BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
SCR
147 (Anderson) - As Amended August 2, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 37-0
SUBJECT: Historic Highway Route 79
SUMMARY: Designates a portion of State Highway Route 79 (SR 79)
in San Diego and Riverside Counties as "Historic Highway Route
79." Specifically, this resolution:
1)Describes the course and history of SR 79.
2)Designates the portion of SR 79 between post mile L 0.044 at
Japatul Valley Road in San Diego County and post mile RIV
15.74 at Butterfield Stage Road in Riverside County as
"Historic Highway Route 79."
3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing the special designation and, upon receiving donations
from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those
signs.
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EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation
and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: The route of SR 79 was traveled by explorers,
settlers, miners, and immigrants since the 17th Century. This
resolution designating a portion of SR 79 as "Historic Highway
Route 79" acknowledges the historical significance of the route
and its importance in the development of California.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
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Analysis Prepared by:Justin Behrens / TRANS. / (916)
319-2093