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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 3 - California Bicycle Transportation Act › Section 891.2.

891.2. A city or county may prepare a bicycle transportation plan, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements:
(a) The estimated number of existing bicycle commuters in the plan area and the estimated increase in the number of bicycle commuters resulting from implementation of the plan.
(b) A map and description of existing and proposed land use and settlement patterns which shall include, but not be limited to, locations of residential neighborhoods, schools, shopping centers, public buildings, and major employment centers.
(c) A map and description of existing and proposed bikeways.
(d) A map and description of existing and proposed end-of-trip bicycle parking facilities. These shall include, but not be limited to, parking at schools, shopping centers, public buildings, and major employment centers.
(e) A map and description of existing and proposed bicycle transport and parking facilities for connections with and use of other transportation modes. These shall include, but not be limited to, parking facilities at transit stops, rail and transit terminals, ferry docks and landings, park and ride lots, and provisions for transporting bicyclists and bicycles on transit or rail vehicles or ferry vessels.
(f) A map and description of existing and proposed facilities for changing and storing clothes and equipment. These shall include, but not be limited to, locker, restroom, and shower facilities near bicycle parking facilities.
(g) A description of bicycle safety and education programs conducted in the area included within the plan, efforts by the law enforcement agency having primary traffic law enforcement responsibility in the area to enforce provisions of the Vehicle Code pertaining to bicycle operation, and the resulting effect on accidents involving bicyclists.
(h) A description of the extent of citizen and community involvement in development of the plan, including, but not limited to, letters of support.
(i) A description of how the bicycle transportation plan has been coordinated and is consistent with other local or regional transportation, air quality, or energy conservation plans, including, but not limited to, programs that provide incentives for bicycle commuting.
(j) A description of the projects proposed in the plan and a listing of their priorities for implementation.
(k) A description of past expenditures for bicycle facilities and future financial needs for projects that improve safety and convenience for bicycle commuters in the plan area.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 517, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 3 - California Bicycle Transportation Act › Section 891.4.

891.4. (a) A city or county that has prepared a bicycle transportation plan pursuant to Section 891.2 may submit the plan to the county transportation commission or transportation planning agency for approval. The city or county may submit an approved plan to the department in connection with an application for funds for bikeways and related facilities which will implement the plan. If the bicycle transportation plan is prepared, and the facilities are proposed to be constructed, by a local agency other than a city or county, the city or county may submit the plan for approval and apply for funds on behalf of that local agency.
(b) The department may grant funds applied for pursuant to subdivision (a) on a matching basis which provides for the applicant’s furnishing of funding for 10 percent of the total cost of constructing the proposed bikeways and related facilities. The funds may be used, where feasible, to apply for and match federal grants or loans.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 517, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 3 - California Bicycle Transportation Act › Section 891.5.

891.5. The Sacramento Area Council of Governments, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2551, may purchase, operate, and maintain callboxes on class 1 bikeways.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 262, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 3 - California Bicycle Transportation Act › Section 891.8.

891.8. The governing body of a city, county, or local agency may do all of the following:
(a) Establish bikeways.
(b) Acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, land, real property, easements, or rights-of-way to establish bikeways.
(c) Establish bikeways pursuant to Section 21207 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 517, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 3 - California Bicycle Transportation Act › Section 892.

892. (a) Rights-of-way established for other purposes by cities, counties, or local agencies shall not be abandoned unless the governing body determines that the rights-of-way or parts thereof are not useful as a nonmotorized transportation facility.
(b) No state highway right-of-way shall be abandoned until the department first consults with the local agencies having jurisdiction over the areas concerned to determine whether the right-of-way or part thereof could be developed as a nonmotorized transportation facility. If an affirmative determination is made, before abandoning the right-of-way, the department shall first make the property available to local agencies for development as nonmotorized transportation facilities in accordance with Sections 104.15 and 887.6 of this code and Section 14012 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 517, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 4 - Electric Bicycle Safety and Training › Section 893.

893. As used in this article, “electric bicycle” has the meaning provided in Section 312.5 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 147, Sec. 1. (AB 1946) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 8 - Nonmotorized Transportation › ARTICLE 4 - Electric Bicycle Safety and Training › Section 894.

894. (a) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall develop, on or before September 1, 2023, statewide safety and training programs based on evidence-based practices for users of electric bicycles, including, but not limited to, general electric bicycle riding safety, emergency maneuver skills, rules of the road, and laws pertaining to electric bicycles.
(b) The safety and training programs shall be developed in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
(c) The safety and training programs shall be posted on the internet website of the Department of the California Highway Patrol on or before September 1, 2023.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 213. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 9 - Scenic Areas › Section 895.

895. If federal funds are available for reimbursement therefor, the department may acquire, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, real property adjacent to any highway included in the national system of interstate and defense highways or the federal-aid primary highway system, which the department considers necessary for the preservation, maintenance or conservation of scenic lands or areas adjacent to such highways or which it considers necessary to preserve, improve or enhance the scenic beauty of or points of interest in the lands or areas traversed by such highways. Nothing in this section shall authorize the use of eminent domain to acquire any dwelling or any building or other enclosure, and the appurtenances thereto, in which commercial activities are conducted.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 125.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 9 - Scenic Areas › Section 896.

896. The Legislature hereby declares that the acquisition of interests in real property for the preservation, maintenance or conservation of scenic lands or areas adjacent to any highway included in the national system of interstate and defense highways or the federal-aid primary highway system or to preserve, improve or enhance the natural beauty of points of interest in the lands or areas traversed by such highways provided for in Section 895 constitutes a public use and purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 125.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 9 - Scenic Areas › Section 897.

897. The department may convey or lease such property back to its original owner or to another person or entity in the manner and subject to such reservations, conditions, covenants or other contractual arrangements approved by the commission as will preserve the scenic character or beauty of the area traversed by the highway.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 125.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 900.

900. The authority conferred upon boards of supervisors by this division shall be exercised subject to such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by this division or by other provisions of law, shall be in addition to any authority elsewhere conferred, and, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall be exercised only in relation to highways within their respective counties.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 901.

901. All county highways, once established, shall continue to be county highways until abandoned by order of the board of supervisors of the county in which such highways are situated, by operation of law, or by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. No county highway laid out by the board of supervisors as provided in this division, or used and worked as provided in this division, shall be abandoned or cease to be a county highway except as prescribed in this section.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 902.

902. Except as otherwise provided by law, any toll trail, toll road or toll bridge, for which the franchise has expired by limitation or nonuser, becomes a free county highway. No claim shall be valid against the county for the right of way, or for the land or material comprising such toll trail, toll road or toll bridge.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 903.

903. After one year from the making of an order by a board of supervisors, pursuant to this division, opening a highway over any land, the county acquires title to the land in accordance with the terms of the order.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1788.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 906.

906. The width of all county highways, other than bridges, alleys, lanes, and trails, shall be at least 40 feet, except as provided by Sections 906.5 and 969 and except that the board of supervisors of any county may, by a resolution passed by a unanimous vote of its members, determine that the public convenience and necessity demand the maintenance of a highway of less than 40 feet and may after such determination proceed with the maintenance of any such highway.
This section shall not increase or diminish the width of any county highway established, dedicated, and maintained as such prior to January 1, 1945.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 68.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 906.5.

906.5. On construction under a contract advertised for bids after July 1, 1973, the board of supervisors shall install on the surface of county highways upon which the operation of bicycles is permitted only those types of grates which are not hazardous to bicycle riders.
(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1272.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 906.6.

906.6. Notwithstanding Section 906, a county may maintain a highway of less than 40 feet in width if all the cost of maintenance thereof is paid for by a maintenance district created pursuant to Chapter 26 (commencing with Section 5820) of Part 3 of Division 1.
(Added by renumbering Section 906.5 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 68) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 908.

908. The road commissioner, or the person to whom the duties of the road commissioner have been transferred pursuant to Section 2006.1 or 2006.5, shall maintain a record of each county highway, including its name and a general reference to its terminal points.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1020, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 909.

909. No agreement entered into by the board of supervisors for the purchase, hire, or rental of any apparatus used in the construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways shall create a charge against the county, unless the agreement complies with all of the following:
(a) The agreement is in writing.
(b) The writing is signed by the chair of the board of supervisors.
(c) A copy of the writing is certified by and filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors.
All of these writings and copies are public documents.
If a county purchases, hires, or rents any apparatus specified herein pursuant to a local purchasing ordinance, including competitive bidding procedures, it does not have to comply with subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) herein to create a charge against the county. Compliance with the local purchasing ordinance shall be sufficient to create a charge against the county for said purchase, hire, or rental.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 121. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 941.

941. (a) Boards of supervisors shall, by proper order, cause those highways which are necessary to public convenience to be established, recorded, constructed, and maintained in the manner provided in this division.
(b) No public or private road shall become a county highway until and unless the board of supervisors, or its designee, by appropriate action, has caused the road to be accepted into the county road system. No county shall be held liable for failure to maintain any road unless and until it has been accepted into the county road system by action of the board of supervisors or its designee.
(c) The acceptance of any road or the acceptance of any road subject to improvements pursuant to Section 66477.1 of the Government Code does not constitute the acceptance of the road into the county road system in the absence of the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors accepting the road into the county road system.
(d) In lieu of the procedures set forth in subdivisions (b) or (c), boards of supervisors may, by ordinance, designate a county officer to accept, on behalf of the board, roads or portions thereof, into the county road system and to record conveyances to the county of real property interests for road uses and purposes. The designee shall, prior to recording any conveyance under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument stating the acceptance into the county road system and designating the name or number, or both, of the county road. The designee shall report all acceptances and recordings to the board at the end of the fiscal year, or at more frequent intervals as determined by the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 132, Sec. 1.5.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 941.1.

941.1. The board of supervisors may lay out, acquire, construct, and maintain any section or portion of any street or highway within the county as a freeway or expressway and may make any existing street or highway a freeway or expressway.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 367, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 941.2.

941.2. Boards of supervisors may close any street or highway within their jurisdiction at or near the point of its intersection with any freeway, or may make provision for carrying such street or highway over, under, or to a connection with the freeway, and may do any and all work on such street or highway as is necessary therefor.
No public highway shall be converted into a freeway except with the consent of the owners of abutting lands or the purchase or condemnation of their right of access thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 463.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 941.4.

941.4. (a) The board of supervisors, with the consent of any city in which the proposed system is located, in whole or in part, may designate a system of expressways within the county. The designation shall be based on a study of the transportation needs of the county, which shall include a financing plan for the expressway system.
(b) The purpose of the county expressway system is to provide a level of service that is greater than that of city streets and county roads, but less than that provided by the state system of freeways. The designated county expressway system shall serve both incorporated and unincorporated areas of a county, as appropriate.
(c) The board of supervisors may enter into an agreement with the city council or other governing body of a city to close any city street at or near its intersection with an expressway or to provide for carrying the street over, under, or to a connection with the expressway, and to perform any work necessary for this purpose. No city street may be closed by the construction of an expressway except pursuant to such an agreement. No city street may be connected with an expressway unless the board of supervisors, by resolution, consents and specifies the terms and conditions of that connection. The board of supervisors may permit or prohibit, or specify the terms and conditions of, a connection as, in its opinion, will best serve the public interest of the county. This subdivision does not apply to any connection constructed prior to January 1, 1989.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the designated county expressway system may be planned, designed, acquired, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, maintained, operated, and owned by the county in both incorporated and unincorporated areas.
(e) The board of supervisors may delegate any authority under this section to any local agency which it finds and determines has the capability to plan, design, acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, operate, and own an expressway.
(f) The boards of supervisors of two or more adjacent counties into which an expressway is proposed to extend may enter into an agreement to plan, design, acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, maintain, operate, or own the expressway. The agreement shall provide for the creation of a governing body with representation from each county.
(g) Any county having an existing expressway system which was designated by the board of supervisors before January 1, 1989, shall be deemed to have met the conditions of this section. Any new expressway project within such a system is subject to this section.
(h) As used in this section, “expressway” means a highway having partial or complete control of access, whether or not divided or with separations of grade at intersections.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 367, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 941.6.

941.6. If the boundary line between two adjacent counties lies within a county highway, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties may, by agreement, provide for the improvement, maintenance, construction, or reconstruction of all or part of the highway by either or both counties, and each county may expend funds available to it for the improvements and maintenance of county highways as necessary for its performance of the agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 766, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 942.

942. Such boards may enact and enforce ordinances and regulations for the construction, improvement or maintenance of county highways, and for the protection, supervision, management, control, or use of such highways. Any such board may by a four-fifths vote of all its members let county equipment used in the maintenance and construction of county roads, when such equipment is not in use upon the roads under the jurisdiction of the board, and may charge for the use thereof a rental, and arrange the basis of compensation, in keeping with the general conditions prevailing in the county in which the transaction is made.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 770.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 942.5.

942.5. The board of supervisors may restrict the use of, or close, any county highway whenever the board considers such closing or restriction of use necessary:
(a) For the protection of the public.
(b) For the protection of such county highway from damage during storms.
(c) During construction, improvement or maintenance operations thereon.
No liability shall attach to the county, or to the board of supervisors, for the restriction of use, or closing, of any county highway for the above public purposes.
This section does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the pre-existing law.
(Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1876.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 943.

943. Such board may:
(a) Acquire any property necessary for the uses and purposes of county highways. When eminent domain proceedings are necessary, the board shall require the district attorney to institute such proceedings. The expense of and award in such proceedings may be paid from the road fund or the general fund of the county, or the road fund of any district benefited.
(b) Lay out, construct, improve, and maintain county highways.
(c) Incur a bonded indebtedness for any of such purposes, subject to the provisions of Section 944.
(d) Construct and maintain stock trails approximately paralleling any county highway, retain and maintain for stock trails the right-of-way of any county highway which is superseded by relocation. Such stock trail shall not be included in the term “maintained mileage of county roads” as that term is used in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 3 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 944.

944. No bonded indebtedness shall be incurred for any purpose specified in section 943 until after the question of the issue of bonds therefor has been submitted to the qualified electors of the county, at the next general election or at a special election called for that purpose, and two-thirds of the electors of the county voting at such election have voted in favor of issuing such bonds. The election shall be called and held and the bonds, if authorized, shall be issued, sold, and made payable as prescribed by law.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 945.

945. Such boards may expend from the county general fund the moneys necessary to pay the whole or any part of the cost of the improvement of any highway lying within any city in the county, whenever any real property belonging to the county and used for public purposes is included within the assessment district formed to pay for any such improvement. Such expenditures shall not exceed the amount which, but for such public ownership and use, would be properly chargeable to and assessed against such real property under the provisions of the law governing such improvement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 946.

946. No liability shall be created against the county in connection with any such improvement conducted by a city unless the board, by resolution, determines and declares the amount to be expended and directs that such sum be set apart and reserved out of any moneys available for such purpose in the general fund of the county, to be used exclusively for paying the expense of such improvement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 947.

947. Every instrument or judgment which constitutes evidence of title to a right of way, or incident thereto, in relation to county highways shall particularly describe the lands included in such right of way or incident.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 948.

948. The board of supervisors of each county shall cause to be recorded with the county recorder, in relation to every county highway within the county, proper evidences of title to every right-of-way, and all incidents thereto. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, delegate this duty to a county officer or employee.
In cases of acquisitions by conveyance or condemnation, the property or incidents conveyed or condemned shall be particularly described in the instruments recorded.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 132, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 949.

949. The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on the county highways, and provide for their care. The cost of planting and caring for such trees may be paid from the county general fund.
The board may also encourage, under such regulations as it adopts, the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on the county highways, and may pay a sum not exceeding one dollar to any person planting and cultivating a living tree, payment to be made when the tree is four years of age.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 950.

950. For the purpose of sprinkling county highways with oil or water, the board of supervisors may erect or maintain waterworks, tanks or reservoirs, and may purchase or lease real or personal property therefor.
The board may charge the cost of erecting or maintaining such waterworks, tanks or reservoirs and of such sprinkling to the county general fund, the road fund, or the district fund of any district benefited.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 951.

951. (a) Such board may set apart on any county highway a strip of land for a side path, and make an order designating the width of such path, and cause the lines separating the path from the highway to be located and marked by stakes, posts, curbs, dikes, trees, or other physical delineations, placed at such distances apart as the board considers proper.
(b) After a path is set apart, and the lines separating it from the highway are located and marked, as provided in subdivision (a) of this section, the use of such path is restricted to pedestrians, riders of horses, and riders of vehicles propelled solely by the power of the rider.
(c) The board may charge the expense of erecting and maintaining such path to the county general fund, the road fund, or the district fund of any district benefited.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 399.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 953.

953. A board of supervisors may, acting separately or in conjunction with State or Federal agencies, or with another county, burn or remove debris, rubbish, brush, and grass from the county highways. When acting in conjunction with other agencies or counties, a board may so act outside its county.
The expense incurred by a county, acting pursuant to this section, shall be paid out of any road fund of the county. When a county is acting in conjunction with another agency or county the share of the expense to be borne by each shall be arrived at by agreement.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 954.

954. All county highways which for a period of five consecutive years are impassable for vehicular travel, and on which during such period of time no public money is expended for maintenance, are unnecessary highways. The board of supervisors of any county on its own motion, or on the petition of any interested taxpayer of the county, may designate such county highway a stock trail. The board of supervisors shall cause notices to be posted upon such stock trails, and also at the entrance of such stock trails, directing all persons to drive all untethered stock thereon.
After a stock trail has been established or designated as provided in this chapter, the county is not liable for death or injury to a vehicle owner or operator or passenger, or for damage to a vehicle or its contents, resulting from a dangerous condition of the stock trail.
Such stock trails shall not be included in the term “maintained mileage of county roads” as that term is used in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 2100) of Division 3.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1050, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 954.5.

954.5. (a) The board of supervisors may, by resolution, terminate the maintenance of any county highway if it finds that the highway is unnecessary for the public convenience.
(b) Evidence that a county highway is unnecessary for the public convenience shall be taken at a public hearing set in accordance with the procedures for vacation of a public street, highway, or service easement in Sections 8323 and 8324. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the owner of any property served by that portion of a county highway subject to the termination of maintenance. A county highway may be deemed unnecessary for the public convenience on the basis of any of the following:
(1) The county highway does not provide the primary access to occupied properties.
(2) Traffic on the county highway is intermittent and of low volume.
(3) The county highway is impassable for more than six months and there is no demand that it be reopened.
(c) A certified copy of the resolution terminating maintenance shall be recorded as provided in Section 8325.
(d) If the board of supervisors resumes maintenance of a county highway on which maintenance was terminated under this section, a notice of maintenance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
(e) If a determination is made that maintenance is no longer necessary, the county shall post signs clearly visible from the traveled highway at each intersection of the highway for which maintenance is being terminated with a maintained highway indicating that the county no longer maintains the highway. The sign shall read as follows: “This road is not maintained. ____ County is not responsible for any loss or injury suffered by reason of its use.” The county shall provide adequate maintenance to ensure that the signs remain posted in the appropriate places and the message is legible for a period of one year. Once such action is taken and duly recorded and the required signs are posted, the county shall not be held liable for the death of or injury to a vehicle owner, operator, or passenger, or for damage to a vehicle or its contents, resulting from a dangerous condition on such highway.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 345, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 954.6.

954.6. (a) A board of supervisors, by resolution, may terminate the maintenance of all or a portion of a county highway if it finds that another public agency will maintain the highway or that portion of it pursuant to an agreement meeting the requirements of Section 941.6. The resolution terminating maintenance shall identify the county highway, or portion of it, for which maintenance will be terminated and also the agency that will perform the maintenance. A certified copy of the resolution shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
(b) As to each county highway, or portion of a county highway, for which the board terminates maintenance pursuant to subdivision (a), the county shall post signs at each intersection of that highway with a maintained highway, if any, indicating that the county no longer maintains the highway. The signs shall be clearly visible from the traveled highway and shall read: “This road not maintained by ____ County. ____ County is not responsible for any loss or injury resulting from use of this road.” The county shall provide adequate maintenance for the signs to ensure that for a period of one year each sign remains posted in the appropriate place and the message is legible.
(c) After a resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) is duly recorded in the office of the county recorder and the signs required by subdivision (b) are posted, while the agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) is in effect, the county shall not be liable for the death of, or injury to, any person or for damage to any real or personal property resulting from a dangerous condition of the highway or portion of the highway, as described in the resolution, caused by inadequate maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 766, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 960.

960. Whenever the board of supervisors determines that any real property, or interest therein, acquired by the county for highway purposes is no longer necessary for those purposes, the county may sell or exchange the real property, or interest therein, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions approved by the board of supervisors. Any conveyance under this section shall be executed on behalf of the county by the chairman of the board of supervisors, and the money received for the real property shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of any fund available for highway purposes, which the board of supervisors designates.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 177, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 960.5.

960.5. The term “county highway” as used in Sections 954 and 954.5 shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, lane, drive, way, place, court, or trail, or any purported county highway, public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, lane, drive, way, place, court, or trail.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1050, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 960.6.

960.6. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to a county official, subject to rules or regulations as the board may impose, the authority to lease any real property acquired by the county for highway purposes for a renewable term not exceeding three years. Proceeds from the lease of the property shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of any fund designated by the board of supervisors which is available for highway purposes.
At least five working days prior to entering into a lease under this section, a notice of intention to enter into a lease shall be posted in a public place.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 360, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 964.

964. Whenever the board finds that any county highway has been damaged or is in danger of being damaged by storm waters or floods, the board shall adopt all measures necessary to repair or prevent such damage. The board may condemn the right of way for, and may construct, flumes, ditches or canals for the purpose of carrying off such storm waters or floods.
The board may cause any expense incurred under this section to be paid out of the county general fund, or out of the funds of any road districts in which the highways are protected from damage or repaired by the work done.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 965.

965. The board of supervisors shall, by order, direct the district attorney of the county to institute eminent domain proceedings, in the name of the county, whenever it is necessary to acquire real property or any interest therein to do any of the following things for the protection of a county highway:
(a) Raise the banks along any stream.
(b) Remove obstructions from any stream.
(c) Widen, change, deepen or straighten the channel of any stream.
(d) Construct flumes, ditches or canals, or make any improvements for the purpose of carrying off storm waters or floods.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 966.

966. (a) The board of supervisors may provide for the erection and maintenance of gates on the county highways to avoid the necessity of building highway fences. The board may prescribe rules and regulations for closing such gates, and penalties for violating such rules and regulations.
(b) The person, for whose immediate benefit the gates are erected or maintained, shall in all cases bear the expense of such erection and maintenance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 967.

967. Whenever a right of way for a highway is conveyed to a county and the sole consideration for the conveyance is an agreement by the county to construct and maintain a highway on the right of way and to construct highway fences on the right of way boundaries, and thereafter such right of way becomes a county highway, the board of supervisors may, within five years from the date of such conveyance, construct highway fences along the boundaries of such right of way.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 968.

968. The board may cause the expense of constructing such fences to be charged to and paid from the county general fund, the road fund of the county or the district fund of each district benefited, but not more than one-half of the expense may be paid from the county general fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 969.

969. Whenever a road is of general utility and of public convenience and constitutes the only or principal means of communication between one town or village and another town or village in the same county, the board of supervisors may determine, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, that the public convenience and necessity demand the acquisition and reconstruction of such road. Thereafter, by a resolution passed by a two-thirds vote of its membership, the board may determine to, and after such determination may proceed to, acquire and reconstruct such road although it is not of the width required by Section 906. The board shall charge the expense of such acquisition and reconstruction to the county general fund, the road fund of the county, or the district fund of each district benefited, or to any two or more of such funds in such proportions as the board considers just and equitable.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 801.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 969.5.

969.5. Such boards may, after they have determined by a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of their membership that general county interest demands the improvement or repair of a privately owned road, improve or repair such road in consideration of the grant or lease of a right of way to the county for its own use or the use of the State, any political subdivision or other appropriate public agency for the public purposes specified in the resolution.
Such improvements or repairs shall be made and paid for in like manner as improvements or repairs of county highways.
By the same authorization the board may rent to the owner of land over which such a road has been open to the public for more than five years the machinery and equipment necessary to repair such road and the approaches thereto and any protecting embankments there may be, charging therefor by way of rental the cost of labor and other necessary expenses in addition to a reasonable allowance for depreciation of machinery.
Proceedings under this section shall not cause the road to become a county highway.
(Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 1255.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 969.6.

969.6. Notwithstanding Section 969.5 or any other provision of this code, if a state of local emergency is declared by the board of supervisors as a result of locally heavy rainfall or flood, the board may authorize the expenditure of road funds for the purpose of emergency repairs to public roads which are not county highways and not in the county maintained system, without obtaining a grant or lease of right-of-way, if the repairs are necessary to provide minimum public access necessary for the protection or preservation of health or safety of residents. The county shall not be responsible for the maintenance of any road so repaired, and it shall not be liable for the condition of the road after the emergency repairs are made.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 819, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 970.5.

970.5. Whenever the board of supervisors or a county officer designated by the board to be in charge of naming county highways finds that a name should be adopted and applied to any county highway, or that the existing name of any county highway should be changed, the board or the designated county officer shall hold a public hearing on the proposed name for, or the change of name of, such highway. Notice of such hearing shall be given by posting notice in at least three public places along the street or streets proposed to be affected, such posting to be complete at least 10 days before the day set for the hearing. At the time set for the hearing or at any time to which the hearing may be continued the board or the designated county officer shall hear and consider proposals to adopt a name for, or change the name of, the highway mentioned in the notice and objections to such proposals. At or after the conclusion of the hearing the board or the designated county officer may adopt a name for, or change the name of, such highway, and upon the adoption or change thereof shall make an order and file said order with the board of supervisors officially designating the name for such highway. Thereafter such highway shall be known by the name so designated.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 307.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 971.

971. Any county highway which has not been officially named may be officially named by the board of supervisors or a county officer designated by the board without any hearing, or notice. Such naming shall be by an order duly made and filed with the board of supervisors. Thereafter the highway shall be known by the name thus designated.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 307.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 972.

972. A board of supervisors may, by ordinance, permit the use of any county highway which connects with a main county highway of an adjoining county, by the board of supervisors of such adjoining county for the purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a highway serving the needs of residents of both counties.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 413.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 973.

973. The board of the county seeking the use, if it accepts the provisions of the ordinance adopted by the board of the county granting the use, may:
(a) Construct and maintain any such highway.
(b) Construct and maintain on such highway such bridges as it deems necessary.
(c) Improve such highway in such manner as it determines.
(d) Acquire real property or interests therein adjacent to such highway in an adjoining county for county purposes, and expend thereon such amounts as the board deems necessary for county purposes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 2 - COUNTY HIGHWAYS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors › Section 974.

974. The expense of any work done or acquisition made pursuant to section 973 shall be paid by the county to which the use is granted out of the county general fund, or such other fund of the county as the board designates or makes available.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)