California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB905 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/20/2019

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 905Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 20, 2019 An act to add Section 14033.5 to the Government Code, relating to highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 905, as introduced, Chen. Department of Transportation: Highway Design Manual: fire prone areas.Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law vests various powers in the department including, among others, the planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating of transportation systems under its jurisdiction.This bill would require the department to update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14033.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 905Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 20, 2019 An act to add Section 14033.5 to the Government Code, relating to highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 905, as introduced, Chen. Department of Transportation: Highway Design Manual: fire prone areas.Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law vests various powers in the department including, among others, the planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating of transportation systems under its jurisdiction.This bill would require the department to update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 905

Introduced by Assembly Member ChenFebruary 20, 2019

Introduced by Assembly Member Chen
February 20, 2019

 An act to add Section 14033.5 to the Government Code, relating to highways. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 905, as introduced, Chen. Department of Transportation: Highway Design Manual: fire prone areas.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law vests various powers in the department including, among others, the planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating of transportation systems under its jurisdiction.This bill would require the department to update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law vests various powers in the department including, among others, the planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating of transportation systems under its jurisdiction.

This bill would require the department to update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14033.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

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

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

SECTION 1. Section 14033.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

SECTION 1. Section 14033.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.

14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.



14033.5. The department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the use of k-rails, weed mats, or other fire proofing devices in fire prone areas.