California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2542

Introduced by Assembly Member Gatto

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Section 1800 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to streets and highways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2542, as introduced, Gatto. City streets and highways.

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to do any and all things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct any section or portion of any street or highway within its jurisdiction as a freeway and to make any existing street or highway a freeway.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 1800 of the Streets and Highways Code
is amended to read:

1800.  

The legislative body of begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert city may do any and all
things necessary to lay out, acquire, and construct begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert section
or portion of begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert street or highway within its jurisdiction as a
begin delete freeway, end delete begin insert freeway end insert and to make begin delete any end delete begin insert an end insert existing street or highway
a freeway.