BILL NUMBER: SB 1645	CHAPTERED  09/19/00

	CHAPTER   538
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 28, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Perata

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act to amend Section 625 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1645,  Perata.  Highways:  State Highway Route 880:
relinquishment.
   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.  These 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 Oakland a specified portion of the former right-of-way of State
Highway Route 880, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to
be in the best interests of the state, including a requirement that
the Department of Transportation and the city enter into a
cooperative agreement to improve the portion of right-of-way that is
to be relinquished in accordance with plans to be developed by the
department, as specified.  The relinquishment would become effective
immediately following the commission's approval of the terms and
conditions of the relinquishment.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 625 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   625.  (a) Route 880 is from Route 280 in San Jose to Route 80 in
Oakland.
   (b) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of Oakland the
portion of the former right-of-way of Route 880 that is located
between 8th Street and 32nd Street within that city, upon terms and
conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the
state, including, but not limited to, a requirement that the
department and the city enter into a cooperative agreement to
improve, at the department's expense, the two parallel adjacent city
streets, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, landscaping, and
street lighting, when improving the portion of right-of-way that is
to be relinquished in accordance with plans to be developed by the
department.  The cooperative agreement shall include, but need not to
be limited to, all of the following:
   (A) A requirement that, if the commission allocates funds for this
purpose, the improvements include bicycle paths and the associated
roadway improvements and landscaping, including a bicycle path that
closes the gap in the San Francisco Bay Trail Plan.
   (B) A requirement that the improvements include removal of
contaminated materials on the department's property.
   (C) A requirement that the improvements include erection of a
memorial to the victims of the collapse of the Cypress Freeway
Viaduct and to the heroism of those who responded to that disaster.
   (2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective
immediately following the commission's approval of the terms and
conditions of the relinquishment.