BILL NUMBER: SB 649 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 4, 2009
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 2, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Ashburn
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 649, as amended, Ashburn. Transportation.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system and
associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to sell
real property that is no longer necessary for highway purposes.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation to
transfer , for fair market value, on or before June 30, 2010,
ownership of a specified portion of a parcel of land
in Kern County acquired for the Mojave Bypass to the East Kern
Airport District for open-space purposes.
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. The On or before June 30, 2010,
the Department of Transportation shall transfer , for
fair market value, ownership of 577 acres known as Site A of
the Mojave Bypass property in Kern County , except for that
portion of the property constituting the right-of-way for State
Highway Route 14, to the East Kern Airport District for
open-space purposes.