BILL NUMBER: AB 2559	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Frazier

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to  amend Section 229.26 of   add
Section 229.261 to  the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
highways.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2559, as amended, Frazier. Tourist-oriented directional
 signs.   signs: visitor centers. 
   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 require the department to authorize under these
provisions tourist-oriented directional signs for any visitor's
center seeking a sign if the visitor center is located within 2 miles
from the highway intersection and that authorization otherwise meets
the requirements of these provisions.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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


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

   SECTION   1   .    Section 229.261
is added to the   Streets and Highways Code   , to
read:  
   229.261.  The department shall authorize under this chapter
tourist-oriented directional signs for any visitor's center seeking a
sign if the visitor center is located within two miles from the
highway intersection and that authorization otherwise meets the
requirements of this chapter.  
  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 facility.