BILL NUMBER: AB 2095	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 27, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 13, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Alejo,   Beall,  Fong,   Ma, 
 Solorio,   and Wieckowski   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to  add   amend  Section 
101.13 to   101.12 of  the Streets and Highways
Code, relating to transportation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2095, as amended, Campos.  State Highway Route 101:
City of San Jose: signs recognizing Little Saigon.  
State highways: signs for culturally unique and historically
significant communities. 
   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 place
signs on state highways directing motorists to culturally unique and
historically significant communities within the geographic boundaries
of a city, county, or city and county under certain conditions. 
Among these conditions is a requirement for the governing body of
the city, county, or city and county in which the community is
located to adopt a resolution that designates the name of the
community, defines the geographic boundaries of the community, and
requests the department to post the signs. 
   This bill would  require   authorize 
the department  , upon receipt of nonstate funds sufficient
to cover the cost, to erect up to 4 signs or markers on Route 101 in
the City of San Jose to provide recognition of the historical
importance of the Little Saigon corridor   to also post
signs under these provisions in the absence of compliance with the
above-referenced resolution requirements, if the governing board of
the county in which the community is l   ocated adopts a
resolution conforming with the above-referenced requirements and the
city in which the community is located, if any, furnishes
documentation indicating that the city is not opposed to the
placement of signs  .
   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 101.12 of the  
Streets and Highways Code   is amended to read: 
   101.12.  The department may place and maintain, or cause to be
placed and maintained, signs on state highways directing motorists to
communities within the geographical boundaries of a city, county, or
city and county if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
   (a) The name of the community is culturally unique and
historically significant.
   (b) The name of the community has resulted from the influence of a
culture over a significant period of time.
   (c) The general public and media commonly recognize the name of
the community.
   (d) The community is located within a city, county, or city and
county.
   (e) Signs are consistent with the signing requirements for the
state highway system.
   (f) The geographical boundary of the community is within three
miles of the state highway exit.
   (g) Trailblazing signs are installed on the appropriate streets or
roads prior to installation of signs on the state highway.
   (h) The city, county, or city and county provides funds from
nonstate sources that cover all costs for the Department of
Transportation to place and maintain, or cause to be placed and
maintained, appropriate signs on state highways.
   (i) The governing body of the city, county, or city and county in
which the community is located adopts a resolution that does the
following:
   (A) Designates the name of the community that is to be used on
directional signs.
   (B) Defines the geographical boundaries of the community.
   (C) Requests the department to post signs on state highways. 
   (j) Notwithstanding subdivision (i), the department may, in a
manner otherwise consistent with this section, place and maintain, or
cause to be placed and maintained, signs on state highways directing
motorists to communities within the geographical boundaries of a
city, county, or city and county if the governing body of the county
in which the community is located adopts a resolution fulfilling the
requirements of subdivision (i), and the city in which the community
is located, if any, furnishes documentation indicating that the city
is not opposed to the placement of signs pursuant to the adopted
county resolution.  
  SECTION 1.   Section 101.13 is added to the
Streets and Highways Code, to read:
   101.13.  (a) The department, subject to subdivision (b), shall,
through the erection of highway signs or appropriate markers on Route
101, provide recognition of the historical importance of the Little
Saigon corridor in the City of San Jose on Story Road between Route
101 and Senter Road. A sign or marker shall be placed along each
Story Road exit from Route 101, with no more than four signs or
markers to be erected by the department. This recognition project may
be complemented by local designation efforts and other similar
actions.
   (b) The department shall determine the cost of appropriate signs
or markers to implement this section, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, and upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, shall
erect those signs or markers.