BILL NUMBER: SB 557	CHAPTERED  07/13/99

	CHAPTER   99
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 13, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 13, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 30, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 25, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Peace and O'Connell

                        FEBRUARY 19, 1999

   An act to amend Section 354 of, and to amend and repeal Section
444 of, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 557, Peace.  Highways:  relinquishment:   State Highway Routes
54 and 144.
   (1) Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission
to relinquish to any city or county any portion of any state highway
within the city or county that has been deleted from the state
highway system by legislative enactment.  Those relinquishments
become effective upon the first day of the next calendar or fiscal
year, whichever first occurs after the effective date of the
legislative enactment.
   This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City
of El Cajon a specified portion of State Highway Route 54, upon
terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests
of the state.  The relinquishment would become effective immediately
following the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of
the relinquishment.  The portion of State Highway Route 54
relinquished as specified would cease to be a state highway on the
effective date of the relinquishment.
   The bill would authorize the commission to relinquish State
Highway Route 144, as described, to the City of Santa Barbara, upon a
determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of
the state to do so, and if the city has agreed to accept the
relinquishment.  The relinquishment would be made upon terms and
conditions approved by the commission and would be effective on the
day immediately following the commission's approval of those terms
and conditions.
   (2) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 354 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   354.  (a) Route 54 is from Route 5 near the Sweetwater River to
Route 8 near El Cajon.
   (b) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of El Cajon the
portion of Route 54 that is located between the southern city limits
of El Cajon and the intersection with Route 8, upon terms and
conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the
state.
   (2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective
immediately following the commission's approval of the terms and
conditions of the relinquishment.
   (3) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, all of
the following shall occur:
   (A) The portion of Route 54 relinquished under this subdivision
shall cease to be a state highway.
   (B) The portion of Route 54 relinquished under this subdivision
may not be considered for future adoption under Section 81.
   (C) Route 54 shall be from Route 5 near the Sweetwater River to
Route 8 near the eastern city limits of the City of El Cajon.
   (c) The City of El Cajon may not impose any special restriction on
the operation of buses or commercial motor vehicles, as defined in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 34601 of the Vehicle
Code, on the portion of Route 54 relinquished under subdivision (b)
if that restriction is in addition to restrictions imposed by the
department or authorized under other provisions of law.
  SEC. 2.  Section 444 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to
read:
   444.  (a) Route 144 is from Route 101 in Santa Barbara to Route
192 via Sycamore Canyon.
   (b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best
interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and
conditions approved by it, relinquish Route 144 to the City of Santa
Barbara, if the city has agreed to accept it.  The relinquishment
shall be effective on the day immediately following the commission's
approval of the terms and conditions.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until the date the
relinquishment authorized under subdivision (b) becomes effective,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
which is enacted on or before that date, deletes or extends that
date.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide, at the earliest possible time, authority for
the California Transportation Commission to relinquish a portion of
State Highway Route 54 to the City of El Cajon, and State Highway
Route 144 to the City of Santa Barbara, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.