 of the Public Utilities Code, that is subject
to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, if all of the
following conditions are met:
(1) The vehicle is operated exclusively on any line or lines
having a one-way route mileage not exceeding 15 miles, and each of
those lines is operated in either of the following areas:
(A) In urban or suburban areas or between cities in close
proximity.
(B) Between nonadjacent urban or suburban areas or cities, the
area between which is substantially residential, commercial, or
industrial as distinguished from rural.
(2) The principal business of the passenger stage corporation is
the operation of vehicles on a route or routes as defined in
paragraph (1).
(b) A vehicle operated exclusively on any line or lines within the
limits of a single city by a person engaged as a common carrier of
passengers between fixed termini or over a regular route, 98 percent
of whose operations, as measured by total route mileage operated, are
exclusively within the limits of a single city, and who by reason
thereof is not a passenger stage corporation subject to the
jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
(c) Vanpool vehicles.
(d) A vehicle purchased with federal funds under the authority of
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 5310 of Title 49 of the
United States Code or Chapter 35 (commencing with Section 3001) of
Title 42 of the United States Code for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and
handicapped persons by public and private nonprofit operators of
specialized transportation service agencies.
(e) A vehicle operated solely for the purpose of providing
specialized transportation services to senior citizens and persons
with disabilities, by a nonprofit, public benefit consolidated
transportation service agency designated under Section 15975 of the
Government Code.