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CA St & Hwy Code § 135.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 135.5.

135.5.  (a) As used in this section, “relocation assistance” means, and shall be limited to, that assistance reasonably necessary to place low-income individuals and families who lack the financial ability and income to obtain replacement housing without relocation assistance, and who own and reside in housing in an economically depressed area and who are displaced because of the acquisition or clearance of right-of-way for a project on the state highway system, in replacement housing in the same relative economic ownership position as before displacement by transferring or exchanging their right, title, and interest in property required for state highway purposes for the right, title, and interest in replacement housing.(b) The department is authorized to provide relocation assistance to low-income individuals and families who own and reside in housing in an economically depressed area and who are displaced because of the acquisition or clearance of rights-of-way for a project on the state highway system, which project is located in an economically depressed area.(c) The department is authorized to adopt rules and regulations to implement this section. Such rules and regulations shall include provisions relating to: (1) The methods and priorities for placing such low-income individuals and families in replacement housing.(2) The standards for determining the relative economic ownership position of such low-income individuals and families before displacement. The department in determining such standards shall consider the equity value and monthly payments of principal and interest, the availability of federal housing programs, and such other similar ownership factors.(3) The standards for determining which of such low-income individuals and families lack the financial ability and income necessary to obtain replacement housing without relocation assistance.(4) The procedure for transferring or exchanging right, title, and interest in property required for state highway purposes for the right, title, and interest in replacement housing.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 953.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 135.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 135.6.

135.6.  The department may acquire, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, any unimproved or unoccupied real property, or real property not devoted primarily to residential use, to provide replacement housing for low-income individuals and families who reside in economically depressed areas and are displaced becuase of the acquisition or clearance of rights-of-way for a project on the state highway system, in order to enable them to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings. All other property acquired for such purpose shall be acquired by means other than condemnation. The acquisition of such property is declared to be a public purpose and use.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 953.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 135.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 135.7.

135.7.  The department may contract with other public agencies, private individuals, and corporations for the financing, planning, development, construction, management, sale, exchange, or lease of replacement housing. Low-income individuals and families displaced because of the acquisition or clearance of rights-of-way for a project on the state highway system shall be given priority in buying, leasing, transferring, or exchanging property for replacement housing.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 953.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 136 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 136.

136.  The department may enter into contracts for the leasing or renting of tools or equipment for State highway purposes.(Amended by Stats. 1935, Ch. 514.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 136.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 136.1.

136.1.  The department may enter into major damage mitigation contracts to perform major damage repairs and operations on state highways when caused by sudden, unforeseen events such as storms, landslides, flooding, high surf, earthquakes or other geological action, or civil unrest. These contracts may be entered into prior to the onset of major damage in order to retain the contractor in readiness to respond to incidents as needed. Work performed under each contract shall be limited to physical construction, demolition, debris removal, and traffic control. The work shall be considered, for funding purposes, as a public works construction project.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 239, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 136.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 136.5.

136.5.  (a) The contracts referred to in Sections 135, 136, and 136.1 are not subject to the State Contract Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code). Except for emergency work of the type described in subdivision (b), whenever the estimated amount of a contract exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), it shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, after competitive bidding on any reasonable notice that the department may prescribe. Posting of notice for five days in a public place in the district office within which the work is to be done, or the equipment used, is sufficient. Those contracts shall be subject to the applicable payment bond provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9550) of Title 3 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code. The department may require faithful performance bonds when considered necessary. The advertisement for each contract shall state whether or not a bond shall be required.(b) In cases of emergency work necessitated by the imminence or occurrence of a landslide, flood, storm damage, accident, or other casualty, tools or equipment may be rented for a period of not to exceed 60 days without competitive bidding, and the department may waive the requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9550) of Title 3 of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code to the extent that a contractor may commence performance of the work under the contract for the rental of tools or equipment prior to filing a payment bond with the department. In that case, no payment shall be made to the contractor until a payment bond covering all work of the contract is filed with the department.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 104. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 136.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 136.6.

136.6.  (a) The department may enter into contracts not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the leasing and renting of operated heavy highway equipment for state highway maintenance purposes, which contracts are not subject to the State Contract Act pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 136.5, and the department is not required to comply with the procedures described in subdivision (a) of that section relative to those contracts. Contracts exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the leasing and renting of operated heavy highway equipment for state highway maintenance purposes shall be subject to the procedures described in subdivision (a) of Section 136.5.(b) For purposes of this section, “operated heavy highway equipment” shall mean bulldozers, grinders, loaders, pavers, oilers, rollers, excavators, truck tractors and trailers, fork lifts, personnel lifts, sweepers, and water tankers that include within the leasing or rental costs the cost of the qualified operator of the equipment.(c) This section shall not apply to contracts for the leasing or renting of operated heavy highway equipment for emergency work, which are governed by subdivision (b) of Section 136.5. This section shall not apply to the leasing or renting of operated heavy highway equipment to be utilized for new highway construction.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 357, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 137 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 137.

137.  The department shall determine the kind, quality, and extent of all highway work done under its control, and may prepare and approve all plans, specifications, and estimates for all such work.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 137.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 137.6.

137.6.  The design of, the drafting of specifications for, and the inspection and approval of state highway structures shall be by civil engineers licensed pursuant to the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), Division 3, Business and Professions Code).The approval of plans for, and the inspection and approval of, temporary structures erected by contractors in connection with the construction of state highway structures shall also be by such licensed civil engineers.(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 682.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 138 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 138.

138.  The department may employ an attorney at law and such assistant attorneys as are necessary, said attorney to act as the attorney and legal adviser of the department in all highway matters. No contract, relating to highways, awarded by the department shall be binding on the State until it is approved in writing by the Attorney General or by the attorney so employed.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 139 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 139.

139.  The director or the Chief Engineer of the department may require verbal or written reports from any officer, assistant, or employee of the department regarding state highway matters with which such officer, assistant, or employee is engaged. Any officer, assistant, or employee who knowingly renders a false report to the director or the Chief Engineer is guilty of a felony.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 23.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 140 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 140.

140.  The department may establish and maintain shops for the construction, repair, and servicing of any equipment owned or used by the department. The department may purchase and supply such materials and parts, and furnish such labor, as is necessary in the construction, repair, and servicing of equipment for other state departments. The other state departments receiving them shall reimburse the department for the cost of such materials, parts, and labor, including overhead charges.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 24.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 140.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 140.3.

140.3.  Effective June 30, 2006, the Equipment Service Fund in the State Treasury is abolished and all moneys in the fund shall be transferred to the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. Any outstanding liabilities and encumbrances of the Equipment Service Fund as of June 30, 2006, shall become liabilities and encumbrances payable from the State Highway Account.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 56, Sec. 9. Effective July 7, 2006.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 140.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 140.5.

140.5.  The department may do anything, including the prosecution of any action, necessary to collect any amounts owing to the State as a result of any activity of the department, and may settle any of such claims with or without court action.(Added by Stats. 1937, Ch. 931.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 141.

141.  In addition to the other powers relating to state highways granted to it by law, the department may do all of the following:(a) Make investigations to place, at the service of the state, the most approved methods of highway construction, improvement, and maintenance.(b) Compile statistics relative to the highways of the various counties and cities and of the districts formed to construct, improve, or maintain the highways.(c) Determine the methods of highway construction, improvement, and maintenance best adapted to the various sections of the state, and the best methods of construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways, making experiments with respect thereto from time to time.(d) Call upon any state, county, city, or district official to furnish any information the official has relating to, or is in any way necessary to the proper performance of, the highway work of the department. The official shall furnish the information without charge.(e) Join associations of highway and transportation officials of other states and others which have been established for not less than 10 years, having as their purpose the interchange of information relating to highway construction, improvement, maintenance, and administration and other transportation matters.(f) Direct any of its officers or employees to travel to places outside this state at state expense for the purposes, when approved, as provided in Section 11032 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 137.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 142.

142.  All expense incurred in carrying out the objects of section 141 is part of the administrative expense of the department.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 144 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 144.

144.  The department is authorized to divide or separate any state highway into separate roadways, wherever there is particular danger to the traveling public of collision between vehicles proceeding in opposite directions or from cross traffic, by constructing curbs, central dividing sections, or other physical separations, or by signs, marks, or other devices, in or on the roadway appropriate to designate the dividing line.The rules governing operation of vehicles on divided highways are contained in Section 21651 of the Vehicle Code.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 27.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 144.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 144.5.

144.5.  No state highway shall be divided as provided in Section 144 in such manner as to prevent traffic on any city street or county highway which such state highway intersects from crossing such state highway until after thirty (30) days’ notice thereof has been given by the department to the city council or board of supervisors having jurisdiction over the street or highway.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1211.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 145 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 145.

145.  The department is authorized to lay out and construct local service roads on and along any state highway where there is particular danger to the traveling public of collision due to vehicles entering the highway from the side thereof and to divide and separate any service road from the main thoroughfare by raised curbs or dividing sections or by other appropriate devices.It is unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle into the main thoroughfare from any service road except through an opening in the dividing curb or dividing section or dividing line.Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 28.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 146 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 146.

146.  Any public agency having responsibility for the planning and development within a region of this state of public transportation systems may, with the approval of the commission, use the airspace over or under any existing state freeway in that region, or any portion other than the travel roadway of the right-of-way of such freeway, as a route for a public transportation system, such as a railway, monorail, tracked air cushion vehicle system or other such system which, in the discretion of the agency and the department, is feasible from an engineering standpoint, in conformity with established safety design standards, and is consistent with good ecological and environmental planning. The development and construction of such facilities shall be financed out of any available federal, state, and local funds.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 530.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 146.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 146.5.

146.5.  (a)  The department may construct, maintain, and operate fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities along the state highway system when those facilities would reduce motor vehicle traffic congestion or improve highway safety. Those facilities may include child care projects that are part of an overall traffic reduction plan. For purposes of this code, those facilities are part of the state highway, and the department shall acquire the right-of-way necessary for those facilities in accordance with all of the laws and procedures applicable to other state highway projects. (b)  The department may enter into agreements with other public agencies for the joint financing of fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities. The rights and obligations of the department and other public agencies with respect to those facilities shall be determined by agreement. (c) Fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities estimated to cost two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more and located in an urbanized area shall be limited to those facilities included by transportation planning agencies in a regional transportation improvement program prepared pursuant to Section 14527 of the Government Code. Not more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the state funds appropriated by the Legislature each year for state highway construction may be used for the purpose of constructing those facilities. In addition, for projects estimated to cost thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more, the state funds may be used only to match federal or local funds, or both. (d) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow the department to make available space in underutilized park and ride lots for child care purposes when linked to an overall traffic reduction plan. It is not the intent of the Legislature for the department to enter into the operation of those child care projects.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 13, Sec. 11. Effective February 13, 1991.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 147 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 147.

147.  The director shall, without supplanting any other program required to be administered by the department or redirecting funds allocated to other programs, restart program efforts in District 7 of the department to develop and implement additional shared use agreements for public use of private parking lots as park and ride facilities. These shared use agreements shall be developed and implemented to complement and facilitate ridership on existing and planned transit routes in District 7, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro Rapid Bus route along Ventura Boulevard and the proposed East-West Busway in the San Fernando Valley, for the purpose of reducing congestion on state highways. The department shall not enter into any shared use agreement that would result in costs to the department over the life of the agreement.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 759, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 148 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 148.

148.  The department may construct and maintain transit related highway facilities along the state highway system. Those facilities may include, but are not limited to, bus turn-outs, passenger loading areas, passenger benches and shelters, and special traffic control devices. For purposes of this code, those facilities are part of the state highway.Facilities estimated to cost two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or more and located in an urbanized area shall be limited to those facilities included by transportation planning agencies in a regional transportation improvement program prepared pursuant to Section 14527 of the Government Code. Not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the state funds appropriated by the Legislature each year for state highway construction may be used for the purpose of constructing those facilities. In addition, for projects estimated to cost thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more, the state funds may be used only to match federal or local funds, or both.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 95, Sec. 16.)