Bill Text: CA AB2277 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adopt a Highway Program: courtesy signs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-16 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2277 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2277-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2277	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hueso

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 91.5 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2277, as introduced, Hueso. Adopt a Highway Program: courtesy
signs.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation may
enter into an agreement with a person or group to clean up litter
alongside a section of state highway and to post a courtesy sign
identifying the group who is providing the litter abatement services.

   This bill would require the department to notify and obtain the
approval, as specified, of the local governing body which has
jurisdiction over the area where a sign would be placed in order to
post a courtesy sign identifying a group that is providing the litter
abatement. The department would also be required to post the notice
of the application on its Internet Web site for access by the public.
The local governing body would have a specified time limit to act on
the application request and the approval could not be unreasonably
withheld.
   Because this bill would require local governments to consider for
approval each application for a highway courtesy sign within their
jurisdiction, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 91.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
   91.5.  (a) The department may enter into an agreement to accept
funds, materials, equipment, or services from any person for
maintenance or roadside enhancement, including the cleanup and
abatement of litter, of a section of a state highway. The department
and the sponsoring person may specify in the agreement the level of
maintenance that will be performed.
   (b) The director may authorize a courtesy sign  upon the
approval, by majority vote, of the local governing body in whose
jurisdiction the proposed courtesy sign is to be displayed, except as
authorized in subdivision (e)  . These courtesy signs shall be
consistent with existing code provisions and department rules and
regulations concerning signs. 
   (c) The department shall provide the local governing body, on a
monthly basis, with notice of an application for a courtesy sign
within the local governing body's jurisdiction. This notice shall
also be posted on the department's Internet Web site for access by
the general public.  
   (d) The local governing body shall have 30 days from the date it
receives notification from the department to hold a hearing and
decide whether or not to approve the proposed courtesy sign. 

   (e) If the local governing body does not notify the department of
its decision on the proposed courtesy sign within 30 days from
receiving notification from the department, the director may
authorize the proposed courtesy sign.  
   (f) The local governing body shall approve a courtesy sign unless
public findings have been made that provide reasonable grounds for
denial. 
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.