Bill Text: CA AB2095 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: State highways: signs for culturally unique and
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-08-23 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Campos. [AB2095 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB2095-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2095 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 27, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 13, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Beall, Fong, Ma, Mansoor,
Solorio, and Wieckowski)
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend add and repeal
Section 101.12 101.13 of the Streets
and Highways Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2095, as amended, Campos. State highways: signs for culturally
unique and historically significant communities.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system and
associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to place
signs on state highways directing motorists to culturally unique and
historically significant communities within the geographic boundaries
of a city, county, or city and county under certain conditions.
Among these conditions is a requirement for the governing body of the
city, county, or city and county in which the community is located
to adopt a resolution that designates the name of the community,
defines the geographic boundaries of the community, and requests the
department to post the signs.
This bill would , until January 1, 2014, authorize the
department to also post signs under these provisions in the absence
of compliance with the above-referenced resolution requirements, if
the governing board of the county in which the community is located
adopts a resolution conforming with the above-referenced requirements
and the city in which the community is located, if any,
furnishes documentation provides a letter from the
director of transportation or the city official in charge of
transportation matters indicating that the city is not opposed
to the placement of signs. This bill would also authorize the
department to continue to display the signs installed under these
provisions after the repeal of these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.13 is added to the
Streets and Highways Code , to read:
101.13. (a) Notwithstanding Section 101.12, the department may,
in a manner otherwise consistent with that section, place and
maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, signs on state
highways directing motorists to communities within the geographical
boundaries of a city, county, or city and county if the governing
body of the county in which the community is located adopts a
resolution fulfilling the requirements of subdivision (i) of Section
101.12, and the city in which the community is located, if any,
provides a letter from the director of transportation or the city
official in charge of transportation matters indicating that the city
is not opposed to the placement of signs pursuant to the adopted
county resolution.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. The department is authorized, with respect
to any sign installed during the 2013 calendar year pursuant to
Section 101.13 of the Streets and Highways Code, as added by Section
1 of this act, to continue to display that sign, and shall not be
required to remove the sign, notwithstanding the repeal of that
section on January 1, 2014.
SECTION 1. Section 101.12 of the Streets and
Highways Code is amended to read:
101.12. The department may place and maintain, or cause to be
placed and maintained, signs on state highways directing motorists to
communities within the geographical boundaries of a city, county, or
city and county if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The name of the community is culturally unique and
historically significant.
(b) The name of the community has resulted from the influence of a
culture over a significant period of time.
(c) The general public and media commonly recognize the name of
the community.
(d) The community is located within a city, county, or city and
county.
(e) Signs are consistent with the signing requirements for the
state highway system.
(f) The geographical boundary of the community is within three
miles of the state highway exit.
(g) Trailblazing signs are installed on the appropriate streets or
roads prior to installation of signs on the state highway.
(h) The city, county, or city and county provides funds from
nonstate sources that cover all costs for the Department of
Transportation to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and
maintained, appropriate signs on state highways.
(i) The governing body of the city, county, or city and county in
which the community is located adopts a resolution that does the
following:
(A) Designates the name of the community that is to be used on
directional signs.
(B) Defines the geographical boundaries of the community.
(C) Requests the department to post signs on state highways.
(j) Notwithstanding subdivision (i), the department may, in a
manner otherwise consistent with this section, place and maintain, or
cause to be placed and maintained, signs on state highways directing
motorists to communities within the geographical boundaries of a
city, county, or city and county if the governing body of the county
in which the community is located adopts a resolution fulfilling the
requirements of subdivision (i), and the city in which the community
is located, if any, furnishes documentation indicating that the city
is not opposed to the placement of signs pursuant to the adopted
county resolution.
