Bill Text: CA AB1638 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Traffic controls: Kern County pilot project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1638 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1638-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1638	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2016

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Budget   (
  Assembly Members Ting (Chair), Travis Allen,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Campos, Chávez, Chiu, Cooper, Gordon, Grove,
Harper, Holden, Irwin, Kim, Lackey, McCarty, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Rodriguez, Thurmond, Wilk,
and Williams   )   Assembly Member
  Ting 

                        JANUARY 7, 2016

    An act relating to the Budget Act of 2016.  
An act to add and repeal Section 21350.5 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to traffic controls. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1638, as amended,  Committee on Budget  
Ting  .  Budget Act of 2016.   Traffic
controls: Kern County pilot project.  
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of all state highways and associated
property.  
   Existing law defines "official traffic control device" as any
sign, signal, marking, or device placed by authority of a public body
having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or
guiding traffic, with certain exceptions. Existing law requires the
Department of Transportation, after consultation with local agencies
and public hearings, to adopt rules and regulations prescribing
uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control
devices placed pursuant to the Vehicle Code. Existing law authorizes
a local agency to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or
resolution to regulate traffic by means of official traffic control
devices, but generally limited to a highway that is under the
exclusive jurisdiction of the local agency, unless the Department of
Transportation gives written approval to the application of the
ordinance or resolution to a state highway.  
   This bill would, until January 1, 2022, establish a pilot project
in Kern County that would require the Department of Transportation to
obtain the approval of the Kern Council of Governments prior to
installing an official traffic control device or a roundabout on a
state highway within Kern County, as specified. The requirements of
the bill would not apply to freeways. By requiring local agencies to
approve proposed actions of the Department of Transportation, the
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
statutory changes relating to the Budget Act of 2016. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 21350.5 is added to the 
 Vehicle Code   , to read:  
   21350.5.  (a) There is hereby established a pilot project in Kern
County whereby, commencing January 1, 2017, the Department of
Transportation shall obtain the approval of the Kern Council of
Governments prior to installing an official traffic control device or
roundabout on a state highway within Kern County.
   (b) This section does not apply to freeways.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact statutory changes relating to the 2016 Budget Act.