Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

To the extent that existing provisions of Part 23 (commencing with Section 23.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended April 27, 1981, are not applicable to highway contracts awarded by the department that are solely state funded, the department shall develop…

(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to: (1) Knowingly and with intent to defraud, fraudulently obtain, retain, attempt to obtain or retain, or aid another in fraudulently obtaining or retaining or attempting to obtain or retain, certification as a minority business enterprise f…

Whenever the commission relinquishes any portion of any state highway superseded by relocation and the construction of a freeway and when the department has prior to relinquishment maintained snow removal operations on the portion of state highway relinquished and when property h…

From and after November 8, 1967, the department shall remove snow from that portion of former U.S. Route 40, which has been superseded by the relocation and construction of Interstate Route 80, commencing at its intersection with Interstate Route 80 near Donner Memorial Park west…

(a) The department shall adopt and implement, on or before July 1, 1992, a deicing policy for state highways. The policy shall be set forth in a plan and method for deicing state highways, using all appropriate deicing technologies, while at the same time maintaining highway safe…

If any directional or traffic control sign installed or maintained by the department within the right-of-way of a state highway is defaced with graffiti in a manner which interferes with the ability of motorists to comprehend the information which the sign was intended to convey,…

(a) A state highway segment shall be designated by the department as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone if all of the following conditions have been satisfied: (1) The highway segment is eligible for designation pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) The Director of Transportation, …

The following segments are eligible for designation as Safety Awareness Zones pursuant to Section 97.1: (a) The Golden Gate Bridge. (Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 593, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)

(a) A highway segment shall be designated as a Safety Awareness Zone if all of the following conditions have been met: (1) The highway segment is eligible for designation under Section 97.01. (2) Each local governing body or bodies, with jurisdiction over the area or areas in whi…

The width of the right-of-way for all state highways shall be at least 40 feet. The department may maintain any state highway having a lesser width of right-of-way, but shall not expend any money thereon for major construction or improvement until the width of the right-of-way is…

On construction projects, the department shall install on the surface of state highways upon which the operation of bicycles is permitted only those types of grates which are not hazardous to bicycle riders. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 681, Sec. 49.)

(a) Unless the commission finds that it would be impractical, any state highway exclusive and preferential lane for buses and other high occupancy vehicles constructed on new alignment or new structures shall be designed and constructed on horizontal and vertical alignments, incl…

(a) The department shall develop revised seismic standards for earthquake resistance to be utilized in the design and construction of new state highways and bridges, and for the retrofit of existing highways and bridges. (b) In the development of those standards, the department s…

The engineer shall prepare reports in accordance with this article. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)

A report shall be prepared for each fiscal year for which assessments are to be levied and collected to pay the costs of the improvements described in the report. (Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 630.)

A report shall refer to the assessment district by its distinctive designation, specify the fiscal year to which the report applies, and, with respect to that year, shall contain all of the following: (a) Plans and specifications for the improvements. (b) An estimate of the costs…

The plans and specifications shall show and describe existing and proposed improvements. The plans and specifications need not be detailed, but shall be sufficient if they show or describe the general nature, location, and extent of the improvements. If the assessment district is…

The estimate of the costs of the improvements for the fiscal year shall contain estimates for all of the following: (a) The total costs for improvements to be made that year, being the total costs of constructing or installing all proposed improvements and of maintaining and serv…

The diagram for an assessment district shall show (a) the exterior boundaries of the assessment district, (b) the boundaries of any zones within the district, and (c) the lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of land within the district. Each lot or parcel shall be identifie…

The lines and dimensions of each lot or parcel of land shown on the diagram shall conform to those shown on the county assessor’s maps for the fiscal year to which the report applies. The diagram may refer to the county assessor’s maps for a detailed description of the lines and …

The assessment shall refer to the fiscal year to which it applies and shall do all of the following: (a) State the net amount, determined in accordance with Section 22569, to be assessed upon assessable lands within the assessment district, which shall include an amount sufficien…

The net amount to be asessed upon lands within an assessment district may be apportioned by any formula or method which fairly distributes the net amount among all assessable lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by each such lot or parcel from th…

The diagram and assessment may classify various areas within an assessment district into different zones where, by reason of variations in the nature, location, and extent of the improvements, the various areas will receive differing degrees of benefit from the improvements. A zo…

The department shall have full charge of the acquisition and construction of all toll bridges and other toll highway crossings, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities authorized by the commission, the operation and maintenance thereof, and the collect…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 60 days after the effective date of this section, tolls on state-owned toll bridges shall be based on the number of axles on a vehicle or the total number of axles on a vehicle plus the total number of axles on a drawn tr…

The department, at the time it submits any request, or develops and submits any program, to the California Transportation Commission for capital expenditure or improvement on any toll bridge under the jurisdiction of the California Transportation Commission and located within the…

Whenever the department offers for sale to the public coupons or commuter ticket books redeemable for the toll on any toll bridge located within the region under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as specified in Section 66502 of the Government Code, …

No part of any additional transportation facilities authorized, however, shall be constructed or operated by the commission, or by any person or public or private corporation, within any county or city, unless and until the route thereof within the county or city has been approve…

The department, through its own engineers or through such other engineers or experts as it may employ, shall design all bridges, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities to be built pursuant to this chapter, and may build them or any portions of them ei…

All such bridges, transportation facilities, and additional transportation facilities or portion thereof shall be built by the department in accordance with The State Contract Act insofar as the provisions of that act are applicable, except that the amount of the cash, bidders’ b…

The department shall require of each contractor such bonds for the faithful performance of any contract or subcontract entered into pursuant to this chapter and for the payment for any labor, materials, or supplies used in, upon, for or about the performance of the work contracte…

The commission may authorize the department to acquire or construct tubes, tunnels, subways, underpasses, or overpasses either in connection with bridges or as separate highway crossings whenever the department deems such acquisition or construction advisable. All of the provisio…

The department may designate and adopt as a state highway any county road or portion thereof connecting a state highway with a publicly owned bridge or publicly owned toll bridge. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)

The commission and the department shall keep full, complete, and separate accounts of each toll bridge or other crossing, and annually shall prepare balance sheets and income and profit and loss statements showing the financial condition of each toll bridge or other highway cross…

The department may issue permits for the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing acquired or constructed pursuant to this chapter on a credit basis. Except in the case of municipal or other public corporations, governmental agencies, or common carriers having contra…

The department may revoke any permit granted for failure of the holder to comply with its terms. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 517, Sec. 382.)

The department may also require the holder of any such permit to pay a fee of not to exceed seven dollars ($7) a month and, in addition thereto, such other fee for each individual credit transaction which, when combined with the monthly fee, will cover the estimated printing and …

When necessary to facilitate movement of traffic, the department may limit the use of any toll bridge or other toll highway crossing on a credit basis to particular classes of vehicles. (Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 176.)

(a) For any bridge at which an automatic vehicle identification system, as described in this section, has been installed and is in operation, the department may waive the requirement that the holder of a credit permit furnish and maintain a surety bond. The automatic vehicle iden…

If the department is unable to collect any tolls due to insolvency of the obligor, or if the cost of collection of any tolls would be excessive by reason of the smallness of the amount due, the department may apply to the Controller for discharge from accountability for the colle…

(a) The Transportation Revolving Account in the State Transportation Fund is hereby created. With the approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred to, or deposited in, the account all money appropriated, contributed, or made available from any source, includi…

The “State Highway Fund” is continued in existence as the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. Any reference in any law or regulation to the State Highway Fund shall be deemed to refer to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. There shall b…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement projects described in Section 188.5 shall continue to be governed by the provisions of former Article 4.9 (commencing with Section 180), as added by Chapter 15 of the Statutes of 1994 and sub…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the transition to the new programs and procedures established in the bill enacting this section shall be fair and equitable and minimize disruptions in the delivery of projects. With specific reference to the transition from county min…

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 182 and 182.5, Sections 188, 188.8, and 825 do not apply to the expenditure of an amount of federal funds equal to the amount of federal funds apportioned to the state pursuant to that portion of Section 104(b)(3), Section 157(a) and (c), and Section …

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 182 and 182.5, Sections 188, 188.8, and 825 do not apply to the expenditure of an amount of federal funds equal to the amount of federal funds apportioned to the state pursuant to Section 104(b)(4) of Title 23 of the United States Code. These funds sh…