Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

Whenever a city street or a county highway and an existing state highway (1) are substantially parallel; (2) each has been or is to be restricted to one-way traffic, proceeding in opposite directions as to each other, by ordinance of such city or county duly enacted and applicabl…

The department may enter into an agreement with any city relative to proceedings to be taken by the city to fix or change the grade of any State highway, or portion thereof, within the city in order to establish a grade specified in such agreement. The city, in fixing such grade,…

Upon a request from the department the governing body of any city may acquire any real property or interest therein needed for state highway purposes and lying within such city. The title to such real property or interest therein may be taken in the name of the State or of the ci…

A city or county may enter into a cooperative agreement with the department to fund the construction or improvement of a segment of a state highway located in whole or in part within its jurisdiction when the project is included in the state transportation improvement program pur…

(a) When the commission or other public entity has allocated any funds for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of any portion of a state highway within a city or a county, the department may enter into a cooperative agreement with the city or the county or other public …

The department shall not charge any self-help counties with countywide sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements more than 10 percent for administration indirect cost recovery. The department shall charge those self-help counties for functional overhead. (Added …

All work performed pursuant to any provisions of sections 111, 113 and 114 shall be performed to the satisfaction of and subject to the approval of the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

The department may delegate to any such city or county any part of the powers and jurisdiction vested by law in the department, except the power of approval, with respect to any portion of any such state highway within such city or county, and may withdraw such delegation. (Amend…

Unless otherwise specifically provided in the instrument conveying title, the acquisition, ownership, or control by the department of any right-of-way over any real property for state highway purposes includes the right of the department to issue, under Chapter 3 (commencing with…

(a) If the department determines that real property or an interest therein, previously or hereafter acquired by the state for highway purposes, is no longer necessary for those purposes, the department may sell, contract to sell, sell by trust deed, or exchange the real property …

Except as provided in Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code and Section 118. 6 of this code, with respect to commercial real property acquired for the construction of a state highway, but no longer require…

No parcel of property acquired by eminent domain for the purposes specified in Section 104 which, in its entirety, is found to be no longer necessary for such purposes shall be subject to public sale, unless an amount equal to the taxes which would have been paid by the owner had…

The department shall, to the greatest extent possible, offer to sell or exchange excess real property within one year from the date that it is determined by the department to be excess. “Excess real property,” for the purposes of this section, means all land and improvements situ…

(a) The department may, upon terms, standards, and conditions approved by the commission and the California Coastal Commission, transfer environmental mitigation property located within the city limits of Huntington Beach to a public agency or to a nonprofit corporation that is q…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “State Route 710 Terminus” means the Route 710 Terminus in the City of Alhambra, north of Route 10, built and currently operating as State Route 710. (2) “The State Route 710 Terminus adjacent areas” means any…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), “Blues Beach property” means the property that meets the following description: (i) The department acquired the property for state highway purposes. (ii) The propert…

Any real property or interest therein which has passed to the State and has been accepted on behalf of the State by the department for highway purposes, inadvertently or by mistake, may be reconveyed to the persons entitled thereto. The reconveyance of any such real property or i…

With the consent and approval of the Public Utilities Commission, the department may abandon that portion of any state highway which crosses the tracks or right of way of any railroad or street railroad, and may close such crossing. (Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 700.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state highway that has been designated by the federal government as an All-American Road on or before April 30, 2002, shall be maintained and operated by the department consistent with the recommendations for context-sensitive design …

Whenever jurisdiction over any highway within a State park has been relinquished to the authority charged by law with the management and control of such park, the department may construct, improve or maintain such highway. Any construction, improvement or maintenance of highways,…

The provisions of section 122 shall neither affect nor limit the department’s authority, possession or control of any State highway even though any portion of such State highway is located within a State park. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

The department shall erect and maintain signs directing the way to each of the 21 California Missions originally established by the Franciscan Fathers at the state highway intersection (or turn-offs in case of freeways) nearest to each of the missions. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. …

The department may restrict the use of, or close, any State highway whenever the department considers such closing or restriction of use necessary: (a) For the protection of the public. (b) For the protection of such highway from damage during storms or during construction, impro…

(a) Upon completion by the department of a safety study and a determination by the director, with the concurrence of the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, that truck traffic attributable to the United States-Mexico border crossing at Tecate in San Diego County consti…

To notify the public that a state highway is closed or its use restricted, the department may: (a) Erect suitable barriers or obstructions upon such highway. (b) Post warnings and notices of the condition of any such highway. (c) Post signs for the direction of traffic upon it, o…

(a) Notwithstanding the advertising and bidding provisions of Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code or Article 6 (commencing with Section 999) of Chapter 6 of Division 4 of the Military and Veterans Code, the department may enter into an…

(a) The department may enter into agreements, which shall provide funding as necessary, with governmental, nonprofit, and for-profit entities for the purpose of mitigating environmental impacts caused by transportation projects, for maintaining environmental mitigation property, …

(a) (1) Agreements between the department and governmental, nonprofit, and for-profit entities pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 126 and Section 126.1 shall be in accordance, as applicable, with the requirements of Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 65965) of Division 1 of…

(a) By July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until July 1, 2033, the department shall provide a written report to the relevant legislative policy and budget committees that includes at least the following information about its environmental mitigation program: (1) The total numbe…

The California Highway Patrol shall cooperate with the department in the enforcement of the closing, or restriction of use, of any State highway. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

The department shall maintain, in each district office, a file of its final construction plans and right-of-way record maps for all completed state highway projects located within the district. The department may file, in the office of the recorder of the county in which any stat…

Each county recorder shall keep all such state highway plans, maps, or drawings filed in separate map books provided by the department for that purpose and each designated “State Highway Map Book No. ____, __________ County.” Each such plan, map, or drawing shall be numbered in t…

The department and any county, city, or joint highway district, or any of them, may enter into a contract in respect to the proportion of the expense of the acquisition, construction, improvement or maintenance of any state highway to be borne by the respective parties to such co…

Upon the completion of the improvement of any portion of any state highway constructed pursuant to Section 130 by the party designated in the contract, the governing body of such party may, and upon the completion of the whole of any such highway the governing body shall, adopt a…

Upon receipt of the resolution of completion by the director, the control of the state highway, or the portion thereof, declared completed by the resolution shall revert to the State of California and the state shall be liable for its future maintenance and care. (Amended by Stat…

The department may enter into a contract with the Federal authority in charge of any National monument with respect to the portion of the expense of the acquisition, construction, improvement or maintenance of any State highway within such monument to be borne by the respective p…

Upon the application of the governing authority of any county, city, or other governmental agency, the department may: (a) Aid in establishing grades and drainage systems for highways. (b) Advise with any such authority as to the construction, improvement, or maintenance of highw…

Upon the request of any service authority for freeway emergencies that has imposed additional fees on vehicles pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code, the department may contract with the authority for the installation, operation, and maintenance of motorist call boxes o…

The department and any county having a park commission may enter into and carry out cooperative agreements for the grading, development, planting and maintenance of roadside areas along any State highway and within the right of way thereof and providing that the department be rei…

For any cooperation rendered under the provisions of subdivisions (a), (b), (c) or (d) of section 131, the department may require the applicant to pay any portion of the expense, and in such event the department shall determine what amount such applicant shall pay. Any expense in…

To the extent possible, and where feasible and cost effective, the department shall partner with appropriate public agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Parks and Recreation, any federal department or agency, and any regional or local public entity, to devel…

In the expenditure of funds allocated under Sections 2107 and 2117 for expenditure on other than state highways, the department may, upon the application of the governing body of the city, acquire in the name of the city real property, or any interest therein, for any of the purp…

Whenever by the construction or improvement of a State highway, changes are necessitated in streets or highways not a part of the State highway system, or in other publicly owned facilities, which require the acquisition of real property or interests therein, the department may a…

The department may enter into contracts for the removal or relocation of structures or improvements situated upon real property over which a right-of-way for state highway purposes has been or is to be acquired. Nothing in this section limits or restricts the authority of the dep…

The Legislature intends by this act to provide prompt and equitable relocation assistance to low-income individuals and families displaced because of the construction of state highway projects in areas where the market value of real property is economically depressed. The Legisla…

As used in Sections 135.3, 135.4, 135.5, 135.6, and 135.7: (a) “Low-income individuals and families” means those persons who lack the financial ability and income necessary to obtain replacement housing. (b) “Economically depressed area” means an area which the commission by reso…