BILL NUMBER: SB 736	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 5, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 28, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 21, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 2006.2 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to county roads.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 736, as amended, Cannella. County road commissioner: Merced
County.
   Existing law provides for the appointment of a road commissioner
in each county by the board of supervisors, with specified powers and
duties relating to county roads. Existing law provides for
exceptions to this requirement in cases in which the duties of the
road commissioner have been transferred by the board of supervisors
to the county director of transportation or another authorized
person. Existing law, in the case of Orange County, authorizes the
board of supervisors of that county to transfer the duties of the
county road commissioner to a county environmental management agency.

   This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of Merced
County to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to the
county's department of public works, as specified.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for Merced County.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2006.2 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   2006.2.   (a)    Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Board of Supervisors of Merced County may
abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all
duties of the road commissioner to the county's department of public
works. The director of that department shall not be required to have
any special permit, registration, or license. Any civil engineering
functions that are required to be performed by the road commissioner
shall be performed by a registered civil engineer acting under the
authority of the director of that department. 
   (b) For the purposes of this section, wherever any law uses the
term "road commissioner" that term shall be synonymous with the term
"department of public works" in the case of Merced County. 
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the particular needs of Merced County.