California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2575

Introduced by Assembly Member Baker

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Section 21350 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2575, as introduced, Baker. Traffic control devices.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to place and maintain appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control devices along highways under its jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes the department, with the consent of local authorities, to place and maintain appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control devices along city streets and county roads as may be necessary or desirable to control or direct traffic, or to facilitate traffic flow, to or from state highways.

This bill would make technical, 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 21350 of the Vehicle Code is amended
to read:

21350.  

The Department of Transportation shall place and
maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, with respect to
highways under its jurisdiction, appropriate signs, signals, and
other traffic control devices as required hereunder, and may place
and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, begin delete such end delete
appropriate signs, signals, or other traffic control devices as may
be authorized hereunder, or as may be necessary properly to
indicate and to carry out the provisions of this code, or to warn or
guide traffic upon the highways. The Department of begin delete Transportation
may, end delete begin insert Transportation, end insert with the consent of the local authorities, begin insert may end insert
also place and maintain, or cause to be placed and maintained, in
or along city streets and county roads, appropriate signs, signals,
and other traffic control devices, or may perform, or cause to be
performed, begin delete such end delete begin insert any end insert other work on city streets and county roads,
as may be necessary or desirable to begin delete control, end delete begin insert control end insert or direct traffic,
or to facilitate traffic flow, begin delete to or from end delete begin insert to, from, end insert or on state
highways.