Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

The lien of an additional assessment, whether bonds issued to represent the additional assessment or otherwise, shall be subordinate to all special assessment liens previously imposed upon the property, but it shall have priority over all special assessment liens which may therea…

(a) An eligible recipient for funds pursuant to Section 2704.095 may apply to the California Transportation Commission for a letter of no prejudice for a project or a component of a project to be undertaken with those funds. The commission may approve the letter of no prejudice f…

(a) (1) Of the one billion one hundred million dollars ($1,100,000,000) appropriated pursuant to Item 2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012, six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) shall be allocated solely for purposes of the Metropolitan Transportation Comm…

Any track expansion for the San Francisco to San Jose segment of the high-speed rail system beyond the blended system approach identified in the April 2012 California High-Speed Rail Program Revised 2012 Business Plan and approved by the High-Speed Rail Authority in April 2012 sh…

(a) For purposes of the funding plan required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2704.08, a corridor or usable segment thereof is “suitable and ready for high-speed train operation” if the bond proceeds, as appropriated pursuant to Senate Bill 1029 of the 2011–12 Regular Sess…

Pursuant to the authorization set forth in subdivision (h) of Section 2704.08, not more than 5 percent of the proceeds of bonds described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2704.04 shall be used for administrative purposes. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 53, Sec. 14. (AB …

The provisions of this article shall apply exclusively to residential real property with four or fewer units. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 484, Sec. 1. (SB 242) Effective January 1, 2018.)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any public agency that does not use a program administrator to administer a PACE program. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 484, Sec. 1. (SB 242) Effective January 1, 2018.)

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Assessment contract” means an agreement entered into between all property owners of record on real property and a public agency in which, for voluntary contractual assessments imposed on the real property, the public agency provides a PACE asses…

(a) (1) Before a property owner executes an assessment contract the program administrator shall do the following: (A) Make an oral confirmation that at least one owner of the property has a copy of the contract assessment documents required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of …

A program administrator may not waive or defer the first payment on an assessment contract. A property owner’s first assessment payment shall be due no later than the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the installation of the efficiency improvement is completed. (Adde…

A program administrator shall not permit contractors or other third parties to advertise the availability of assessment contracts that are administered by the program administrator, or to solicit property owners on behalf of the program administrator, unless both of the following…

(a) A program administrator shall not provide any direct or indirect cash payment or other thing of material value to a contractor or third party in excess of the actual price charged by that contractor or third party to the property owner for the sale and installation of one or …

A program administrator, contractor, or a third party shall not make any representation as to the tax deductibility of an assessment contract unless that representation is consistent with representations, statements, or opinions of the Internal Revenue Service or applicable state…

A program administrator shall not provide to a contractor or third party engaged in soliciting assessment contracts on its behalf any information that discloses the amount of funds for which a property owner is eligible under a PACE assessment or the amount of equity in a propert…

A contractor shall not provide a different price for a project financed by a PACE assessment than the contractor would provide if paid in cash by the property owner. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 484, Sec. 1. (SB 242) Effective January 1, 2018.)

(a) It shall be unlawful to commence work under a home improvement contract, or deliver any property or perform any services other than obtaining building permits or other similar services preliminary to the commencement of work, and the home improvement contract shall be unenfor…

(a) For each PACE program that it administers, a program administrator shall submit a report to the public agency no later than February 1 for the activity that occurred between July 1st through December 31st of the previous year, and another report no later than August 1 for the…

This act shall be known as the Streets and Highways Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 113. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“County” includes “city and county.” (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“City” includes “city and county” and “incorporated town.” (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer’s or subscriber’s name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be ackn…

“Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 224. Effective January 1, 1995.)

From federal funds available for promoting public safety on the streets, the department may allocate to cities, cities and counties, and counties up to 50 percent of the cost of constructing, repairing, or improving street lighting facilities or up to 50 percent of the cost of co…

In allocating funds for such purposes, the department shall give priority to those cities, cities and counties, and counties which submit in their requests for such funds the most convincing evidence that the proposed construction, repair, or improvement of street lighting facili…

The department shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this part. (Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1314.)

(a) Local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, courtesy signs to recognize the sponsors of the Adopt-A-Riverway Program. (b) Courtesy signs shall be consistent with existing code …

(a) Courtesy signs may be awarded by the Department of Food and Agriculture, to persons that donate a minimum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) annually to the Adopt-A-Riverway Fund. Donors may stipulate in which county they desire the courtesy signs be placed and may request spe…

(a) County officials, with respect to any state or county highway within their respective jurisdictions and upon a resolution adopted by the respective county board of supervisors, may place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, at or near the county line and at cou…

The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof and not as new enactments. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Department” means the Department of Transportation of this state. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Department of Public Works shall be deemed to refer to the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1253.)

“Director” means the director of the department. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, “commission” means the California Transportation Commission. Any reference in any law or regulation to the California Highway Commission shall be deemed to refer to the California Transportation Commission. (Amend…

Whenever the term “Business, Transportation and Housing Agency” appears within the Streets and Highways Code, it shall refer to the Transportation Agency, and whenever the term “Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing” appears within the Streets and Highways Code, it sh…

As used in this code, unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, “highway” includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

“Freeway” means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access. If, in the judgment of the commission or …

As used in this code, “State highway” means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)

As used in this code, “county highway” means any highway which is: (a) Laid out or constructed as such by the county. (b) Laid out or constructed by others and dedicated or abandoned to or acquired by the county. (c) Made a county highway in any action for the partition of real p…

As used in the general provisions and in Divisions 1 (commencing with Section 50), 2 (commencing with Section 900), and 2.5 (commencing with Section 1800), unless the context or a specific provision otherwise requires, “acquire,” or any of its variants, when used with reference t…