Bill Text: CA AB2473 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2473 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: State Highway Route 185: relinquishment: City of San Leandro.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 321, Statutes of 2018. [AB2473 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2473-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2473

Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta

February 14, 2018

An act to amend Section ~~2100~~ 485 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to ~~transportation.~~ state highways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2473, as amended, Bonta. ~~Highway Users Tax Account.~~ State Highway Route 185: relinquishment: City of San Leandro.

Existing law establishes the State Highway System and designates state highway routes from Route 1 to Route 905, unless otherwise specified by name, and authorizes the California Transportation Commission to relinquish all or a portion of designated state highway routes to specified local agencies if certain conditions are met. Portions of state highways that have been relinquished are not state highways and become ineligible for future adoption as a part of the State Highway System.
Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish all or a portion of Route 185 in the City of Hayward to that city, as specified, and to relinquish all or a portion of Route 185 in the County of Alameda to that county, as specified.
This bill would additionally authorize the commission to relinquish all or a portion of Route 185 in the City of San Leandro to that city, as specified.
~~Existing law authorizes the Controller to use the funds in the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund.~~
~~This bill would make nonsubtantive changes to these provisions.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 485 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:

485.

(a) Route 185 is from Route 92 in Hayward to Route 77 in Oakland.

(b) The relinquished former portions of Route 185 within the City of Hayward and within the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda are not a state highway and are not eligible for adoption under Section 81. For the relinquished former portions of Route 185, the City of Hayward and the County of Alameda shall maintain within their respective jurisdictions signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 185 or to the state highway system, as applicable.

(c) (1) The commission may relinquish to the City of ~~Hayward~~ Hayward, to the City of San Leandro, or to the County of Alameda all or any portion of Route 185 located within the city limits of ~~that city~~ those cities or within the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda, as applicable, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state, if the department and ~~the city~~ either of those cities or ~~county enter~~ the County of Alameda enters into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.

(2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately after the county recorder’s recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission’s approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.

(3) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, both of the following shall occur:

(A) The portion of Route 185 relinquished shall cease to be a state highway.

(B) The portion of Route 185 relinquished shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.

(4) For relinquished portions of Route 185, the City of ~~Hayward and~~ Hayward, the City of San Leandro, or the County of Alameda shall maintain signs within their respective jurisdictions directing motorists to the continuation of Route 185 or to the state highway system, as applicable.

(d) For purposes of this section:

(1) The jurisdiction of the City of Hayward shall refer to all relinquished portions of Route 185 within the City of Hayward.

(2) The jurisdiction of the City of San Leandro shall refer to all relinquished portions of Route 185 within the City of San Leandro.
~~(2)~~

(3) The jurisdiction of the County of Alameda shall refer to all relinquished portions of Route 185 in the unincorporated area of the County of Alameda.

SECTION 1.Section 2100 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:
2100.
(a)The Highway Users Tax Fund is continued in existence as the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Highway Users Tax Fund shall be deemed to refer to the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund.
(b)Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use the funds in the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code. This loan shall be exempt from paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 16310 of the Government Code. Interest shall be paid on all moneys loaned to the General Fund and shall be computed at a rate determined by the Pooled Money Investment Board to be the current earning rate of the fund from which the money is loaned. This subdivision does not authorize any transfer that would interfere with the carrying out of the object for which these funds were created.