Bill Text: CA SB1259 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Signage: tourist oriented directional signs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 156, Statutes of 2018. [SB1259 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1259-Introduced.html
subdivision (b), subdivisions (b) and (c), the distance from the nearest highway intersection to the nearest facility or attraction shall not exceed 10 miles.
Bill Title: Signage: tourist oriented directional signs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 156, Statutes of 2018. [SB1259 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB1259-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill | No. 1259 |
Introduced by Senator Nielsen |
February 15, 2018 |
An act to amend Section 229.26 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1259, as introduced, Nielsen.
Signage: tourist-oriented destination signs.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to administer a program for the placement of tourist-oriented destination signs for businesses, attractions, or facilities near state highways in nonurbanized areas. Existing law specifies various requirements for placement of these signs, including a requirement that the maximum distance from a highway intersection to an attraction or facility may not exceed 10 miles, except as provided.
This bill would exempt signs on state highways in the County of Tehama from this requirement. The bill would also express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would authorize the County of Tehama to place wayfinding signage on state highways.
This bill would make legislative findings and
declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Tehama.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would authorize the County of Tehama to place wayfinding signage on state highways.SEC. 2.
Section 229.26 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:229.26.
(a) Except as provided in(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the The maximum distance from the signed intersection to the nearest facility or attraction shall not exceed the following:
(1) One mile for a service station.
(2) Three miles for food or lodging facilities.
(c) The requirement specified in subdivision (a) does not apply in the County of Tehama.