GENERAL PROVISIONS
General Provisions enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.
§§ 1–36 · 33 sections
- § 1 This act shall be known as the Streets and Highways Code.
- § 2 The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be…
- § 5 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions hereinafter set forth shall…
- § 6 Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning…
- § 7 Whenever any power or authority is given to, or any duty is imposed upon, any person by any provision of this code it may be exercised or performed by any…
- § 8 Whenever any notice, report, petition, permit, statement or record is required by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language.
- § 9 Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions thereto.
- § 10 “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
- § 11 The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
- § 12 The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
- § 12.2 “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
- § 13 The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
- § 14 “County” includes “city and county.”
- § 15 “City” includes “city and county” and “incorporated town.”
- § 16 “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
- § 17 “Oath” includes affirmation.
- § 18 “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a…
- § 19 “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust.
- § 20 “Department” means the Department of Transportation of this state. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Department of Public Works shall be deemed to…
- § 21 “Director” means the director of the department.
- § 22 Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, “commission” means the California Transportation Commission. Any reference in any law or…
- § 22.5 Whenever the term “Business, Transportation and Housing Agency” appears within the Streets and Highways Code, it shall refer to the Transportation Agency, and…
- § 23 As used in this code, unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, “highway” includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works…
- § 23.5 “Freeway” means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to…
- § 24 As used in this code, “State highway” means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to…
- § 25 As used in this code, “county highway” means any highway which is: (a) Laid out or constructed as such by the county. (b) Laid out or constructed by others and…
- § 26 As used in the general provisions and in Divisions 1 (commencing with Section 50), 2 (commencing with Section 900), and 2.5 (commencing with Section 1800),…
- § 27 As used in the general provisions and in Divisions 1 (commencing with Section 50), 2 (commencing with Section 900), and 2.5 (commencing with Section 1800),…
- § 28 If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the application of such…
- § 29 “Construction” includes: (a) Acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites and the payment of damage claims under Section 14 of Article I of the…
- § 30 “State Highway Account” means the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.
- § 35 “Vista point” means any signed roadside area on the state highway system developed and maintained by the department for the purpose of providing the motorist…
- § 36 For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of…