BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 21, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
AB 1957 (Dickinson) - As Amended: March 6, 2014
SUBJECT : State Highways: relinquishment
SUMMARY : Authorizes the California Transportation Commission
(CTC) to relinquish to the City of Sacramento the portion of
State Route (SR) 16 located between Watt Avenue and the City of
Sacramento boundary.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Statutorily identifies state highway system routes.
2)Defines a "state highway" as any roadway that is acquired,
laid out, constructed, improved, or maintained as a state
highway pursuant to constitutional or legislative
authorization.
3)Specifies that it is the intent of the Legislature that the
prescribed routes of the state highway system connect the
communities and regions of the state and that they serve the
state's economy by connecting centers of commerce, industry,
agriculture, mineral wealth, and recreation.
4)Provides for the expansion or deletion of the state highway
system through a process whereby CTC makes a finding that it
is in the best interest of the state to include or delete a
specified portion of roadway to the system.
5)Provides for the relinquishment of a portion of the state
highway to a city or county under an agreement between the
local jurisdiction and the Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) when an act of the Legislature has deleted the
portion of highway from the state highway system.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Each session, numerous bills authorizing CTC to
relinquish segments of the state highway system to local
jurisdictions are passed by the Legislature and signed by the
Governor. Relinquishment transactions are generally preceded by
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a negotiation of terms and conditions between the local
jurisdiction and Caltrans. Once an agreement has been
established, CTC typically approves the relinquishment and
verifies its approval via a resolution. The final step is for
the Legislature to delete these segments from current law.
State highway relinquishments provide recipient agencies with
greater control over a local transportation segment and relieve
Caltrans of any further responsibility to improve, maintain, or
repair it.
The City of Sacramento is seeking relinquishment of the portion
of SR 16 located between Watt Avenue and the City of Sacramento
boundary from the state because it believes controlling this
segment will allow it to make improvements that better
accommodate future development plans in the area.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
City of Sacramento
County of Sacramento
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-
2093