BILL NUMBER: SB 186	CHAPTERED  10/06/05

	CHAPTER  594
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 6, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 6, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 13, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 12, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Battin
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Benoit)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Garcia)

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2005

   An act to amend Sections 374 and 411 of the Streets and Highways
Code, relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 186, Battin  State highways: relinquishment.
   Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full
possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes
the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a
process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the
California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the
commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local
agencies.
   This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish portions of
State Highway Routes 74 and 111 in Riverside County to specified
local agencies under certain conditions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 374 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   374.  (a) Route 74 is from:
   (1) Route 5 near San Juan Capistrano to Route 15 near Lake
Elsinore.
   (2) Route 15 near Lake Elsinore to Route 215 near Perris.
   (3) Route 215 near Perris to Route 10 near Thousand Palms via
Hemet and Palm Desert.
   (b) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of Palm Desert
the portion of Route 74 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 department 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, the
relinquished portion of Route 74 shall cease to be a state highway.
   (4) The portion of Route 74 relinquished under this subdivision
shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.
   (5) For the portion of Route 74 that is relinquished under this
subdivision, the City of Palm Desert shall maintain within its
jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route
74.
  SEC. 2.  Section 411 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to
read:
   411.  (a) Route 111 is from:
   (1) The international border south of Calexico to Route 78 near
Brawley, passing east of Heber.
   (2) Route 78 near Brawley to Route 86 via the north shore of the
Salton Sea.
   (3) Route 10 near Indio to the southeastern city limits of Rancho
Mirage.
   (4) The western city limits of Cathedral City to Route 10 near
Whitewater.
   (b) (1) The commission may relinquish to the Cities of Indian
Wells, Indio, and Palm Desert the respective portions of Route 111
that are located within the city limits of those cities, upon terms
and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of
the state, if the department and the applicable 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, the
relinquished portions of Route 111 shall cease to be a state highway.

   (4) The portions of Route 111 relinquished under this subdivision
shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.
   (5) For the portions of Route 111 that are relinquished under this
subdivision, the Cities of Indian Wells, Indio, and Palm Desert, as
applicable, shall maintain within their respective jurisdiction signs
directing motorists to the continuation of Route 111.
   (c) The relinquished former portions of Route 111 within the
Cities of Cathedral City and Rancho Mirage are not a state highway
and are not eligible for adoption under Section 81.