BILL NUMBER: AB 1322	CHAPTERED  10/10/07

	CHAPTER  411
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 10, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 10, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 17, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 24, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 2, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Duvall

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 102 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1322, Duvall. Transportation: eminent domain.
   Existing law makes the Department of Transportation responsible
for the construction of state highways and authorizes it to do any
act necessary for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use
of highways under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. Under
existing law, the department is authorized to acquire by eminent
domain any property necessary for state highway purposes.
   This bill would require the department, for any property that the
department is acquiring by, or under threat of, eminent domain, to
provide, in a timely manner, to the property owner a copy of all
appraisals performed or obtained by the department. The bill would
also require the appraiser to provide a copy of those appraisals to
the department if they are first provided to the property owner
instead of the department.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 102 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   102.  (a) In the name of the people of the State of California,
the department may acquire by eminent domain any property necessary
for state highway purposes.
   (b) For any property that the department is acquiring by, or under
threat of, eminent domain, the department shall, in a timely manner,
provide a copy of all appraisals it performed or obtained for the
property to the property owner. If any appraisals that are performed
or paid for by the department are first provided to the property
owner, the appraiser shall provide a copy of those appraisals to the
department.