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California Vehicle Code Section 23115

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(a) No vehicle transporting garbage, swill, used cans or
bottles, wastepapers, waste cardboard, ashes, refuse, trash, or
rubbish, or any noisome, nauseous, or offensive matter, or anything
being transported for disposal or recycling shall be driven or moved
upon any highway unless the load is totally covered in a manner that
will prevent the load or any part of the load from spilling or
falling from the vehicle.
   (b) Subdivision (a) does not prohibit a rubbish vehicle from being
without cover while in the process of acquiring its load if no law,
administrative regulation, or local ordinance requires that it be
covered in those circumstances.
   (c) Vehicles transporting wastepaper, waste cardboard, or used
cans or bottles, are in compliance with subdivision (a) if
appropriate binders including, but not limited to, bands, wires,
straps, or netting are used to prevent the load, or any part of the
load, from spilling or falling from the vehicle.
   (d) This section does not apply to any vehicle engaged in
transporting wet waste fruit or vegetable matter, or waste products
to or from a food processing establishment.

Last modified: January 12, 2009