BILL NUMBER: SB 842CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 654 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2014 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 14, 2014 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 25, 2014 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 22, 2014 INTRODUCED BY Senator Knight (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Fuller, Gaines, Huff, Nielsen, and Vidak) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chvez, Donnelly, Jones, Nestande, Salas, Waldron, and Wilk) JANUARY 7, 2014 An act to add Section 101.13 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 842, Knight. Highway signs: Veterans' Home of California. Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation is in full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law provides for placement of signs on state highways, as specified. This bill would require the department to erect, at appropriate locations on highways in the state highway system, generic directional signs to each Veterans' Home of California, upon receiving funds from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 101.13 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read: 101.13. The department shall erect, at appropriate locations on highways in the state highway system, generic directional signs to each Veterans' Home of California authorized pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1010) or Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1100) of Division 5 of the Military and Veterans Code, upon receiving funds from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost. Placement of the signs shall be consistent with criteria for signing to federal or state hospitals as set forth in the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, adopted pursuant to Section 21400 of the Vehicle Code.