Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

If the County of Los Angeles or any city in the county adopts a NEV transportation plan pursuant to this article, it shall do all of the following: (a) If the transportation plan includes separated NEV lanes, establish minimum general design criteria for the development, planning…

(a) If the County of Los Angeles or any city in the county adopts a NEV transportation plan pursuant to this article, it shall also adopt all of the following as part of the plan: (1) NEVs eligible to use NEV lanes shall meet the safety requirements for low-speed vehicles as set …

(a) If the County of Los Angeles or any city in the county adopts a NEV transportation plan pursuant to this article, the entity adopting the plan shall submit a report, in consultation with the Southern California Association of Governments, the department, the Department of the…

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2040, and as of that date, is repealed. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 158, Sec. 1. (AB 2432) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2040, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 3, commencing with Se…

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to establish a bicycle transportation system. It is the further intent of the Legislature that this transportation system shall be designed and developed to achieve the functional commuting needs of the employee, stud…

As used in this chapter, “bicycle” means a device upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having either two or three wheels in a tandem or tricycle arrangement. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 517, Sec. 2. Effective Jan…

As used in this article, “bicycle commuter” means a person making a trip by bicycle primarily for transportation purposes, including, but not limited to, travel to work, school, shopping, or other destination that is a center of activity, and does not include a trip by bicycle pr…

As used in this article, “bikeway” means all facilities that provide primarily for, and promote, bicycle travel. For purposes of this article, bikeways shall be categorized as follows: (a) Bike paths or shared use paths, also referred to as “Class I bikeways,” which provide a com…

(a) The department, in cooperation with county and city governments, shall establish minimum safety design criteria for the planning and construction of each type of bikeway identified in Section 890.4 and roadways where bicycle travel is permitted. (b) The criteria shall include…

The department shall establish uniform specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices to designate bikeways, regulate traffic, improve safety and convenience for bicyclists, and alert pedestrians and motorists of the presence of bicyclists on bikeways …

(a) All city, county, regional, and other local agencies responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or roadways where bicycle travel is permitted shall utilize the minimum safety design criteria established pursuant to Section 890.6, except as provided in subdivisio…

A city or county may prepare a bicycle transportation plan, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: (a) The estimated number of existing bicycle commuters in the plan area and the estimated increase in the number of bicycle commuters resulting from imp…

(a) A city or county that has prepared a bicycle transportation plan pursuant to Section 891.2 may submit the plan to the county transportation commission or transportation planning agency for approval. The city or county may submit an approved plan to the department in connectio…

The Sacramento Area Council of Governments, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2551, may purchase, operate, and maintain callboxes on class 1 bikeways. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

The governing body of a city, county, or local agency may do all of the following: (a) Establish bikeways. (b) Acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, land, real property, easements, or rights-of-way to establish bikeways. (c) Establish bikeways pursuant to Section 21207 of …

(a) On and after January 1, 2025, an agency responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or highways where bicycle travel is permitted shall not install a new sharrow on a highway that has a posted speed limit greater than 30 miles per hour, except at or near an inter…

(a) Rights-of-way established for other purposes by cities, counties, or local agencies shall not be abandoned unless the governing body determines that the rights-of-way or parts thereof are not useful as a nonmotorized transportation facility. (b) No state highway right-of-way …

Any interested owner may release and pay any unpaid reassessment by depositing with the treasurer of the city the total unpaid balance of such reassessment, together with the total interest which would become due on such reassessment were it paid in the regular way. (Added by Sta…

If an owner pays a reassessment in a lump sum and the proceeds of that payment are used for the purchase or call of a bond, the person paying the reassessment shall be entitled to credit and reimbursement of his proportion of the interest saved by such purchase or call, less his …

For the purposes of this article, the unencumbered funds of the district are the sum of all money, uncollected taxes, and other uncollected accounts belonging to or due to such district, in excess of an amount sufficient to pay all claims and accounts against the district, includ…

Whenever any territory is included in any city, either at the original incorporation of such city, or by subsequent annexation thereto, and such territory constitutes all or part of a road district, the county surveyor or, in a county not having a county surveyor, the officer hav…

The assessor shall then ascertain from his records the assessed value of such incorporated or annexed property on the lien date and shall certify to the county auditor such value thus ascertained. (Amended by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 147.)

The auditor shall then calculate the proportion that the assessed value, on the preceding lien date of the property annexed or incorporated bears to the total assessed value, as of that day, of all the property in the district from which the annexation or incorporation was made. …

Such city shall repay to the county its proportion of all taxes for highway purposes on the annexed or incorporated portion of such district which are subsequently refunded or canceled. The money paid to such city, pursuant to this article, shall be expended for highway purposes …

As used in this article, “electric bicycle” has the meaning provided in Section 312.5 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 147, Sec. 1. (AB 1946) Effective January 1, 2023.)

(a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall develop, on or before September 1, 2023, statewide safety and training programs based on evidence-based practices for users of electric bicycles, including, but not limited to, general electric bicycle riding safety, emerg…

Taxpayers shall have the same right to pay such reassessment as so entered with interest, and any penalties thereon, under protest as they have to pay general taxes under protest; but in making payment under protest they must accompany the payment with their written protest. (Add…

Reassessments shall bear interest from the date of recording of the reassessment at the rate or rates stated in the refunding bonds. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

For each year the interest shall be computed and collected up to the next second day of July succeeding, no deduction being made by reason of any installment of such reassessment being due or paid prior thereto in such year. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

Whenever it appears to the legislative body that according to the dates when taxes are collected in the city there will be an insufficient amount on hand to pay the interest then due, according to the method of collection provided in this division, then the legislative body may d…

If the refunding bonds are payable in annual series, unpaid reassessments shall be payable in annual series corresponding in number to the number or series of bonds issued, and an even annual proportion of each reassessment shall be payable in each year preceding the date of matu…

If the refunding bonds all mature in one year, the unpaid reassessments shall be payable annually and an even annual proportion of each reassessment shall be payable each year preceding the July interest payment. (Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)

The annual proportion of each reassessment coming due in any year, together with the annual interest on such reassessment, shall be payable in annual or semiannual installments, whichever is the method of collection of the general taxes of such city on real property. (Added by St…

Reassessment installments and the annual interest thereon shall be payable and become delinquent at the same times and in the same proportionate amounts and bear the same proportionate penalties and interest after delinquency as do the general taxes on real property of the city. …

This article shall be known and may be cited as the California Bicycle Routes of National, State, or Regional Significance Act. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 396, Sec. 2. (AB 1464) Effective January 1, 2010.)

(a) The department may establish a process for identifying and promoting bicycle routes of national, state, or regional significance that meet specified criteria. (b) In designating routes, the department may consider the following: (1) Historic routes. (2) Established training r…

(a) The department may install bicycle route signs, identifying bicycle routes of national, state, or regional significance, that are associated only with the state highway system, which includes state highways, United States highways, and interstate freeways, and state-financed …

Notwithstanding any other law, the legislative body may determine, by resolution, to allow landowners to defer payment of their assessments pursuant to this chapter. This chapter may be used only if 80 percent or more of the area of the assessment district is developed for reside…

The legislative body may determine criteria that property owners must meet to qualify for deferral, and may determine procedures to ensure that the criteria are satisfied. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)

No deferral arrangement may restrict, reduce, or eliminate any remedy of a bondholder provided by this division in the event of a default. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1298, Sec. 29.)

Deferral may be provided through a year-to-year agreement between the city and an eligible property owner, which provides that the city will make assessment payments on behalf of the property owner for that year. No agreement shall commit the city to make deferral payments beyond…

Alternatively, the city may create a deferral fund for the assessment district, and deposit into the deferral fund an amount sufficient to pay the asessments being deferred for a specified period of time. Funds in the deferral fund may be invested as other city funds are invested…

A city may increase the principal amount of bonds issued under this division by an amount sufficient to fund a program pursuant to this chapter. The proceeds of bonds issued for this purpose shall be placed in the deferral fund created pursuant to Section 10704, and may be used f…

The amount of any deferred assessments, including interest at a rate determined by the legislative body, shall be due and payable whenever the parcel of property upon which the assessment was levied is transferred, or at the time of last maturity of the bonds issued for the impro…

The city and its legislative body shall have the power to improve a pedestrian mall as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 11101, and for the accomplishment, in whole or in part, of that purpose may use the Improvement Act of 1911, the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913, or any…

A pedestrian mall established or to be established pursuant to this part may be so improved either concurrently with the proceedings taken under this part for the establishment of the pedestrian mall or at any time subsequent to the establishment of the city mall, but no contract…