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2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 9 - Federal Aid for Bridge Reconstruction and Replacement › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2414.

2414. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the state’s vital interest to participate fully in the federal highway bridge replacement program.
(b) The department shall, with its available resources, expedite bridge replacement projects in order that federal funds be used to full advantage as soon as they become available.
(c) The commission, in allocating funds, and the department, in expending funds, for bridge replacement projects, shall follow federal design standards so that the projects will be eligible for federal funds, except that this subdivision shall not apply to a project if the commission finds by resolution, after a public hearing, that application of the federal design standards would adversely affect public health or safety or would significantly increase the cost of the project to the state.
(d) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the department to negotiate with the appropriate federal agency for the purpose of gaining approval of a project.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1240, Sec. 1. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 9.5 - Federal Transportation Economic Stimulus Funds › Section 2420.

2420. This chapter may be cited as the Transportation Economic Stimulus Act of 2009.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 21, Sec. 2. Effective March 27, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 9.5 - Federal Transportation Economic Stimulus Funds › Section 2421.

2421. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Congress has enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), which provides in part for supplemental federal funding to the states for purposes of the federal-aid highway program.
(b) It is in the interest of the state to ensure that the highway infrastructure investment funds apportioned to the state under the federal act are fully obligated within the constraints of that act.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department, in consultation with the commission, regional transportation planning agencies, counties, and cities, shall have sufficient authority to make full and expeditious use of federal funds apportioned to the state for economic stimulus.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent allowable under the federal act, priority be given to the use of stimulus funds available for expenditure by the Department of Transportation for projects that repair or rehabilitate the existing transportation system and to advance funds for projects under the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 that have been delayed or are in jeopardy of being canceled due to the state’s inability to issue general obligation bonds in the short term. In the programming of these funds, consideration shall be given to activities that put Californians to work and provide needed economic stimulus throughout the state.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that highway infrastructure investment funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are used to contribute to a transportation system that is in sound structural condition, accommodates all users, is environmentally sustainable, and allows for the efficient mobility of goods and people.
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the deadlines for obligating and liquidating funds established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 apply to all federal funds appropriated by this chapter.
(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the recipients of highway infrastructure investment funds made available under the federal act, including state, regional, and local agencies, shall adhere to principles and policies that ensure government oversight and management of the contracting process to ensure taxpayer funds are spent wisely; contracts are not wasteful, inefficient, or subject to misuse; unnecessary no-bid and cost-plus contracts are avoided; and contracts are awarded according to the best interests of California taxpayers.
(h) As used in this chapter, “federal act” shall mean the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 21, Sec. 2. Effective March 27, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 9.5 - Federal Transportation Economic Stimulus Funds › Section 2422.

2422. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Legislature hereby appropriates to the department the sum of two billion five hundred sixty-nine million five hundred sixty-eight thousand three hundred twenty dollars ($2,569,568,320), and any additional funds, made available to the state as highway infrastructure investment funds pursuant to Title XII of Division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and apportioned to the state pursuant to Title 23 of the United States Code to carry out projects eligible under that act and in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The funds appropriated by this section shall be available for obligation and expenditure by the dates specified in the federal requirements implementing the federal act.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow for such flexibility as is necessary to permit the successful implementation of the appropriations made by this section. The Legislature hereby authorizes the Department of Finance to appropriately itemize and schedule these appropriations, or to make adjustments as are necessary, in order to successfully carry out the intent of the federal act.
(d) The Director of Finance shall, within 90 days after the enactment of this chapter, furnish the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations and the state budget, and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, with a report that describes the schedule of funding. The Director of Finance shall provide notification to the Legislature of any changes in that schedule 30 days prior to any change taking effect.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 3rd Ex. Sess., Ch. 21, Sec. 2. Effective March 27, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 9.5 - Federal Transportation Economic Stimulus Funds › Section 2424.

2424. (a) The department, metropolitan planning organizations, county transportation commissions, regional transportation planning agencies, counties, cities, and a city and county shall comply with all reporting requirements to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) established in federal law regarding funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(b) In complying with the requirements of subdivision (a), the department, metropolitan planning organizations, county transportation commissions, regional transportation planning agencies, counties, cities, and a city and county shall provide the same data they provide to the FHWA to the department under the same timelines required by the FHWA or federal law. Regional entities shall include in the data provided to the department information on the use of federal funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that were suballocated to cities and counties within their jurisdiction.
(c) All jurisdictions that received and obligated or expended federal funds for transportation enhancement activities pursuant to federal law and this chapter shall include in the data they provide to the department pursuant to subdivision (b) a description of the number, value, and type of project that involved the participation of a community conservation corps or the California Conservation Corps.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 172. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2450.

2450. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Grade separation” means, for the purpose of calculating the railroad contribution to the project, the theoretical structure necessary to separate the roadway from the railroad grade for the number of lanes on the existing highway and for the full width of the railroad corridor, in accordance with the current design standards of the department.
(b) “Project” means the grade separation and other structures that actually separate the vehicular roadway from the railroad tracks, and all approaches, ramps, connections, drainage, and other construction required to make the grade separation operable and to effect the separation of grades. A grade separation project may include provision for separation of nonmotorized traffic from the vehicular roadway and the railroad tracks. If a separation of nonmotorized traffic is not to be included in a project, there shall be an affirmative finding that the separation of nonmotorized traffic is not in the public interest. On any project where there is only one railroad track in existence, the project shall be built so as to provide for expansion to two tracks when the Director of Transportation determines that the project is on an existing or potential major railroad passenger corridor. The project may consist of:
(1) The alteration or reconstruction of existing grade separations.
(2) The construction of new grade separations to eliminate existing grade crossings.
(c) “Highway” means city street, a county highway, or a state highway which is not a freeway as defined in Section 257.
(d) “Railroad” means a railroad corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 315, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2451.

2451. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “local agency” includes a city, a county, a separation-of-grade district, and any public entity that provides rail passenger transportation services.
(b) Before a separation-of-grade district may apply to the commission pursuant to this chapter for an allocation for a project, the district shall consult with and obtain the written consent of the city in which the project is located, or the county if the project is located in unincorporated territory.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 137, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2452.

2452. Prior to July 1 of each year, the Public Utilities Commission shall establish a list, in order of priority, of projects that the commission determines to be most urgently in need of separation or alteration. The priority list shall be determined on the basis of criteria established by the Public Utilities Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 315, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2453.

2453. From the funds set aside pursuant to Section 190, as well as from any other funds that may be set aside for purposes of this chapter, the California Transportation Commission shall make allocations for projects contained in the latest priority list established pursuant to Section 2452. Such allocations shall be made for preconstruction costs and construction costs. Where allocations are made to a local agency, the requirements of Sections 2456 and 2457 shall first be met.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 102.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2453.5.

2453.5. The department may submit its comments and recommendations to the commission on any project for which an allocation is to be made.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1178, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2454.2.

2454.2. The planned removal of trackage of the Sacramento Northern Railway, the construction of substitute tracks and track connections, the elimination of 10 existing grade crossings, the acquisition of necessary rights-of-way, and all necessary associated work and appurtenances, to enable Sacramento Northern Railway trains to operate via existing trackage of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, in and adjacent to the City of Pittsburg, shall be eligible for an allocation under Section 2453. The Public Utilities Commission shall determine to what extent, if any, the railroad shall contribute to the project. Such eligibility shall not be contingent on whether the railroad agrees to contribute, and the California Highway Commission shall not deny an allocation on such grounds.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary to enact this special law regarding the Pittsburg track removal and grade crossing elimination project because of the existence of the following special facts and circumstances:
The predominant traffic carried by the Sacramento Northern Railway consists of high explosives, bombs, shells, and ammunition destined for the United States Navy ammunition depot at Port Chicago. Such trains traverse residential areas, cross 10 streets at grade, and constitute a grave hazard to the life and safety of the residents of Pittsburg. Sacramento Northern Railway is willing to remove its tracks and operate its trains via the tracks of the Atchision, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, which is already partially grade separated and which offers a safer route. However, Sacramento Northern Railway will sacrifice certain of its own facilities, will receive no benefits, and therefore is unwilling to contribute any portion of the cost incidental to the removal of its trackage or for the construction of substitute track connections and appurtenances or for the acquisition of rights-of-way.
Based on the foregoing, the Legislature therefore finds and declares that it is necessary that the Sacramento Northern track removal and relocation project in and adjacent to the City of Pittsburg shall be eligible for a grade separation allocation, and that subdivision (d) of Section 2454, relating to a contribution by the railroad, shall not apply for purposes of qualifying for an allocation under Section 2453.
(Added by renumbering Section 2404.2 by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2455.

2455. After an allocation is made to a local agency by the commission, the local agency and the department shall enter into an agreement concerning the handling and accounting of funds, including procedures to permit prompt payment for the work accomplished, and relative to any other phase of the work. The procedures providing for prompt payment of work accomplished shall be drawn in such a manner as to avoid the necessity for the local agency to utilize funds in an amount greater than the local agency’s share of the project costs. Such agreement may establish procedures for the programming of the work of the project in order to assure optimum cash flow utilization of funds made available by the Legislature for purposes of this chapter.
(Added by renumbering Section 2405 by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2456.

2456. An allocation for construction costs, including preconstruction costs if not already allocated, shall be made to a local agency only if it furnishes evidence satisfactory to the department that all necessary orders of the Public Utilities Commission have been executed, that sufficient local funds will be made available as the work of the project progresses, that all necessary agreements with affected railroad or railroads have been executed that, if required, all environmental impact reports have been prepared and approvals obtained, and that all other matters prerequisite to the award of the construction contract can be accomplished within two years after the allocation. Local funds shall be deemed available to the amount of any general obligation bonds authorized but unsold if it is determined that those bonds may be issued and sold by the local agency at any time.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 298, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2457.

2457. Preconstruction costs (engineering, right-of-way, preparation of environmental impact reports, and utility relocation) expended by a local agency prior to any allocation shall be included in the total cost of the project even though expended prior to an allocation. Allocations shall be made for preconstruction costs to a local agency that submits evidence satisfactory to the department that the local agency will be able to meet the requirements for an allocation for construction costs, and that preconstruction costs will exceed the local share of the cost of the project. A local agency may also proceed with the advertising for bids and the construction of a project without prejudice to its right to receive an allocation if an allocation is, in fact, made for such project within the same fiscal year that the construction contract was awarded.
(Added by renumbering Section 2407 by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2458.

2458. If a construction contract has not been awarded within two years after an allocation for construction costs, the commission may order the allocation canceled and those funds shall revert to the fund set aside for purposes of this chapter. All or any part of an allocation for preconstruction costs may be canceled and those funds shall revert to the fund set aside for purposes of this chapter upon a finding that insufficient progress is being made to complete the project. Where an allocation is canceled pursuant to this section, the local agency shall reimburse the fund set aside for purposes of this chapter the portion of the allocation that is not reverted as set forth in this section. The department shall determine, with the local agency, as to the time of repayment.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 315, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2459.

2459. If the actual cost of the project is less than estimated, the allocations made for such project shall be reduced accordingly and the excess shall revert to the fund set aside for the purposes of this chapter. If the actual and necessary cost of the project exceeds the estimate, the allocations made for such project shall be augmented proportionately by a supplemental allocation. An allocation, however, need not be made for a supplemental allocation, unless the commission is satisfied that funds would have been allocated for the project had the actual costs been used in determining its ranking on the priority list.
(Added by renumbering Section 2409 by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2460.

2460. If more projects comply with the requirements of this chapter than can be financed from funds set aside for purposes of this chapter, allocations shall be made to those projects highest on the priority list established pursuant to Section 2452. The commission may make allocations for any project when it determines, at the time of allocation, that sufficient funds are available for all projects which are higher on the priority list and which are, or are reasonably expected to become, eligible during the fiscal year.
(Added by renumbering Section 2410 (as added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1153) by Stats. 1974, Ch. 545.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2460.5.

2460.5. From funds remaining after allocations for projects higher on the priority list, the commission shall offer to allocate the remaining funds for the next eligible project on the priority list, even though the amount of the remaining funds is less than the amount the local agency is entitled to for that project.
The commission, in the next fiscal year, shall allocate to the local agency an additional amount equal to the difference between the amount the local agency was eligible to receive and the amount of the reduced allocation.
The total of the amount of allocations for a single project, including, but not limited to, any allocation pursuant to this section, shall not exceed the amount prescribed by subdivision (c) of Section 2454 without specific legislative authorization.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 315, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2460.7.

2460.7. A project that is on the priority list may be constructed by a local agency prior to the time that it reaches a high enough priority for funding under this chapter. The project shall retain its eligibility for listing on subsequent priority lists established by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 2452 by applying the traffic, accident, and other conditions existing at the project location at the time immediately preceding the start of construction.
If the project subsequently reaches a high enough priority for funding under this chapter, funds shall be allocated and paid to the local agency in the same manner, and under the same terms and conditions, as any other project funded under this chapter on the basis of the cost of construction of the project. To be eligible for subsequent funding under this section, both of the following requirements shall be met:
(a) The work on the project shall be performed under terms and conditions established by the department.
(b) The project has received the prior approval of the California Transportation Commission.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1354 (Sec. 1).)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects › Section 2461.

2461. Allocations for specific projects on the state highway system only shall be deemed expenditures within the county in which the project is situated for the purpose of compliance by the department and the commission with Sections 188 and 188.8.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 104.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 11 - Federal Aid for Rural Highway Public Transportation › Section 2501.

2501. Federal law has authorized appropriations for expenditure for public mass transportation on highways in rural areas in order to enhance access of rural area populations to employment, health care, retail centers, education, and public services. The purpose of this chapter is to implement that program in this state. The boards of supervisors, city councils, and the department are authorized to do all things necessary and proper in their respective jurisdictions to secure the federal funds for use on rural highway public mass transportation projects in accordance with the intent of federal law and of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 42, Sec. 1. Effective April 1, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 11 - Federal Aid for Rural Highway Public Transportation › Section 2503.

2503. As used in this chapter, “rural areas” means areas as defined in Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 11 - Federal Aid for Rural Highway Public Transportation › Section 2505.

2505. The department shall establish operating procedures and take such other appropriate actions to comply with the provisions of this chapter and with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 11 - Federal Aid for Rural Highway Public Transportation › Section 2506.

2506. All applications for federal funds for rural public mass transportation projects under Section 147 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-87) shall be made through the department.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 781.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 11 - Federal Aid for Rural Highway Public Transportation › Section 2507.

2507. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may authorize the Controller to make payments to claimants for work performed on a rural public mass transportation project prior to the execution of a formal grant agreement subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) The work is expressly included in a program of projects approved by the department and submitted to the United States Department of Transportation for funding.
(b) A grant agreement for the work is subsequently executed between the department and the claimant.
(c) Funds are specifically appropriated and available for the work.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 42, Sec. 2. Effective April 1, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2520.

2520. This chapter may be cited as the Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads Act.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2521.

2521. By the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974, and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976, Congress has enacted Section 219 of Title 23 of the United States Code establishing a Safer Off-System Roads Program for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement (including, but not limited to, the correction of safety hazards, the replacement of bridges and the elimination of high-hazard locations and roadside obstacles) of any toll-free road, which is not on any federal-aid system and which is under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel. Boards of supervisors, city councils, the department, and the commission may do all things necessary and proper in their respective jurisdictions to secure the federal funds available under this program for local roads and state highways in accordance with the intent of the federal act and this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2530.

2530. (a) The federal act provides that sums apportioned to a state under this program be made available for projects throughout the state on a fair and equitable basis. It is in the interest of the state and its counties and cities that the federal funds made available for the Safer Off-System Roads Program be made available by the commission for use on county roads and city streets.
(b) The funds shall be apportioned among the counties in accordance with the formula prescribed by federal law for apportionment among the states, except that no county shall receive less than one-half of 1 percent of each year’s apportionment.
(c) The distribution of funds among the cities within each county and the county shall be determined by agreement between the county and a majority of the cities, which cities shall include a majority of the municipal population within the county. A copy of the agreement shall be filed with the department.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2532.

2532. Within 60 days after the apportionment is made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2530, each county shall notify the department as to the amount of the apportionment the county and its cities wish to claim.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2533.

2533. The county or city responsible for the construction of a safer off-system road project shall prepare the plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for the construction of the project in conformance with federal requirements for off-system roads, shall certify the necessary right-of-way, and shall submit such documents to the department in order to qualify for federal funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 198, Sec. 1. Effective June 20, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2534.

2534. All funds not claimed pursuant to Section 2532 shall lapse.
The lapsed funds of a county may be reallocated for expenditure upon safer off-system road projects of counties and cities within the other counties of the county group, as specified in Section 187, which included that county, based upon their proportional share of the original apportionment within that county group.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 198, Sec. 2. Effective June 20, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2535.

2535. By agreement with the department, a county or city may transfer all or part of the funds apportioned to it under this chapter to a qualifying safer off-system roads project on a road under other governmental jurisdiction in the same county, or to a qualifying project in another county under such terms and conditions as are agreed upon by the department and the counties or cities, as the case may be, involved.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 12 - Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads › ARTICLE 2 - Administration › Section 2537.

2537. The counties and cities may use any funds available to them to match federal funds made available under this chapter, if the use of funds for such matching purposes is not prohibited by federal law. “Match,” as used in this chapter, means to provide for the payment of the cost of any project to the extent that such cost is not to be reimbursed from federal funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1270.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 13 - Abandoned Railroad Lines › Section 2540.

2540. The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to acquire abandoned railroad lines when the right-of-way for such lines has a potential public transportation use including, but not limited to, a use for highways, busways, bicycles, pedestrians, or guideways.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1130.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 13 - Abandoned Railroad Lines › Section 2542.

2542. The Abandoned Railroad Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The money in the Abandoned Railroad Account is appropriated to the department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1130.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 13 - Abandoned Railroad Lines › Section 2544.

2544. The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature not later than July 1, 1976, a priority list of abandoned railroad lines having rights-of-way that may be developed for public transportation uses.
In preparing the list, the department shall consider the State Rail Plan prepared pursuant to Section 7701 of the Public Utilities Code and shall also consult with any city, county, transit district, or regional transportation planning entity within whose boundaries those abandoned railroad lines are located.
The department may consider contributions by local agencies toward the purchase of those rights-of-way as a factor in ranking the rights-of-way on the priority list.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 317, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 13 - Abandoned Railroad Lines › Section 2546.

2546. With money made available for such purpose, the department may acquire any of the rights-of-way included in the priority list prepared pursuant to Section 2544 and shall offer such property to all cities, counties, and transit districts within whose jurisdiction such property is located for development for public transportation purposes. If such public entities indicate an intent to develop such property, the department shall enter into an agreement with them providing for the conveyance of the property for the development of the public transportation use and for such other matters as may be agreed to. If no agreement is reached within three years of the acquisition of the property by the department, such property shall be sold to the highest bidder and the money received shall be deposited in the Abandoned Railroad Account. The department shall acquire the properties in sequence as listed in the priority list unless, for a particular property, the department reasonably determines that (1) the railroad owner is seeking an unreasonably high price for the property; (2) there does not appear to be a public entity willing to enter into an agreement pursuant to this section to develop the property, or (3) the price of the property exceeds the amount of funds available in the Abandoned Railroad Account in the State Transportation Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1098.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 13 - Abandoned Railroad Lines › Section 2548.

2548. In the name of the people of the State of California or, upon authorization from a city, county, or transit district, in the name of such city, county, or transit district, the department may condemn for public transportation purposes, under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to eminent domain, any right-of-way underlying an abandoned railroad line in fee or any lesser interest found by the department to be necessary.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the acquisition of such property is a public necessity and is compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1130.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 13 - Abandoned Railroad Lines › Section 2549.

2549. (a) Any city, county, transit operator, or the department may submit an application to the department for an advance of funds for the purchase of abandoned railroad rights-of-way pursuant to Section 99317 of the Public Utilities Code. The department shall evaluate the applications in accordance with criteria and procedures adopted by the commission and shall submit the applications and its recommendations thereon to the commission not later than February 1 of each year.
(b) The commission shall adopt criteria and procedures for the evaluation of applications by the department. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to all of the following:
(1) The viability of the right-of-way as a transit corridor.
(2) The extent of local financial participation in the acquisition.
(3) The degree to which the unacquired right-of-way is jeopardized by encroaching development.
(c) The commission shall annually adopt a priority list for the advance of funds available for the purpose of this section. The commission shall establish and forward to all applicants a preliminary list at least 30 days prior to the date of a commission hearing on the list. The commission shall adopt the priority list, as proposed or as amended, at a subsequent commission hearing following the initial hearing. The commission shall advance funds available for the purposes of this section in accordance with the adopted priority list.
(d) Any advance of funds pursuant to this section shall be repaid within a three-year period and shall be repaid with interest at a rate equal the interest rate earned on moneys in the Pooled Money Investment Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1540, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2550.

2550. The Legislature declares that its intent in enacting this chapter is to encourage a motorist aid system comprising multiple service elements and infrastructure along the California Freeway and Expressway System to enable motorists in need of aid to obtain assistance. However, it is not intended that a motorist aid system be considered an emergency system.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 491, Sec. 1. (SB 516) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2551.

2551. (a) A service authority for freeway emergencies may be established in any county if the board of supervisors of the county and the city councils of a majority of the cities within the county having a majority of the population of cities within the county adopt resolutions providing for the establishment of the authority.
(b) The resolutions may designate the county transportation commission for the county created pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code or a council of governments formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) as the service authority for freeway emergencies. The powers of a commission or council of governments so designated are limited to those of the service authority.
(c) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission may function as the service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the Counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Napa, and the City and County of San Francisco, upon adoption of a resolution by the commission to act as a service authority and upon ratification of the commission’s resolution in a particular county by the board of supervisors of the city and county or by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority of the population of the cities within the county.
(d) (1) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may function as the service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and San Joaquin, or any other county that is not within another multicounty service authority, upon adoption of a resolution by the council to act as a service authority and upon ratification of the resolution in a particular county by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority of the population of the cities within the county.
(2) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may also exercise, as a service authority, in any of those counties, the powers specified in Section 891.5 pertaining to callboxes on class 1 bikeways.
(e) The Imperial County Transportation Commission may function as the service authority for freeway emergencies in the County of Imperial pursuant to Section 132822 of the Public Utilities Code upon adoption of a resolution by the commission to act as a service authority and upon ratification of the resolution by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority of the population of the cities within the county.
(f) As used in this chapter, “authority” and “service authority” mean a service authority for freeway emergencies created pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 11, Sec. 3. (AB 335) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2551.5.

2551.5. The board of supervisors, and the city councils of the cities in the county, may authorize the members of the service authority to receive for each attendance at meetings of the service authority, and for each day any member is engaged in authorized service authority business other than attendance at meetings of the service authority, the maximum sum of one hundred dollars ($100), but not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month, and to be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1132, Sec. 3.5. Effective September 22, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2551.6.

2551.6. A service authority may agree to operate the freeway service patrol in the county or region in which the service authority was created. If another agency is operating a freeway service patrol in the county or region, the service authority shall obtain approval from that agency before operating the freeway service patrol.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 374, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2552.

2552. When the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or the Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as the service authority for two or more counties, the revenues which it receives pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code, after retention of amounts necessary to reimburse the commission or the council for its reasonable and necessary administrative costs, shall be expended for implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system within those counties. The amount expended for each of those counties shall be in the same proportion as the revenues generated within the county bears to the total revenues received by the commission or the council. Expenditures may be made in a county in addition to revenues proportionately generated if the expenditures are approved by all of the donor county representatives on the service authority.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 549, Sec. 2. Effective October 7, 1991.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2553.

2553. An authority, other than the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or a county transportation commission or a council of governments designated pursuant to Section 2551, shall have seven members, with two members selected by the board of supervisors and five members selected jointly by the city councils of cities within the county.
If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission functions as a service authority, it shall consist of all the members of the commission as set forth in Section 66503 of the Government Code.
If the Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as a service authority, it shall consist of (a) all of the members of the board of directors of the council, as set forth in the Joint Powers Agreement of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, dated October 21, 1980, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, (b) one member representing San Joaquin County, (c) one member representing the cities of San Joaquin County, (d) one member representing any other county that is not already a member of the council, and (e) one member representing the cities within that county.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 877, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2554.

2554. An authority may contract and may undertake any act convenient or necessary to carry out this chapter and any other law relating to the authority.
(Added by renumbering Section 2552 by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1132, Sec. 6. Effective September 22, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 3 - APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS › CHAPTER 14 - Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies › Section 2555.

2555. An authority may impose a fee of one dollar ($1) per year, on vehicles registered in the county pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 766, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)