Bill Text: CA AB457 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: High-occupancy toll lanes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB457 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB457-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 457	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Melendez

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to amend Section 149 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 457, as introduced, Melendez. High-occupancy vehicle lanes.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full control of the state highway system. Existing law authorizes the
department to construct exclusive or preferential lanes for buses
only or for buses and other high-occupancy vehicles.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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 149 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   149.  The department may construct exclusive or preferential lanes
for buses only or for buses and other high-occupancy vehicles, and
may authorize or permit  such  exclusive or
preferential use of designated lanes on existing highways that are
part of the State Highway System. Prior to constructing  such
  those  lanes, the department shall conduct
competent engineering estimates of the effect of  such
  the  lanes on safety, congestion, and highway
capacity.
   To the extent they are available, the department may apply for and
use federal aid funds appropriated for the design, construction, and
use of  such   those exclusive or
preferential lanes, but may also use other State Highway Account
funds, including other federal aid funds, for those purposes where
proper and desirable.
   This section shall be known and may be cited as the Carrell Act.