1. (a) The department may suspend or revoke the Drivered Testing Permit, form OL 315 (Rev. 9/2024), which is hereby incorporated by reference, or impose an operational restriction on the permit of any manufacturer for any of the following reasons:

   1. (1) The manufacturer has failed to maintain financial responsibility in the amount required by Vehicle Code section 38750 and Sections 227.06, 227.08, or 227.12 of this Article.
   2. (2) The manufacturer has violated Vehicle Code section 38750 or this Article.
   3. (3) Any act or omission of the manufacturer or one of its agents, employees, contractors, or designees which causes the department to find operation of the manufacturer's autonomous vehicles on public roads in California poses an unreasonable risk of accident, death, injury, or exacerbating injury.
   4. (4) The manufacturer failed to respond to a Preliminary Information Request or Request for Information issued by the department or failed to respond in the time or manner specified.
   5. (5) The United States Department of Transportation number associated with an autonomous vehicle is placed on the list of Out-of-Service Orders by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for any of the reasons defined in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 385.13, 386.72, and 386.83.
   6. (6) The Motor Carrier Permit associated with an autonomous vehicle that is classified as a commercial motor vehicle has been suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles for any of the reasons defined in Division 14.85 of the California Vehicle Code.
   7. (7) The Federal Transit Administration issues a directive, restriction, or prohibition related to the manufacturer's subject autonomous vehicles pursuant to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 5329(h).
   8. (8) For any other reason giving the department good cause to find the conduct of autonomous vehicle testing on public roads by the manufacturer poses an unreasonable risk of accident, death, injury, or exacerbating injury.

2. (b) The department may suspend, revoke, or impose an operational restriction on the Driverless Testing Permit, form OL 315A (Rev. 10/2023), which is hereby incorporated by reference, of any manufacturer for any of the following reasons:

   1. (1) The manufacturer has failed to maintain financial responsibility in the amount required by Vehicle Code section 38570 and Sections 227.06, 227.08, or 227.12 of this Article.
   2. (2) The manufacturer has violated Vehicle Code section 38750 or this Article.
   3. (3) The manufacturer's driverless autonomous vehicles are operating outside of operational design domain specified in the application submitted pursuant to Section 227.42 of this article.
   4. (4) The manufacturer fails to make the disclosures required by subdivision (i) of Section 227.42.
   5. (5) Any act or omission of the manufacturer or one of its agents, employees, contractors, or designees which causes the department to find operation of the manufacturer's autonomous vehicles on public roads in California poses an unreasonable risk of accident, death, injury, or exacerbating injury.
   6. (6) The manufacturer failed to respond to a Preliminary Information Request or Request for Information issued by the department or failed to respond in the time or manner specified.
   7. (7) The United States Department of Transportation number associated with an autonomous vehicle that is classified as a commercial motor vehicle is placed on the list of Out-of-Service Orders by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for any of the reasons defined in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 385.13, 386.72, and 386.83.
   8. (8) The Motor Carrier Permit associated with an autonomous vehicle that is classified as a commercial motor vehicle has been suspended by the Department of the California Highway Patrol for any of the reasons defined in Division 14.85 of the California Vehicle Code.
   9. (9) The Federal Transit Administration issues a directive, restriction, or prohibition related to the manufacturer's subject autonomous vehicles pursuant to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 5329(h).
   10. (10) For any other reason giving the department good cause to find the conduct of autonomous vehicle testing on public roads by the manufacturer poses an unreasonable risk of accident, death, injury, or exacerbating injury.
3. (c) The department will provide a 15-day written notice to the manufacturer and follow the procedures in Government Code section 11505 before suspending or revoking the Drivered Testing Permit, form OL 315, or a Driverless Testing Permit, form OL 315A (Rev. 10/2023), which is hereby incorporated by reference. However, the department shall immediately suspend, revoke, or impose restrictions on the Drivered Testing Permit, form OL 315 (Rev. 9/2024), which is hereby incorporated by reference, or a Driverless Testing Permit, form OL 315A (Rev. 10/2023), which is hereby incorporated by reference, if the department determines that the conduct of testing pursuant to a Testing Permit on public roads by the manufacturer poses an imminent hazard.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1651 and 38750, Vehicle Code. Reference: Section 11505, Government Code; and Section 38750, Vehicle Code.

History

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 227.48 to section 227.52 and renumbering of former section 227.44 to section 227.48, including amendment of section heading and section, filed 2-26-2018; operative 4-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 9).

3. Change without regulatory effect amending form OL 316, Report of Traffic Collision Involving an Autonomous Vehicle (incorporated by reference) and amending section filed 4-15-2021 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2021, No. 16).

4. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 3-19-2024 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2024, No. 12).

5. Renumbering of former section 227.48 to section 227.54 and renumbering of section 227.42 to section 227.48, including amendment of section heading and section, filed 4-28-2026; operative 4-28-2026 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2026, No. 18).