California Assembly Bill AB1814 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1814INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Travis Allen FEBRUARY 8, 2016 An act to amend Section 220 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1814, as introduced, Travis Allen. State highways: roadside rests. Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to plan, design, and construct a system of safety roadside rests along state highways. Existing law requires the department to design only those safety roadside rests that are reasonably economical and that will provide the motorist a place where he or she may stop for a short time during daytime and nighttime hours. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes 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 220 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 220.  (a)    In designing safety roadside rests, the department shall design only those safety roadside rests  which   that  are reasonably economical and  which   that  will provide the motorist a place where he  or she  may stop for a short time during daytime and nighttime hours. The Legislature recognizes that the size of  such   these  safety roadside rests, together with the facilities therein, will differ according to location and potential use.  Such  The  safety roadside rests may contain, among other things, depending upon the size and use thereof, parking places for vehicles, picnic tables, sanitary facilities, telephones, water, landscaping, tourist information panels, traveler service information facilities, and facilities for the distribution of current news.  Such   The  safety roadside rests shall not contain camping or recreational facilities.  The   (b)     The  safety roadside rests located on that portion of Route 5 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area may also contain displays and examples of California agriculture.