BILL NUMBER: AB 2559	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 229.26 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2559, as introduced, Frazier. Tourist-oriented directional
signs.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to
administer a program for the placement of tourist-oriented
directional signs for businesses, attractions, or facilities near
state highways in nonurbanized areas. Existing law specifies various
requirements for placement of these signs, including that the maximum
distance from a highway intersection to an attraction or facility
may generally not exceed 10 miles, but may not exceed 3 miles in the
case of food or lodging facilities.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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 229.26 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
   229.26.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the distance
from the nearest highway intersection to the nearest facility or
attraction shall not exceed 10 miles.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the maximum distance from the
signed intersection to the nearest facility or attraction shall not
exceed the following:
   (1) One mile for a service station.
   (2) Three miles for  a  food or lodging 
facilities.   facility.