AB333:v97#DOCUMENTBill Start
Assembly Bill
No. 333
CHAPTER 339
An act to amend Section 485 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.
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Approved by
Governor
September 28, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 28, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 333, Quirk.
State Highway Route 185: relinquishment: County of Alameda.
Existing law establishes the State Highway System and designates state highway routes from Route 1 to Route 905, unless otherwise specified by name, and authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish all or a portion of designated state highway routes to specified local agencies if certain conditions are met. Portions of state highways that have been relinquished are not state highways and become ineligible for future adoption as a part of the State Highway System.
Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish all or a portion of Route 185 in the City of Hayward to the city, as specified.
This bill would additionally authorize the commission to relinquish all or a portion of Route 185 in the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda to that county, as
specified.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO
Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 485 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:485.
(a) Route 185 is from Route 92 in Hayward to Route 77 in Oakland.(b) The relinquished former portions of Route 185 within the City of Hayward and within the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda are not a state highway and
are not eligible for adoption under Section 81. For the relinquished former portions of Route 185, the City of Hayward and the County of Alameda shall maintain within their respective jurisdictions signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 185 or to the state highway system, as applicable.
(c) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of Hayward
or the County of Alameda all or any portion of Route 185 located within the city limits of that city or within the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda, as applicable, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state, if the department and the city or county enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.
(2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately after the county recorder’s recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission’s approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.
(3) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, both of the following shall occur:
(A) The portion of Route 185 relinquished shall cease to be a state highway.
(B) The portion of Route 185 relinquished shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.
(4) For relinquished portions of Route 185, the City of Hayward and the County of Alameda shall maintain signs within their respective jurisdictions directing motorists to the continuation of Route 185 or to the state highway system, as applicable.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(1) The jurisdiction of the City of Hayward shall refer to all relinquished portions of Route 185 within the City of Hayward.
(2) The jurisdiction of the County of Alameda shall refer to all relinquished portions of Route 185 in the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda.