Amended  IN  Assembly  June 12, 2024
Amended  IN  Senate  April 25, 2024
Amended  IN  Senate  March 18, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 930

Introduced by Senator Laird

January 16, 2024

An act to add Section 101.20 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 930, as amended, Laird. Memorial highways: Memorial Highway Signage Fund.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control.
This bill would establish the Memorial Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the department’s costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations identified in the appropriation previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 101.20 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

101.20.
 (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the department’s costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations identified in the appropriation previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.