BILL NUMBER: SB 461	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 6, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hernandez

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 464 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 461, as amended, Hernandez. State Highway Route 164:
relinquishment.
   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.
   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   limit  of
 South  El Monte in the vicinity of  Rush
Street  the Rio Hondo River  in the County of Los
Angeles to that county, under specified conditions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 464 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   464.  (a) Route 164 is Rosemead Boulevard from:
   (1) Gallatin Road near Pico Rivera to the southern city limit of
 South  El Monte in the vicinity of Rush
Street.   the Rio Hondo River. 
   (2) The southern city limit of  South  El Monte
in the vicinity of  Rush Street   the Rio Hondo
River  to the southern city limit of Temple City in the vicinity
of Grand Avenue.
   (3) 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.
   (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.
   (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.
   (3) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, both of
the following shall apply:
   (A) The portion of Route 164 relinquished under this subdivision
shall cease to be a state highway.
   (B) The portion of Route 164 relinquished under this subdivision
may not be considered for future adoption under Section 81.
   (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.