Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate Bill No. 461

Introduced by Senator Hernandez

February 25, 2015

An act to amend Section begin delete 30304 end delete begin insert 464 end insert of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to begin delete transportation. end delete begin insert highways. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 461, as amended, Hernandez. begin delete Toll bridges and facilities: funds. end delete begin insert State Highway Route 164: relinquishment. end insert

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Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies.

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This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish the portion of State Highway Route 164 from Gallatin Road near Pico Rivera to the southern city limits of South El Monte in the vicinity of Rush Street in the County of Los Angeles to that county, under specified conditions.

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Existing law, the California Toll Bridge Authority Act, makes the California Transportation Commission, together with the Department of Transportation, responsible for building and acquiring toll facilities and related transportation facilities. Under existing law, all tolls or other revenue received from the operation of toll bridges and related facilities that were acquired or constructed with bond funding are deposited into a special fund designated for the particular toll bridge or facility that produced the toll or revenue.

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This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision specifying deposit of this particular revenue into the designated special fund.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 464 of the end insert begin insert Streets and Highways Code end insert begin insert is
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464.  

(a) Route 164 is Rosemead Boulevard from:

(1) Gallatin Road near Pico Rivera to the southern city limit of
begin delete Temple end delete begin insert South El Monte in the vicinity of Rush Street. end insert

begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The southern city limit of South El Monte in the vicinity of
Rush Street to the southern city limit of Temple end insert City in the vicinity
of Grand Avenue.

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(2)

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begin insert (3) end insert  Route 210 to Foothill Boulevard in the City of Pasadena.

(b) The relinquished former portions of Route 164 within the
County of Los Angeles and the City of Temple City are not state
highways and are not eligible for adoption under Section 81. For
the relinquished former portions of Route 164, the County of Los
Angeles and the City of Temple City shall maintain within their
respective jurisdictions signs directing motorists to the continuation
of Route 164.

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(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may
relinquish to the County of Los Angeles that portion of Route 164
described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), pursuant to the
terms of a cooperative agreement between the county and the
department, upon a determination by the commission that the
relinquishment is in the best interests of the state.

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(2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become
effective immediately following the recordation by the county
recorder of the relinquishment resolution containing the
commission’s approval of the terms and conditions of the
relinquishment.

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(3) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, both
of the following shall apply:

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(A) The portion of Route 164 relinquished under this subdivision
shall cease to be a state highway.

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(B) The portion of Route 164 relinquished under this subdivision
may not be considered for future adoption under Section 81.

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(4) For the portion of Route 164 that is relinquished under this
subdivision, the County of Los Angeles shall maintain within its
jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route
164.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 30304 of the Streets and Highways Code
is amended to read:

30304.  

All tolls or other revenues received from the operation
of any toll bridge or other highway crossing, transportation
facilities, or additional transportation facilities acquired or
constructed with the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant
to this chapter shall be paid by the department at least monthly to
the State Treasurer who shall deposit them forthwith in a depositary
or depositaries authorized by law to receive deposits of state funds,
to the credit of a special fund to be designated as the toll revenue
fund of the particular toll bridge or other highway crossing,
transportation facilities, or additional transportation facilities
producing the tolls or revenue. The fund shall at all times be kept
segregated and set apart from all other funds.

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