Bill Text: CA SB576 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Fire station signs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB576 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB576-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 576	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Steinberg

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 101.9 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 576, as introduced, Steinberg. Fire station signs.
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt
rules and regulations to allow, in rural areas, the placement on
interstate and primary highways near public exits, of guide signs
indicating the existence, within 1/2 mile of that exit, of a fire
station that is open 24 hours each day of the year.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change 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 101.9 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
   101.9.  (a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations to
allow, in rural areas, the placement, on interstate and primary
highways near public exits, of guide signs indicating the existence,
within one-half mile of that exit, of a fire station  which
  that  is open 24 hours each day of the year.
   (b) Upon the request of the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection or a city or county, the department may place and maintain
the signs in accordance with the adopted rules and regulations. The
department shall bear the costs of placing and maintaining the signs.