BILL NUMBER: AB 400	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2015

   An act to add Section 101.14 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highway signs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 400, as amended, Alejo. Department of Transportation:
changeable message signs.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law, the
Outdoor Advertising Act, provides for the regulation by the
department of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public
highways. Existing law also authorizes the department to install and
maintain information signs along state highways.
   This bill would require the department, by June 30, 2016, to
update its internal policies to allow displays of safety,
transportation-related, and voting-relating messages on changeable
message signs, as defined.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 101.14 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   101.14.  (a) Prior to June 30, 2016, the department shall update
its internal policies to allow displays of the following types of
messages on changeable message signs:
   (1) Safety messages.
   (2) Transportation-related messages.
   (3) Reminders to register to vote.
   (4) Reminders to vote as elections approach.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "changeable message sign" means
any electronic sign on a roadway with a changeable message typically
used to alert motorists of traffic conditions, unusual weather
conditions, emergencies, or other events.
   (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the
requirements of the Emergency Alert System or the Amber Plan under
Section 8594 of the Government Code  , or the Blue Alert System
under Section 8594.5 of the Government Code  .