Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

If the department requires the relocation within the right of way of any utility facility more than once within a period of 10 years, the department shall pay the cost of the second relocation and any subsequent relocation within such 10-year period. (Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex…

In any case in which the department is required under the provisions of this article to pay the cost of removal or relocation of any utility facility, it shall be entitled to credits as follows: (1) In the amount of any betterment to the utility facility resulting from such remov…

The department and any utility required to remove a utility facility or to relocate any utility facility may, by agreement, provide for the respective amounts of the cost to be borne by each. The department may, without prejudice to its rights under Section 707, advance the cost …

In connection with the construction of State Highway Route 86 in Imperial County from Post Miles 58.4 to Post Miles 65.1 and the relocation of facilities of the Coachella Valley Water District necessitated by that project, the department may make a loan, for a term not exceeding …

In the event of failure to reach an agreement as provided in Section 706, the utility or the department may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for apportionment of the cost between them in accordance with the provisions of this article. Such an action may be com…

(A) The department and any utility as defined in Section 700 of this code may enter into a contract providing for or apportioning the obligations and costs to be borne by each party as to either or both of the following subject matters: (1) Any or all removals or relocations of a…

Every utility is entitled to a permit for such reasonable crossings of any freeway, as may be required for the proper discharge of the utility’s service to the public. (Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)

The department shall exercise a reasonable discretion in acting on applications of utilities for permits to occupy freeways for longitudinal locations of facilities, as may be required for the proper discharge of their services to the public. The department may, however, refuse t…

The department, in acting upon applications for utility permits, shall consider both the interests of the traveling public upon the freeway and the needs of consumers for public utility services. (Added by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)

Nothing in this article is intended to prevent the department from making reasonable rules and regulations and requiring reasonable conditions in permits concerning the place, manner and method of location of utility facilities in, under, over or along freeways. Specifically, wit…

It is the intent of the Legislature that toll bridge revenues be used to further the development of public transportation systems in the vicinity of toll bridges in order to alleviate automobile-related congestion and pollution and to diminish the need for state expenditures on n…

“Authority” means the Bay Area Toll Authority. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2004.)

“Commission” means the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1229.)

“Department” means the Department of Transportation. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1229.)

(a) “Net transit revenues” means those revenues of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, and the Dumbarton Bridge determined by the authority as derived from the toll increase instituted by the commission in 1977. The calculation of the amount of the…

“Toll bridge” means any state-owned bridge, including the approaches to the toll bridge from the nearest highway that is not for the exclusive use of toll bridge traffic, located within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 47…

To maximize the availability of funding necessary to complete the state toll bridge seismic retrofit program, to more efficiently manage the toll revenues from the toll bridges located within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission, and to expeditiously complete the s…

The authority may increase the toll rates specified in the adopted toll schedule only if this is necessary in order to enable the authority to meet its obligations under any bond resolution or indenture. (Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2004.)

(a) The authority may grant toll-free passage or may adopt a reduced-rate schedule of tolls for vehicles occupied by three or more persons, including the driver, and for buses crossing the bridges. The reduced-rate toll for those vehicles shall be determined by the authority in c…

The authority shall transfer the net transit revenues, as defined in Section 30884, to the commission on a regularly scheduled basis as set forth in the authority’s annual budget resolution. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 715, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2004.)

The commission may retain, for its cost in administering this article, an amount not to exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the revenues allocated by it pursuant to Section 30892 and of the revenues allocated by it pursuant to Sections 30913, 30914, and 30914.7. (Amended by Stats.…

After deduction for its administrative cost, the commission shall allocate the remaining funds to public entities operating public transportation systems and to the department to achieve the commission’s capital planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges as set forth in …

The commission may also allocate the funds to public entities and the department for the establishment and operation of ferry systems within the region under the jurisdiction of the commission. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1229.)

The commission shall adopt and distribute procedures for the submission of applications for funding and allocation of funds. Only those applications for projects that will implement the commission’s transportation planning objectives in the vicinity of toll bridges as set forth i…

The boards of supervisors may divide their respective counties into suitable road districts, may change the boundaries thereof, and may create new districts. The board shall not include in such road district any city wherein street work and improvements are done by virtue of any …

Before ordering any improvement which is authorized by this division to be made, the legislative body shall adopt a resolution declaring its intention to do so, briefly describing the proposed improvement, specifying the exterior boundaries of the assessment district, providing f…

In the resolution of intention the legislative body may order that a specified portion or percentage of the cost and expenses of the improvement shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipality from such fund as the legislative body may designate. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. …

As used in the chapter, “private utility damages” means the amount to which any private utility might be entitled by virtue of Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 1501) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code on account of the construction of the proposed improvemen…

The proposed improvement may include any or all of the different kinds of work mentioned in this division, but the maintenance of appliances or the furnishing of electric current, gas, or other illuminating agent shall be for a period stated in the resolution of intention not exc…

In the resolution of intention the legislative body shall refer the proposed improvement to the board, commission, or officer of the municipality having charge and control of the construction of public improvements of the kind described in the resolution, or to the city engineer,…

The report of the person or board to whom the improvement is referred by the legislative body shall contain all of the following: (a) Plans and specifications of the proposed improvement if the improvement is not already installed. The plans and specifications need not be detaile…

If the assessment district consists, in whole or in part, of lands subdivided or to be subdivided under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, Division 2 (commencing with Section 66410) of Title 7 of the Government Code, none of the costs and expenses required for compliance …

If improvement bonds are to be issued pursuant to the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500)), the costs and expenses of the proposed improvement may include an allowance for interest not exceeding two years’ estimated interest on the bonds. The …

In preparing the report in which assessments are apportioned pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 10204, the person or board to whom the improvement is referred by the legislative body may presume that facilities which are required to meet the needs of future residents of an ar…

The provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 relating to contributions are incorporated in this division as if fully set out herein. At any time either before or after the formation of the district, the legislative body may provide by ordinance that for a period specified in the…

The provisions of the Improvement Act of 1911 relating to assessments on publicly owned property and railroad property, and certificate or bond secured by unpaid assessments on publicly owned property, are incorporated in this division as if fully set out herein. (Amended by Stat…

The provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5150) of Part 3 of the Improvement Act of 1911 are incorporated in this division as if fully set out herein. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 426.)

The exterior boundaries of the assessment district may be specified and described as provided in the Improvement Act of 1911. (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.)

In the assessment of land, credit may be given for dedications and for improvements constructed at private expense. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 739.)

To expedite the conduct of proceedings and the making of any acquisition or improvement authorized by this division the legislative body may at any time transfer into a special fund designated by the name of the improvement proceeding, out of any available funds of the municipali…

Whenever the board of supervisors finds that any road district in such county is or will be unreasonably burdened by the expense of constructing or maintaining any county highway, or any bridge or tunnel connecting or forming a part of such highway, or by the expense of the purch…

When the alteration of an old or the opening of a new county highway necessitates the removal of fences on real property acquired for highway purposes, the road commissioner shall serve upon the owner, his occupant or his agent, a notice to remove the fences, or in lieu of such s…

The board of supervisors may call, at such times as in the judgment of the board may be required, a special meeting of the board for hearing highway and road matters. At such special meetings the board shall hear highway and bridge reports and complaints from officers and citizen…

The consolidation of road districts as provided in Section 2006 shall be without prejudice to the legal requirement that all road district taxes collected in any one such district shall be expended in that district. (Amended by Stats. 1947, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 11.)

When the legislative body shall determine that the public interest and convenience require the establishment of a pedestrian mall and that vehicular traffic will not be unduly inconvenienced thereby, it may adopt a resolution declaring its intention to establish such pedestrian m…

In such resolution any street may be described by referring thereto by its lawful or official name, or the name by which it is commonly known, and the pedestrian mall, the mall intersections, and the intersecting streets may be described by reference to a map or plat thereof on f…