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CA St & Hwy Code § 84 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 2 - California Transportation Commission|Section 84.

84.  Before the department commences the construction of any state highway or of any bridge, viaduct, conduit, pipe, trestle, or other obstruction in connection therewith across any cove, bay, or inlet of the ocean in this state, the department shall submit the plans of the proposed project, insofar as they might affect the use of such cove, bay, or inlet as a small boat harbor, to the Department of Boating and Waterways and shall consider any suggestions made with respect to the integration of the proposed highway project with any proposed plan for the development of a small boat harbor.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 7.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 84.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 2 - California Transportation Commission|Section 84.5.

84.5.  During the design hearing process relating to state highway projects that include the construction by the department of a new bridge across a navigable river, there shall be included full consideration of, and a report on, the feasibility of providing a means of public access to the navigable river for public recreational purposes.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 8.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 85 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 2 - California Transportation Commission|Section 85.

85.  In order to provide the commission with an independent evaluation of routing proposals as the commission may desire from time to time, the commission may contract with specialists, including, but not limited to, persons trained and experienced in engineering, economics, landscape and design architecture, fish and wildlife management, park and recreation management, history and sociology, agriculture, and urban and regional planning. The commission is authorized to expend any funds in the State Highway Account to carry out the provisions of this section.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 9.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 86 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 2 - California Transportation Commission|Section 86.

86.  The commission may delegate to the department any ministerial or administrative power, duty, responsibility, or function of the commission. The delegations authorized herein shall be upon such conditions and terms as the commission deems appropriate.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 102.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 90 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 90.

90.  The department shall have full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. The department is authorized and directed to lay out and construct all state highways between the termini designated by law and on the locations as determined by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1018.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.

91.  The department shall improve and maintain the state highways, including all traversable highways which have been adopted or designated as state highways by the commission, as provided in this code.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 436.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.4.

91.4.  (a) Upon the completion of a scheduled cleanup and abatement of litter pursuant to an agreement with an adopter entered into pursuant to Section 91.5, the department may provide a two hundred fifty dollar ($250) stipend to the adopter.(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an adopter provided a stipend pursuant to this section is not an employee of the state.(c) For purposes of this section, “adopter” is defined as in Section 2621 of Title 21 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) This section shall become inoperative on June 30, 2024, and, as of January 1, 2025, is repealed.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 81, Sec. 15. (AB 149) Effective July 16, 2021. Inoperative June 30, 2024, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91.42 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.42.

91.42.  (a) The Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021 is hereby established, to be administered by the department, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of beautifying and cleaning up state highways.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the program established pursuant to subdivision (a) achieves all of the following goals:(1) Reduce the amount of waste and debris within public rights-of-way, tribal lands, pathways, parks, transit centers, and other public spaces.(2) Enhance, rehabilitate, restore, or install measures to beautify and improve public spaces.(3) Enhance public health, cultural connection, and community placemaking by improving public spaces for walking and recreation.(4) Advance equity for underserved communities.(c) (1) Within six months of the effective date of this section, the department shall develop project selection criteria and program evaluation metrics and identify eligible projects.(2) The project selection criteria shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:(A) The demonstrated need of the applicant to address the goals of the program as described in subdivision (b).(B) The potential for the project to enhance and beautify a public spaces or spaces.(C) The potential for greening to provide shade, reduce the urban heat island effect, and use native, low-water plants.(D) The potential for abatement of litter and debris that improves access to use of a public space or spaces.(E) Identification of the local public engagement process that culminated in the project proposal and reflects community priorities.(F) The benefit to underserved communities. The department shall establish a definition for underserved communities that may include, but need not be limited to, disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code, and low-income communities, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code.(G) Project types eligible for funding pursuant to the program that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(i) Greening and landscaping projects.(ii) Gateway community identification projects.(iii) Enhanced infrastructure safety measures.(d) Consistent with applicable department policies and guidelines, program funds shall not be used to displace persons experiencing homelessness.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 81, Sec. 17. (AB 149) Effective July 16, 2021.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91.43 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.43.

91.43.  (a) The department may use job order contracting to construct projects through the Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021 as follows:(1) The department shall establish a procedure to prequalify job order contractors and shall prepare a set of documents for each job order contract. The documents shall include all of the following:(A) A unit book of construction tasks with preestablished unit prices.(B) Job order contract specifications.(C) Any other information deemed necessary to adequately describe the department’s needs.(2) Based on the documents prepared pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall prepare a request for bids that invites prequalified job order contractors to submit competitive sealed bids in the manner prescribed by the department.(3) Job order contracts may be executed for an initial contract term of no more than 12 months, with the option of extending or renewing the job order contract for two 12-month periods. All extensions or renewals shall be priced as provided in the request for bids. An extension or renewal shall be mutually agreed to by the department and the job order contractor.(4) Any job order contractor that is selected to construct a project pursuant to this subdivision shall possess or obtain sufficient bonding to cover the contract amount for construction services and risk and liability insurance as the department may require.(5) Nothing in this subdivision is intended to affect, expand, alter, or limit any rights or remedies otherwise available by law.(b) Project funds received pursuant to the Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021, the Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021, and any funds received by the department as reimbursement for project work under these programs shall not be considered transportation funds subject to Sections 182 and 183.(c) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state to facilitate the quick and efficient purchase of vehicles and related equipment, goods, and systems. Notwithstanding Section 10295.2 of the Public Contract Code and Section 13332.09 of the Government Code, the department is hereby delegated the authority necessary to carry out the purchase of vehicles, equipment, or other products as needed to implement the department’s supplemental Fleet Acquisition Plan Fiscal Year 2021–22 for the acquisition of 269 medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and equipment to support litter abatement.(d) As part of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 budgets, the department shall report to the Legislature on the Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021 and the Clean California State Beautification Program of 2021, including, but not limited to, the vehicles and equipment purchased pursuant to subdivision (c), cubic yards of litter collected, the locations and types of projects, and any other important project or program outcomes.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 81, Sec. 18. (AB 149) Effective July 16, 2021.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.5.

91.5.  (a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept funds, materials, equipment, or services from any person for maintenance or roadside enhancement, including the cleanup and abatement of litter, of a section of a state highway. The department and the sponsoring person may specify in the agreement the level of maintenance that will be performed.(b) The director may authorize a courtesy sign. These courtesy signs shall be consistent with existing code provisions and department rules and regulations concerning signs.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 489, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.6.

91.6.  The department shall, within its maintenance programs relating to litter cleanup and abatement, assign a high priority to litter deposited along state highway segments adjoining storm drains, streams, rivers, waterways, beaches, the ocean, and other environmentally sensitive areas. The department may use litter traps in drains and any other effective technology in carrying out these responsibilities.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 489, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 91.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 91.8.

91.8.  (a) The department shall, within its maintenance program, establish procedures for the removal and disposal of animal carcasses on state highways.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, prohibitions on the possession and transportation of endangered or protected species, or the property rights associated with livestock and other commercially valuable animals, the department may remove or relocate an animal carcass from a state highway for safety purposes.(c) The department shall dispose of animal carcasses in an environmentally appropriate manner considering both of the following:(1) The animal’s probable legal status, whether as domestic or commercial property, wild, feral, protected, or endangered, as follows:(A) When practicable, an owner of a domestic animal shall be notified of the location or disposition of the animal carcass. Unless returned to the owner, license tags, nameplates, or other identification shall be retained by the department for 30 days.(B) A branded livestock carcass shall be removed from the roadway but not otherwise transported until the owner is contacted. If the owner cannot be identified, the department shall notify the regional brand inspector.(C) In the case of wild, feral, protected, or endangered animals, disposal shall be accomplished in accordance with applicable provisions of the Fish and Game Code.(2) If disposal technologies including, but not limited to, natural decomposition, burial, incineration, donation, rendering, or composting are not available or practicable, the department may use any nontraditional or novel technology that may be appropriate under the circumstances.(d) Animal carcasses shall not be relocated to or disposed of within 150 feet of waterways or drainageways that lead directly to waterways, or buried within five feet of groundwater.(e) The department shall maintain a record of designated disposal sites used for consolidation of animal carcasses.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 257, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 92 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 92.

92.  The department may do any act necessary, convenient or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance or use of all highways which are under its jurisdiction, possession or control.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 436.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 92.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 92.1.

92.1.  (a) The department shall update guidance by July 1, 2021, to specify the appropriate use of positive protection measures, including, but not limited to, automated flagger assistance devices, buffer lanes, impact attenuator vehicles, and temporary barriers, with the goal of isolating workers or work zones from traffic.(b) Where the department’s updated guidance allows, but does not require, use of a safety device, the department shall provide compensation for the optional safety device when requested by a contractor on a public works project.(c) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2024, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code that includes findings and recommendations on the use of positive protection measures used pursuant to this section.(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 617, Sec. 2. (AB 759) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 92.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 92.2.

92.2.  Where practical or desirable, the department shall, along any highway under its jurisdiction, possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or removed because of projects undertaken to widen the highway.Money from the State Highway Account available for the widening of highways shall also be available for the planting of trees pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 10.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 92.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 92.4.

92.4.  Where a city street or county road abuts upon real property acquired by the state for freeway purposes, the department may contribute toward the cost of construction of the half of such street or road that directly fronts or abuts upon such property if such street or road was established, but not yet constructed, at the time when the location of such freeway was established by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 11.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 92.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 92.5.

92.5.  The department shall install, in all tunnels and underpasses on state highways within metropolitan areas where the tunnel or underpass is of sufficient length to impede radio reception, wires, or other devices which will sustain reception of broadcasts by radios in vehicles traveling through the tunnels and underpasses.The Legislature declares that the installation of such devices in state highway tunnels and underpasses is an improvement of highways within the meaning of Section 1 of Article XIX of the California Constitution since it will assist law enforcement officers in their patrol duties by enabling them to receive essential radio calls and also will increase the enjoyment of the people in the use of the state highways.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 12.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 92.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 92.6.

92.6.  At such locations as shall be determined by the department to be appropriate, screening shall be installed and maintained on state freeway overpasses on which pedestrians are allowed, in order to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath. First consideration shall be given to freeway overpasses in urban areas.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 589.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 93 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 93.

93.  The department may construct and maintain detours as may be necessary to facilitate movement of traffic where state highways are closed or obstructed by construction or otherwise. The department may direct traffic onto any other public highway which will serve as a detour, in which case the department, upon the completion of such use, and upon the request of the local agency having jurisdiction over the highway, shall restore the same to its former condition; provided, that the local agency shall reimburse the department for the amount of all betterment to such highway caused by the restoration. The department shall also reimburse the local agency for all reasonable additional expenses incurred by that agency in maintaining said highway during the period of detour if such additional expenses were caused by said detour.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 627.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 94 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 94.

94.  (a) The department may make and enter into any contracts in the manner provided by law that are required for performance of its duties, provided that contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes shall be limited to activities related to on-reservation or off-reservation cultural resource management and environmental studies and off-reservation traffic impact mitigation projects on or connecting to the state highway system.(b) To implement off-reservation traffic impact mitigation contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes, all of the following shall apply:(1) Any contract shall provide for the full reimbursement of expenses and costs incurred by the department in the exercise of its contractual responsibilities. Funds for the project shall be placed in an escrow account prior to project development. The contract shall also provide for a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by that Indian tribe for the state for the purpose of enforcing obligations arising from the contracted activity.(2) The proposed transportation project shall comply with all applicable state and federal environmental impact and review requirements, including, but not limited to, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).(3) The department’s work on the transportation project under the contract shall not jeopardize or adversely affect the completion of other transportation projects included in the adopted State Transportation Improvement Program.(4) The transportation project is included in or consistent with the affected regional transportation plan.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 274, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 94.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 94.3.

94.3.  To the extent that existing provisions of Part 23 (commencing with Section 23.1) of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended April 27, 1981, are not applicable to highway contracts awarded by the department that are solely state funded, the department shall develop a program to implement comparable provisions applicable to those contracts.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 790, Sec. 4.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 95 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 95.

95.  Whenever the commission relinquishes any portion of any state highway superseded by relocation and the construction of a freeway and when the department has prior to relinquishment maintained snow removal operations on the portion of state highway relinquished and when property having access to the relinquished portion of state highway was developed for winter recreational purposes at the time of relinquishment, the department may with the consent of the county or counties to which the road is relinquished, maintain snow removal operations on all or a portion of the state highway which has been superseded by relocation.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2149.)
CA St & Hwy Code § 95.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Streets and Highways Code - SHC|DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS|CHAPTER 1 - Administration|ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation|Section 95.5.

95.5.  From and after November 8, 1967, the department shall remove snow from that portion of former U.S. Route 40, which has been superseded by the relocation and construction of Interstate Route 80, commencing at its intersection with Interstate Route 80 near Donner Memorial Park westerly approximately four miles to the vicinity of Donner Lake.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 2.)