AB 747, as amended, Levine. State Highway Route 131: 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 also authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies.
This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the Town of Tiburon in Marin County a specified portion of State Highway Route 131, under certain conditions.begin insert The bill would require the relinquishment to be done at no cost to the state except upon a finding of need by the commission.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 431 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) Route 131 is from Route 101 to Tiburon.
2(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the
3best interest of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms
4and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the Town of Tiburon
5the portion of Route 131 east of the intersection with Lyford Drive
6within the town limits of the Town of Tiburon, if the department
7and the town enter into an agreement providing for that
8relinquishment. The following conditions shall apply upon
9relinquishment:
10(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date
11following the county recorder’s
recordation of the relinquishment
12resolution containing the commission’s approval of the terms and
13conditions of the relinquishment.
14(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the
15relinquished portion of Route 131 shall cease to be a state highway.
16(3) The portion of Route 131 relinquished under this subdivision
17shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.
18(4) The Town of Tiburon shall ensure the continuity of traffic
19flow on the relinquished portion of Route 131, including any traffic
20signal progression, to the extent applicable.
21(5) The relinquishment shall be done at no
cost to the state
22except upon a finding of need by the commission.
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