BILL NUMBER: AB 635 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 757 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 12, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 11, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 7, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 18, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 19, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 16, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Bates and Runner FEBRUARY 22, 2001 An act to amend Sections 301 and 426 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 635, Bates. Highways: relinquishment: State Highway Routes 1 and 126. Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to relinquish to any city or county any portion of any state highway within the city or county that has been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment. These relinquishments become effective upon the first day of the next calendar or fiscal year, whichever first occurs after the effective date of the legislative enactment. This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Dana Point a specified portion of State Highway Route 1 that is located within the city limits of that city upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state, if the commission and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment. The bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Santa Clarita the portion of State Highway Route 126 that is between State Highway Route 5 and State Highway Route 14, pursuant to the terms of a cooperative agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and the Department of Transportation. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 301 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 301. Route 1 is from: (a) Route 5 south of San Juan Capistrano to Route 101 near El Rio. (b) Route 101 at Emma Wood State Beach, 1.3 miles north of Route 33, to Route 101, 2.8 miles south of the Ventura-Santa Barbara county line at Mobil Pier Undercrossing. (c) Route 101 near Las Cruces to Route 101 in Pismo Beach via the vicinity of Lompoc, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and Guadalupe. (d) Route 101 in San Luis Obispo to Route 280 south of San Francisco along the coast via Cambria, San Simeon, and Santa Cruz. (e) Route 280 near the south boundary of the City and County of San Francisco to Route 101 near the approach to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. (f) Route 101 near the southerly end of Marin Peninsula to Route 101 near Leggett via the coast route through Jenner and Westport. (g) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of Dana Point, the portion of Route 1 that is located within the city limits of that city and is between the western edge of the San Juan Creek channel overcrossing and the city limits of the City of Laguna Beach, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state, if the commission and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment. (2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately following 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, that portion of Route 1 so relinquished shall cease to be a state highway. (4) For portions of Route 1 that are relinquished under this subdivision, the City of Dana Point shall maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 1. SEC. 2. Section 426 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 426. (a) Route 126 is from: (1) Route 101 near Ventura to Route 5. (2) Route 5 to Route 14 near Solemint. (b) Route 126 from Route 101 near Ventura to Route 5 shall be known and designated as the "Santa Paula Freeway." (c) (1) The commission, upon a determination that it is in the best interest of the state to do so, may relinquish to the City of Santa Clarita the portion of Route 126 that is between Route 5 and Route 14, pursuant to the terms of a cooperative agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and the department. (2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately following the County Recorder's recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment. (3) The portion of Route 126 relinquished under this subdivision shall cease to be a state highway on the effective date of the relinquishment. (4) For portions of Route 126 that are relinquished under this subdivision, the City of Santa Clarita shall maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 126.