BILL NUMBER: AB 2741	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

    An act to amend Section 21350 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to traffic control.   An act to amend Section
65071 of the Government Code, relating to transportation. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2741, as amended, Salas.  Traffic control devices.
  Long-range transportation planning: California
Transportation Plan   .  
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to complete
the first update of the California Transportation Plan by December
31, 2015, and to update the plan every 5 years thereafter. Existing
law requires the California Transportation Commission to review the
plan and make certain recommendations.  
   This bill would require the plan to be approved by the commission.
 
   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
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION   1   .    Section 65071 of
the   Government Code   is amended   to
read: 
   65071.  The department shall update the California Transportation
Plan consistent with this chapter. The first update shall be
completed by December 31, 2015. The plan shall be  approved by
the California Transportation Commission and  updated every five
years thereafter. 
  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, 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, other work on 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.