BILL NUMBER: AB 344INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Caballero FEBRUARY 19, 2009 An act to amend Section 446 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 344, as introduced, Caballero. State Highway Route 146. Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies. This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Soledad the portion of State Highway Route 146 that is located within the city limits of that city under specified conditions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 446 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 446. (a) Route 146 is from:(a)(1) Route 101 near Soledad to Pinnacles National Monument.(b)(2) Pinnacles National Monument to Route 25 in Bear Valley. (b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may relinquish to the City of Soledad the portion of Route 146 within the city limits of that city, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state. (2) A relinquishment under this subdivision shall become effective immediately after the county recorder records the relinquishment resolution that contains the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment. (3) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, that portion of Route 146 relinquished shall cease to be a state highway and may not be considered for future adoption under Section 81. (4) For portions of Route 146 relinquished under this subdivision, the City of Soledad shall maintain within its jurisdiction signs directing motorists to the continuation of Route 146.