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Title 13 - Motor VehiclesDivision 1 - Department of Motor VehiclesChapter 1 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Article 3.7 - Testing of Autonomous Vehicles
Section 227.28 - Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13 § 227.28

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Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 227.28 - Vehicles Excluded from Testing and Deployment
(a) The following vehicles shall not be approved for testing or deployment as autonomous vehicles on public roads:
(1) Trailers as defined in Vehicle Code section 242 (camp trailer), section 324 (fifth-wheel travel trailer), and section 635 (trailer coach).
(2) Motorcycles as defined in Vehicle Code section 400.
(3) Motor vehicles with interstate operating authority pursuant to Vehicle Code sections 8050 through 8058.
(4) A vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 or more pounds.
(5) Vehicles described in Vehicle Code sections 31309 and 34500, excluding motortrucks as defined in Vehicle Code section 410 with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,001 pounds.
(b) A permit to test or deploy autonomous vehicles is not a substitute for and does not replace any other license or permit requirement that may be necessary for a manufacturer's intended operation of vehicles on public roads.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 227.28

1. New section filed 5-19-2014; operative 9-16-2014 pursuant to Vehicle Code section 38750(f) (Register 2014, No. 21).
2. Renumbering of former section 227.28 to section 227.20 and renumbering of former section 227.52 to section 227.28, including amendment of section heading and subsection (a) and new subsection (a)(5), filed 2-26-2018; operative 4-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 9).
3. Amendment of subsection (a)(5), new subsection (b) and amendment of NOTE filed 12-16-2019; operative 12-16-2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2019, No. 51).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 38750, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 242, 260, 324, 400, 410, 635, 8050- 8058 and 38750, Vehicle Code.

1. New section filed 5-19-2014; operative 9/16/2014 pursuant to Vehicle Code section 38750(f) (Register 2014, No. 21).
2. Renumbering of former section 227.28 to section 227.20 and renumbering of former section 227.52 to section 227.28, including amendment of section heading and subsection (a) and new subsection (a)(5), filed 2-26-2018; operative 4/1/2018 (Register 2018, No. 9).
3. Amendment of subsection (a)(5), new subsection (b) and amendment of Note filed 12-16-2019; operative 12/16/2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2019, No. 51).