BILL NUMBER: AB 633INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Grove (Coauthor: Senator Fuller) FEBRUARY 24, 2015 An act to amend Section 502 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 633, as introduced, Grove. Highway relinquishment: Route 202. Existing law gives the Department of Transportation 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 also authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies. This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Tehachapi and the County of Kern specified portions of State Highway Route 202, under certain conditions. The bill would provide that these relinquishments shall be made only if the sum of $28,000,000 in state funds is appropriated to the City of Tehachapi and the County of Kern for maintenance of the relinquished segments. 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 502 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 502. (a) Route 202 is from California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi to Route 58 near Tehachapi. (b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Tehachapi the portion of Route 202 that is located within the city limits of that city and relinquish to the County of Kern the portion of Route 202 located within the unincorporated County of Kern, if the city and county agree to accept their respective segments. The following conditions shall apply upon relinquishment of either or both segments: (1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorder's recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commission's approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment. (2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 202 shall cease to be a state highway. (3) The portion of Route 202 relinquished under this subdivision shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81. (c) The relinquishments described in subdivision (b) shall be made only if the sum of twenty-eight million dollars ($28,000,000) in state funds is appropriated to the City of Tehachapi and the County of Kern for maintenance of the relinquished segments.