Bill Text: CA AB866 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: State highways: gateway monuments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2017. [AB866 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB866-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Bill No. 866 |
| CHAPTER 201 |
An act to amend Section 670.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.
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Approved by
Governor
September 01, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 01, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 866, Cunningham.
State highways: gateway monuments.
Existing law authorizes the display of the Flag of the United States of America and the Flag of the State of California on a sidewalk located in or abutting on a state highway situated within a city, if the type of flagholder and the method of its installation and maintenance are not in violation of the Department of Transportation’s rules.
This bill would authorize a city or county to display the Flag of the United States of America or the Flag of the State of California, or both, as part of a gateway monument, as defined.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 670.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:670.5.
(a) The Flag of the United States of America and the Flag of the State of California may be displayed on a sidewalk located in or abutting on a state highway situated within a city, if the type of flagholder and the method of its installation and maintenance are not in violation of the department’s rules.(b) (1) A city or county may display the Flag of the United States of America or the Flag of the State of California, or both, as part of a gateway monument if the flags are maintained by the city or county.
(2) As used in this subdivision, a “gateway monument” means any
freestanding structure or sign, or nonintegral or nonrequired highway feature, constructed within the state’s right-of-way, that communicates the name of the city or county.
