For the purposes of this article, each of the following terms has the meaning given in this section:

(a) “Emergency road service” is the adjustment, repair, or replacement by a highway service organization of the equipment, tires, or mechanical parts of a motor vehicle so as to permit it to be operated under its own power. “Towing service” is the drafting or moving by a highway service organization of a motor vehicle from one place to another under power other than its own.

Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 2436

  • Highway: is a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See California Vehicle Code 360
  • motor vehicle: includes a recreational vehicle as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of §. See California Vehicle Code 415
  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Vehicle Code 470
  • Road: means any existing vehicle route established before January 1, 1979, with significant evidence of prior regular travel by vehicles subject to registration pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Division 3. See California Vehicle Code 527
  • vehicle: is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Vehicle Code 670

(b) “Emergency roadside assistance” means towing service or emergency road service.

(c) “Employer” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2430.1.

(d) “Freeway service patrol” has the same meaning as defined in § 2561 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(e) “Highway service organization” means a motor club, as defined by § 12142 of the Insurance Code and, in addition, includes any person or organization that operates or directs the operation of highway service vehicles to provide emergency roadside assistance to motorists, or any person or organization that is reimbursed or reimburses others for the cost of providing emergency roadside assistance, and any employer and includes any person or organization that directly or indirectly, with or without compensation, provides emergency roadside assistance.

(f) “Regional or local entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2430.1.

(g) “Tow truck driver” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2430.1.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 374, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.)

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