California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties

• Section 2400.
  (a) The commissioner shall administer Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10850) of Division 4, Article 3 (commencing with Section 17300) of Chapter 1 of Division 9,...
• Section 2400.6.
  The commissioner shall enforce all laws regulating the operation of vehicles on, and the use of any portion of, State Highway Route 1 in the...
• Section 2400.7.
  (a) The commissioner may enforce all laws regulating the operation of vehicles and on, and the use of, any portion of any expressway in the County...
• Section 2401.
  The commissioner shall make adequate provision for patrol of the highways at all times of the day and night.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
• Section 2401.1.
  The commissioner may enforce those provisions relating to the transportation of hazardous waste found in Article 6 (commencing with Section 25160), Article 6.5 (commencing with...
• Section 2402.
  The commissioner may make and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the department. Rules and regulations...
• Section 2402.6.
  (a) The commissioner may adopt and enforce regulations and standards with respect to fuel containers and fuel systems on vehicles using compressed or liquefied natural gas...
• Section 2402.7.
  The commissioner shall adopt the definitions designated by the United States Department of Transportation under Title 49 (commencing with Section 1801) of the United States...
• Section 2403.
  The commissioner may create highway patrol districts for the efficient administration and enforcement of this code and the laws respecting the use of highways. He...
• Section 2403.5.
  The commissioner, or a designated representative, may enter into reciprocal operational agreements with authorized representatives of the Oregon State Police, the Nevada Department of Motor...
• Section 2404.
  The commissioner shall establish, in counties having charters, except in counties of the first or second class, headquarters or substations for the efficient performance of...
• Section 2404.5.
  The department shall obtain a vehicle suitable for registration and commercial safety inspections at border crossings into Mexico.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 299....
• Section 2405.
  The commissioner may purchase or lease such real estate and erect such buildings as the department or any of its divisions require, subject to the...
• Section 2406.
  The commissioner may provide that any highway patrol vehicle shall be equipped with a stretcher and emergency first aid equipment for use in transporting injured...
• Section 2407.
  The department shall prepare and on request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals, forms for accident reports required under...
• Section 2408.
  The department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the...
• Section 2409.
  All members of the California Highway Patrol have the powers of a peace officer as provided in Section 830.2 of the Penal Code.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 2410.
  Members of the California Highway Patrol are authorized to direct traffic according to law, and, in the event of a fire or other emergency, or...
• Section 2410.5.
  (a) The department may contract with a person or governmental entity that is conducting a special event which will impose extraordinary traffic control requirements at and...
• Section 2411.
  Members of the California Highway Patrol are authorized to serve all warrants relating to the enforcement of this code.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
• Section 2412.
  All members of the California Highway Patrol may investigate accidents resulting in personal injuries or death and gather evidence for the purpose of prosecuting the...
• Section 2413.
  (a) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol is designated as the Statewide Vehicle Theft Investigation and Apprehension Coordinator. The commissioner may establish vehicle theft prevention,...
• Section 2414.
  When lost, stolen, abandoned or otherwise unclaimed property, except vehicles subject to registration under this code, comes into possession of the department, the department may...
• Section 2415.
  (a) If the owner or other person entitled to the possession thereof fails to claim the property within six months and pay the charges, the department...
• Section 2416.
  (a) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol may issue authorized emergency vehicle permits only for the following vehicles, and then only upon a finding in...
• Section 2417.
  (a) The commissioner may suspend or revoke any permit issued for an authorized emergency vehicle under the following conditions:(1) The vehicle is operated in violation of any...
• Section 2418.
  The department shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to ensure that all foreign commercial vehicles entering into, and operating within, this state meet those standards...
• Section 2418.1.
  For purposes of enforcing the provisions of Section 2418, the department and the State Air Resources Board shall, to the maximum extent possible, conduct vehicle...
• Section 2418.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every emergency ambulance that is operated within this state by any public or private agency, including, but not limited...
• Section 2419.
  (a) Any member of the California Highway Patrol may give flares to any person as replacement for flares used by such person to warn traffic of...
• Section 2420.
  Upon request of the California Highway Patrol, manufacturers of motorcycles shall furnish a certification of gross brake horsepower to the department. If any manufacturer of...
• Section 2420.5.
  (a) The department may enter into a contract to conduct an inspection of vehicles that are subject to Section 500.100 of Title 29 of the Code...
• Section 2421.
  Notwithstanding Section 11032 of the Government Code, the commissioner may approve the out-of-state travel within the United States of members of the California Highway Patrol,...
• Section 2421.5.
  (a) When any Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies has imposed additional fees on vehicles pursuant to Section 2555 of the Streets and Highways Code, the authority...
• Section 2422.
  The department shall determine and implement the basic level of emergency medical dispatcher training for dispatchers employed by the department based on guidelines developed by...
• Section 2423.
  In approving the additional instruction and training required under subdivision (b) of Section 680, the department shall consider the requirements of Chapter 3 (commencing with...
• Section 2424.
  (a) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol may enter into agreements with providers of towing, emergency road, and storage services for the purpose of determining...
• Section 2426.
  The department shall prepare a one-page information sheet describing its Designated Driver Program. The sheet shall include information concerning the person or entity an alcoholic...
• Section 2427.
  Whenever the department submits the fingerprints of an applicant for a license or certificate to the Department of Justice, and is required to pay a...
• Section 2428.
  (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol may fix the cost or pro rata share, or, in its discretion, an amount it considers equivalent to...
• Section 2429.
  The department shall develop an “800” telephone number system to facilitate public reporting of violations of Article 2 (commencing with Section 31400) of Chapter 5...
• Section 2429.3.
  (a) The commissioner shall appoint a committee of 12 members to develop a public awareness and outreach campaign to educate manufacturers, sellers, and owners of house...
• Section 2429.5.
  The department, in cooperation with county and local farm bureaus, shall provide a program to educate growers and farmers and farm labor vehicle owners and...
• Section 2429.7.
  (a) The commissioner shall appoint an impaired driving task force to develop recommendations for best practices, protocols, proposed legislation, and other policies that will address the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018