BILL NUMBER: AB 2741	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2741, as introduced, Salas. Traffic control devices.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to place
and maintain appropriate signs, signals, and other traffic control
devices on highways under its jurisdiction and, with the consent of
local authorities, to place and maintain appropriate signs, signals,
and other traffic control devices in or 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 or on state
highways.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive revisions to this
authorization.
   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,  such 
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 Transportation may, with
the consent of the local authorities, 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,  such
 other work on city streets and county roads, as may be
necessary or desirable to  control,   control
 or direct traffic, or to facilitate traffic flow, to or from or
on state highways.