DIVISION 2. COUNTY HIGHWAYS [900. - 1757.]

Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.

§§ 900–1757 · 245 sections

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 900–909 · 11 sections
- § 900 The authority conferred upon boards of supervisors by this division shall be exercised subject to such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by this…
- § 901 All county highways, once established, shall continue to be county highways until abandoned by order of the board of supervisors of the county in which such…
- § 902 Except as otherwise provided by law, any toll trail, toll road or toll bridge, for which the franchise has expired by limitation or nonuser, becomes a free…
- § 903 After one year from the making of an order by a board of supervisors, pursuant to this division, opening a highway over any land, the county acquires title to…
- § 904 No route of travel used by one or more persons over another’s land shall become a county highway by use.
- § 906 The width of all county highways, other than bridges, alleys, lanes, and trails, shall be at least 40 feet, except as provided by Sections 906.5 and 969 and…
- § 906.5 On construction under a contract advertised for bids after July 1, 1973, the board of supervisors shall install on the surface of county highways upon which…
- § 906.6 Notwithstanding Section 906, a county may maintain a highway of less than 40 feet in width if all the cost of maintenance thereof is paid for by a maintenance…
- § 907 Any owner or occupant of land may construct a sidewalk on the county highway along the line of his land, subject to the authority conferred by law on the board…
- § 908 The road commissioner, or the person to whom the duties of the road commissioner have been transferred pursuant to Section 2006.1 or 2006.5, shall maintain a…
- § 909 No agreement entered into by the board of supervisors for the purchase, hire, or rental of any apparatus used in the construction, improvement, or maintenance…
CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties of Boards of Supervisors §§ 940–991 · 50 sections
- § 940 Boards of supervisors shall have general supervision, management, and control of the county highways.
- § 941 (a) Boards of supervisors shall, by proper order, cause those highways which are necessary to public convenience to be established, recorded, constructed, and…
- § 941.1 The board of supervisors may lay out, acquire, construct, and maintain any section or portion of any street or highway within the county as a freeway or…
- § 941.2 Boards of supervisors may close any street or highway within their jurisdiction at or near the point of its intersection with any freeway, or may make…
- § 941.3 Before taking any action authorized by Section 941.2 affecting any state highway, such action must be approved by the Department of Public Works.
- § 941.4 (a) The board of supervisors, with the consent of any city in which the proposed system is located, in whole or in part, may designate a system of expressways…
- § 941.6 If the boundary line between two adjacent counties lies within a county highway, the boards of supervisors of the affected counties may, by agreement, provide…
- § 942 Such boards may enact and enforce ordinances and regulations for the construction, improvement or maintenance of county highways, and for the protection,…
- § 942.5 The board of supervisors may restrict the use of, or close, any county highway whenever the board considers such closing or restriction of use necessary: (a)…
- § 942.6 The board of supervisors may delegate the powers contained in Section 942.5 to the county road commissioner.
- § 943 Such board may: (a) Acquire any property necessary for the uses and purposes of county highways. When eminent domain proceedings are necessary, the board shall…
- § 944 No bonded indebtedness shall be incurred for any purpose specified in section 943 until after the question of the issue of bonds therefor has been submitted to…
- § 945 Such boards may expend from the county general fund the moneys necessary to pay the whole or any part of the cost of the improvement of any highway lying…
- § 946 No liability shall be created against the county in connection with any such improvement conducted by a city unless the board, by resolution, determines and…
- § 947 Every instrument or judgment which constitutes evidence of title to a right of way, or incident thereto, in relation to county highways shall particularly…
- § 948 The board of supervisors of each county shall cause to be recorded with the county recorder, in relation to every county highway within the county, proper…
- § 949 The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on the county highways, and provide for their care. The cost of planting and caring for such…
- § 950 For the purpose of sprinkling county highways with oil or water, the board of supervisors may erect or maintain waterworks, tanks or reservoirs, and may…
- § 951 (a) Such board may set apart on any county highway a strip of land for a side path, and make an order designating the width of such path, and cause the lines…
- § 952 Such board shall cause properly inscribed guideposts to be erected and maintained at all county highway crossings and forks lying outside of any city.
- § 953 A board of supervisors may, acting separately or in conjunction with State or Federal agencies, or with another county, burn or remove debris, rubbish, brush,…
- § 954 All county highways which for a period of five consecutive years are impassable for vehicular travel, and on which during such period of time no public money…
- § 954.5 (a) The board of supervisors may, by resolution, terminate the maintenance of any county highway if it finds that the highway is unnecessary for the public…
- § 954.6 (a) A board of supervisors, by resolution, may terminate the maintenance of all or a portion of a county highway if it finds that another public agency will…
- § 960 Whenever the board of supervisors determines that any real property, or interest therein, acquired by the county for highway purposes is no longer necessary…
- § 960.5 The term “county highway” as used in Sections 954 and 954.5 shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, any public highway, road, street, avenue, alley,…
- § 960.6 The board of supervisors may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to a county official, subject to rules or regulations as the board may impose, the authority…
- § 964 Whenever the board finds that any county highway has been damaged or is in danger of being damaged by storm waters or floods, the board shall adopt all…
- § 965 The board of supervisors shall, by order, direct the district attorney of the county to institute eminent domain proceedings, in the name of the county,…
- § 966 (a) The board of supervisors may provide for the erection and maintenance of gates on the county highways to avoid the necessity of building highway fences.…
- § 967 Whenever a right of way for a highway is conveyed to a county and the sole consideration for the conveyance is an agreement by the county to construct and…
- § 968 The board may cause the expense of constructing such fences to be charged to and paid from the county general fund, the road fund of the county or the district…
- § 969 Whenever a road is of general utility and of public convenience and constitutes the only or principal means of communication between one town or village and…
- § 969.5 Such boards may, after they have determined by a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of their membership that general county interest demands the…
- § 969.6 Notwithstanding Section 969.5 or any other provision of this code, if a state of local emergency is declared by the board of supervisors as a result of locally…
- § 970.5 Whenever the board of supervisors or a county officer designated by the board to be in charge of naming county highways finds that a name should be adopted and…
- § 971 Any county highway which has not been officially named may be officially named by the board of supervisors or a county officer designated by the board without…
- § 972 A board of supervisors may, by ordinance, permit the use of any county highway which connects with a main county highway of an adjoining county, by the board…
- § 973 The board of the county seeking the use, if it accepts the provisions of the ordinance adopted by the board of the county granting the use, may: (a) Construct…
- § 974 The expense of any work done or acquisition made pursuant to section 973 shall be paid by the county to which the use is granted out of the county general…
- § 975 The board of any county to which the use is granted, pursuant to the provisions of section 972, may, by mutual consent expressed through ordinances of the…
- § 976 The board of supervisors of any county may purchase or lease with the consent of the owner, or may obtain by gift, and may hold, improve or maintain any real…
- § 977 The board of supervisors of any county desiring to act under section 976 may, by unanimous vote of its membership, determine what real property is necessary…
- § 978 Whenever the United States government grants real property to a county for highway uses and purposes, the county may take and dispose of such real property and…
- § 979 The board of supervisors shall keep in repair all objects or markers adjacent to a county highway which have been erected to mark registered historical places…
- § 982 Except as provided in this section, the board of supervisors shall have power to temporarily close all or any part of any public highway, road, street, avenue,…
- § 985 The board of supervisors may construct, install and maintain cattle guards on or adjacent to the county highways. The cost of constructing, installing, and…
- § 989 (a) (1) Upon the incorporation of a city or upon the annexation of territory to a city, all right, title, and interest of the county, including the underlying…
- § 990 Where practical or desirable, the board of supervisors shall, along any highway under its jurisdiction, possession, or control, replace trees that have been…
- § 991 Before any bridge on a county highway is constructed over any navigable river, the board of supervisors, after a study and public hearing on the question,…
CHAPTER 3. Road Districts §§ 1020–1029 · 5 sections
- § 1020 The boards of supervisors may divide their respective counties into suitable road districts, may change the boundaries thereof, and may create new districts.…
- § 1026 Whenever the board of supervisors finds that any road district in such county is or will be unreasonably burdened by the expense of constructing or maintaining…
- § 1027 When the alteration of an old or the opening of a new county highway necessitates the removal of fences on real property acquired for highway purposes, the…
- § 1028 The board of supervisors may call, at such times as in the judgment of the board may be required, a special meeting of the board for hearing highway and road…
- § 1029 The consolidation of road districts as provided in Section 2006 shall be without prejudice to the legal requirement that all road district taxes collected in…
CHAPTER 3.5. Private Byroads §§ 1050–1054 · 5 sections
- § 1050 For the purposes of this chapter, “private byroads” are roads opened, laid out, or altered for the purpose of providing access to parcels of contiguous private…
- § 1051 The petitioner shall be a landowner in the road district.
- § 1052 The petitioner shall accompany the petition with a bond, approved by the board of supervisors, in double the amount of the probable cost of the proceedings,…
- § 1053 The board of supervisors may, by resolution, order the private byroad to be opened, laid out, or altered. The clerk shall cause such order to be recorded in…
- § 1054 The person for whose benefit the private byroad is required shall pay the landowner the market value for land taken and any severance damage resulting from…
CHAPTER 4. Methods of Performing Highway Work §§ 1070–1197 · 50 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. By Boards of Supervisors § 1070 · 1 section
  - § 1070 Whenever a board of supervisors, by a four-fifths vote of its membership, determines that the public convenience and necessity demand the acquisition or…
2. ARTICLE 3. By Permanent Road Divisions §§ 1160–1197 · 49 sections
  - § 1160 As used in this article: (a) “Division” means permanent road division. (b) “Last equalized assessment roll” means the last assessment roll made up by the…
  - § 1160.5 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Permanent Road Division Law.
  - § 1161 Any portion of a county, not already contained in a division, may be formed into a division under the provisions of this article. When formed, each division…
  - § 1162 A petition for the formation of a division may be presented to the board of supervisors of the county wherein the division is proposed to be formed. The…
  - § 1162.5 (a) In lieu of submission of a petition pursuant to Section 1162, formation of a division may be initiated by a resolution of the board of supervisors. The…
  - § 1162.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of supervisors may form a permanent road division without reference to a specific permanent…
  - § 1163 Such petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating that affiant has compared the valuations given in the petition with those on the last equalized…
  - § 1164 Such petition shall be published in the manner authorized by Section 1196, together with a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the board will…
  - § 1165 Such petition shall be presented either at a regular meeting of the board or at a special meeting called to receive and consider it. On the day stated in the…
  - § 1166 Following the hearing or election, as the case may be, the board shall decide if the proposed division is to be formed. If the board decides to form the…
  - § 1167 The boundaries established by the board shall be the boundaries of the division until such boundaries are changed in the manner provided in this article.
  - § 1168 If the board finds that the boundaries thus established for such division are incorrectly described, it shall direct the county surveyor to ascertain and…
  - § 1168.5 Any landowner whose property is located within the division may file a verified petition with the board alleging that the property will not be benefited by any…
  - § 1168.7 The board may hold a hearing to determine if any property located outside of a division will benefit from any construction, improvement, or maintenance project…
  - § 1168.8 (a) Property may be annexed to or detached from a permanent road division in the same manner and under the same procedures provided in Sections 1162 to 1168,…
  - § 1168.9 (a) The board may order two or more divisions consolidated if the board finds that their boundaries are contiguous at any point or that a consolidated program…
  - § 1169 At, or at any time after, the time of forming a division, any 10 or more freeholders thereof may petition the board to have plans prepared for the…
  - § 1170 Such petition for construction or improvement shall state if appropriate: (a) The recommendations of the petitioners as to the materials to be used and the…
  - § 1171 Upon receiving such petition the board shall cause to be prepared estimates, plans, and specifications for the work mentioned in the petition exclusive of…
  - § 1172 When it has adopted plans and specifications for such work exclusive of maintenance, the board may set apart therefor from the road fund of the county, and…
  - § 1173 When a special tax is petitioned for, the board shall immediately order an election within the division to determine whether such tax will be levied. The board…
  - § 1174 The board shall call such election by posting notices in the manner provided in section 1195, and by publishing notice of the election in the manner authorized…
  - § 1175 Such notice of election shall contain: (a) The time and place of holding the election. (b) The amount of money proposed to be raised for construction or…
  - § 1176 For the purposes of this election, the board shall establish, by order, one or more precincts and appoint three judges for each precinct to conduct the…
  - § 1177 The officers of the election shall certify the result of the election to the board, giving the whole number of votes cast, and the number for and the number…
  - § 1178 If two-thirds of the votes cast are for the tax, the board shall annually, at the time of levying the county taxes, levy a special tax in the division…
  - § 1178.5 When the levy of a special tax has been authorized, the board of supervisors may advance to the permanent road division the division’s share of the cost of the…
  - § 1179 The tax so levied shall be collected in the same manner as county taxes and, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the division…
  - § 1179.5 In lieu of, or in addition to, any special tax levied pursuant to Section 1178, the board may fix and collect parcel charges for any permanent road division…
  - § 1179.6 (a) In addition to any other authority granted under this article, the board may issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness on behalf of a…
  - § 1180 If the petition proposing the work asks for the issuance of bonds of the division, the board shall call an election in such division and submit to the electors…
  - § 1181 The notice of election shall contain: (a) The time and place of holding the election. (b) The boundaries of the election districts. No election precinct shall…
  - § 1182 The election shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the general election laws, but no particular form of ballot need be used. An…
  - § 1183 The officers of the election shall certify the result of the election to the board, giving the whole number of votes cast and the number for and the number…
  - § 1184 The board may then issue the bonds of the division to the number and amount provided for in the election proceedings. The bonds shall be payable out of the…
  - § 1185 The board, by an order entered upon its minutes, shall prescribe all of the following: (a) The form of the bonds. (b) The time when the bonds become due, not…
  - § 1186 The interest on the bonds shall be payable annually. Each bond and each coupon shall bear the signature or facsimile printed signature of the chair of the…
  - § 1187 If, at the election on the question of whether or not bonds are to be issued, the bonds are not authorized, the money transferred to the fund of the division…
  - § 1188 The board shall cause the highway work provided for in this article to be done in accordance with the provisions of Sections 20391 to 20395, inclusive, of the…
  - § 1189 Before opening the bids for doing any work provided for in this article, the board may appoint such inspectors as it considers necessary and fix their…
  - § 1190 The board shall make no payment on account of work which is reported by the inspectors to be unsatisfactory, until the objections are investigated and…
  - § 1191 In lieu of the appointment of inspectors as provided in section 1189, or in lieu of proceeding pursuant to section 1075, the board may employ an engineer who…
  - § 1192 From time to time as the work progresses, the board may make payments on account, but shall not, before the completion of the contract, pay more than…
  - § 1193 Any money in the fund of the division, after completion of, and final payment for, the work contracted for, shall remain in such fund and be expended solely in…
  - § 1194 On payment of all debts of the division or on the failure of the division within two years after formation to vote a special tax or bonds for any proposed…
  - § 1194.5 A permanent road division formed for the purpose of maintenance that has ceased to exist as a result of the amendments made to Section 1194 by Section 3 of…
  - § 1195 The board shall cause the notices, which are required to be posted by sections 1174 and 1180, to be posted at least fifteen days before the election along…
  - § 1196 The board shall cause all publications, required by this article, particularly sections 1164, 1166, 1168, 1174 and 1180, in any proceeding or election, to be…
  - § 1197 The expenses of organizing a division, conducting any necessary election, and providing engineering services, pursuant to this article, shall be a county…
CHAPTER 5. County Bridges and Subways §§ 1300–1436 · 28 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 1300–1320 · 4 sections
  - § 1300 No tolls shall ever be charged for crossing any bridge constructed under the provisions of this chapter.
  - § 1301 The provisions of this chapter and of the California Toll Bridge Authority Act shall be construed together, and if the provisions of this chapter conflict with…
  - § 1302 Nothing in this chapter shall limit or affect the acquisition or construction by the department of bridges upon State highways or of bridges over navigable…
  - § 1320 A board of supervisors may construct, operate, manage, or maintain summer bridges under rules and regulations, and at the times and places, that it considers…
2. ARTICLE 2. Construction, Maintenance, and Repair §§ 1321–1331 · 2 sections
  - § 1321 All county bridges, not otherwise specially provided for, are maintained in the same manner as county highways are maintained. Such bridges are under the…
  - § 1331 Whenever any county has appointed a road commissioner for all road districts in the county as authorized by Section 2006, or whenever any county has adopted a…
3. ARTICLE 3. Joint Bridges §§ 1390–1404 · 15 sections
  - § 1390 Any bridge crossing the line between a city and a road district may be constructed and maintained, as provided in section 1391, by the city and by the county…
  - § 1391 Any bridge referred to in section 1390 may be constructed by contract, let as provided by law, by any city into which the bridge extends, or by the county into…
  - § 1392 If the proportion to be paid by any such city or county can not be otherwise determined, the expense of construction or maintenance of any such bridge shall be…
  - § 1393 The proceeds of any bonds authorized by the voters of any such city or county for the acquisition, construction or completion of any such bridge, or any…
  - § 1394 (a) Any county may join with any city located within such county in the acquisition, construction or maintenance of any bridge or viaduct within the county,…
  - § 1395 Any bridge which crosses the line between counties, unless otherwise specially provided for, shall be constructed by the counties into which such bridge…
  - § 1396 The boards of supervisors in their respective counties may erect free county bridges on county highways across navigable bodies of water in this State.
  - § 1397 If a navigable body of water is the boundary line between counties, the boards of such counties may join in the construction of a free county bridge upon the…
  - § 1398 The board of supervisors of any county may declare that it is necessary for the public convenience to construct a bridge across any body of water or swampland…
  - § 1399 The boards of supervisors of two adjoining counties may enter into an agreement with any person with whom such boards desire to collaborate for the purposes…
  - § 1400 The agreement authorized by section 1399 may provide for any of the following: (a) The construction of a bridge. (b) The reconstruction of the existing bridge…
  - § 1401 Any work done pursuant to such an agreement is exempt from any provisions of law regarding the letting of contracts by counties for the performance of any work…
  - § 1402 The board of supervisors of any county now controlling or maintaining, by virtue of any statute, any bridge across any navigable stream, which bridge is wholly…
  - § 1403 The board of supervisors reconstructing, replacing or relocating such bridge may enter into an agreement with any person who is then maintaining any bridge…
  - § 1404 The expense of such reconstruction, or of the building of a new bridge is payable from the same fund provided by law for the maintenance and repair of any such…
4. ARTICLE 4. Subways §§ 1430–1436 · 7 sections
  - § 1430 For the purposes of this article, “subway” includes tube or tunnel.
  - § 1431 Whenever in the interests of commerce, for the benefit of the residents of the county, or for the purpose of expediting travel between points on opposite sides…
  - § 1432 The order calling such an election shall be valid and effectual when signed by two-thirds of the members of the board. The election shall be held and the bonds…
  - § 1433 The board of supervisors of any county may, for the purpose of ascertaining the probable expense of any proposed subway, expend out of the county general fund…
  - § 1434 Whenever any such subway is proposed to be constructed under any navigable body of water forming the dividing line between counties, the boards of supervisors…
  - § 1435 Such a subway shall not be constructed under any navigable body of water forming the dividing line between counties, unless all the counties into which such…
  - § 1436 Whenever any such proposed subway will reach within the limits of any city, if the governing body of each such city and the board of supervisors of the county…
CHAPTER 5.5. The Care and Protection of County Highways §§ 1450–1470 · 12 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 1450 · 1 section
  - § 1450 As used in this chapter: (a) The term “highway” includes all or any part of the entire width of right of way of a county highway, whether or not such entire…
2. ARTICLE 2. Permit Provisions §§ 1460–1470 · 11 sections
  - § 1460 The road commissioner may issue written permits, as provided in this chapter, authorizing the permittee to do any of the following acts: (a) Make an opening or…
  - § 1461 Any act done under the authority of a written permit, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be done in accordance with the applicable…
  - § 1462 Any permit issued under the provisions of this chapter may provide that the permittee will pay the entire expense of replacing the highway in as good condition…
  - § 1463 Any permit issued to a public agency or a public utility having lawful authority to occupy the highways shall contain a provision that in the event the future…
  - § 1464 The road commissioner may, but is not required to, supervise any work done under any permit issued under the provisions of this chapter, in which event the…
  - § 1465 (a) Permittees may excavate openings in county highways to make repairs in cases of emergency requiring immediate action. In such cases the appropriate…
  - § 1466 The road commissioner may delegate to any city any of the road commissioner’s powers, duties, and authority, other than those of approval, under this chapter…
  - § 1467 The road commissioner may require the applicant to file with the road commissioner a satisfactory bond payable to the people of the county in such amount as…
  - § 1468 Except as otherwise provided in this section, such a bond shall not be required of any public agency or public utility having lawful authority to occupy the…
  - § 1469 Any city, municipal utility district, municipal water district, public utility having lawful authority to occupy the highways or metropolitan water district is…
  - § 1470 This chapter shall not supersede the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7030), Division 4 of the Water Code.
CHAPTER 6. Obstructions and Injuries to County Highways §§ 1480–1496 · 20 sections
- § 1480 As used in this chapter: (a) The term “highway” includes all or any part of the entire width of right of way of a county highway, whether or not such entire…
- § 1480.5 The road commissioner may immediately remove, or by notice may require the removal of, any of the following encroachments: (a) An encroachment which obstructs…
- § 1481 The road commissioner may, by notice, require the removal of any other encroachment not specified in Section 1480.5 from any county highway.
- § 1482 The notice referred to in Sections 1480.5 and 1481 shall be served upon the occupant or owner of the land, or the person causing, controlling or owning the…
- § 1483 If the encroachment is not removed, or its removal not commenced and diligently prosecuted, prior to the expiration of 10 days from and after the service or…
- § 1484 If the encroachment is denied, and the owner or occupant of the land, or the person causing, owning or controlling the alleged encroachment refuses either to…
- § 1485 If the encroachment is not denied, but is not removed within five days from and after service or posting of the notice, the road commissioner may remove the…
- § 1486 Gates shall not be allowed on any county highway except gates allowed by the board of supervisors in accordance with the provisions of section 966. If the…
- § 1487 A person who, by means of ditches or dams, obstructs or injures any county highway, diverts any watercourse into any county highway, or drains water from his…
- § 1488 (a) A person who, in storing or distributing water for any purpose, permits water to overflow or by seepage to saturate a county highway, to the injury of the…
- § 1488.5 The notice referred to in Sections 1487 and 1488 shall be given in the same manner as provided in Section 1482, except that the action it requires shall be…
- § 1489 Unless a bridge is constructed in accordance with Section 1490, all persons excavating irrigation, mining or drainage ditches across county highways shall…
- § 1490 The board of supervisors of any county may construct and maintain bridges over any ditches which are used exclusively for irrigation purposes and which cross…
- § 1491 Any person who wilfully injures any county bridge is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is also liable for actual damages for such injury, to be recovered by the…
- § 1492 Any person who wilfully removes or injures any mile-board, milestone or guide-post, or any inscription thereon, erected on any county highway, is liable for a…
- § 1492.5 Survey monuments shall be preserved, referenced, or replaced pursuant to Section 8771 of the Business and Professions Code.
- § 1493 Any person may notify the occupant or owner of any land, from which a tree or other obstruction has fallen upon any county highway, to remove such tree or…
- § 1494 Any person who cuts down a tree which falls into any county highway shall immediately remove the tree, and is liable for a penalty of ten dollars, recoverable…
- § 1495 Any person who maliciously digs up, cuts down, injures or destroys any shade or ornamental tree on any county highway, unless such tree is considered an…
- § 1496 The road commissioner shall recover all penalties or forfeitures given in this chapter and the recovery of which is not otherwise provided for, by suit in the…
CHAPTER 6.5. Limited Maintenance Highway § 1500 · 1 section
- § 1500 The board of supervisors may adopt standards for limited maintenance of county highways which have a low traffic volume.
CHAPTER 7. Highway Taxes §§ 1550–1552 · 5 sections
- § 1550 (a) A board of supervisors may form special road maintenance districts and levy special taxes for road and highway purposes to this chapter. (b) Nothing…
- § 1550.1 The board of supervisors may form special road maintenance districts in unincorporated areas of the county wholly outside of incorporated cities. Formation of…
- § 1550.2 The board of supervisors may levy a special tax pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the…
- § 1550.3 All work done in special road maintenance districts shall be done by the county road commissioner and all laws relating to the expenditure of road funds raised…
- § 1552 Except as otherwise provided in this code, all revenues from special taxes levied for highway and road purposes collected in each road district shall be…
CHAPTER 8. Highway Funds §§ 1580–1654 · 16 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 1580 · 1 section
  - § 1580 The boards of supervisors, in their respective counties, shall audit all claims on the funds set apart for highway purposes and specify the funds from which…
2. ARTICLE 3. Other Highway Funds §§ 1622–1630 · 10 sections
  - § 1622 All amounts paid to each county, out of money derived from the Highway Users Tax Fund shall be deposited in a “road fund” which each board of supervisors shall…
  - § 1623 The board of supervisors of any county may expend any portion of the amounts thus received by that county in the construction, maintenance, improvement or…
  - § 1623.5 None of the amounts paid to the counties shall be used for the construction or improvement of any highway or street if the contract for such construction or…
  - § 1624 The board of supervisors of any county may, as provided in Section 1625, expend any portion of the amounts paid to that county, and deposited in the road fund,…
  - § 1625 Where such authorization is given, the board of supervisors of the county desiring the construction may: (a) Expend, through its own officers or agencies, the…
  - § 1626 Power hereby is granted to the board of supervisors of any county, to construct, maintain, improve and repair any county highway which in whole or in part…
  - § 1627 The board of supervisors of any county, by resolution adopted by four-fifths of the members thereof, may establish a county highway right of way acquisition…
  - § 1628 The board of supervisors of any county which has established a county highway right of way acquisition revolving fund, may by resolution call an election to…
  - § 1629 The board of supervisors of any county which has established a county highway right of way acquisition revolving fund may place on deposit in such fund any…
  - § 1630 The board of supervisors may use any appropriate method of funding the planning, designing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,…
3. ARTICLE 4. Apportionment of Road District Funds §§ 1650–1654 · 5 sections
  - § 1650 For the purposes of this article, the unencumbered funds of the district are the sum of all money, uncollected taxes, and other uncollected accounts belonging…
  - § 1651 Whenever any territory is included in any city, either at the original incorporation of such city, or by subsequent annexation thereto, and such territory…
  - § 1652 The assessor shall then ascertain from his records the assessed value of such incorporated or annexed property on the lien date and shall certify to the county…
  - § 1653 The auditor shall then calculate the proportion that the assessed value, on the preceding lien date of the property annexed or incorporated bears to the total…
  - § 1654 Such city shall repay to the county its proportion of all taxes for highway purposes on the annexed or incorporated portion of such district which are…
CHAPTER 9. Cooperation by Counties §§ 1670–1732 · 33 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. Cooperation with United States Government §§ 1670–1672 · 3 sections
  - § 1670 The board of supervisors of any county may enter into cooperative agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or other properly…
  - § 1671 The agreements shall be entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of the act of Congress, approved July 11, 1916, entitled “An act to provide that…
  - § 1672 Upon request of the proper officer of the United States, together with the order of the board of supervisors of the county, the county treasurer shall deposit…
2. ARTICLE 2. Cooperation with Cities §§ 1680–1686 · 7 sections
  - § 1680 The board of supervisors of any county may, by a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, determine that any of the following activities are of…
  - § 1681 Such resolution shall specify the proposed new or existing street or portion of street, the general nature of the improvement proposed, the nature of the aid…
  - § 1682 Thereafter and in accordance with such resolution the county may give aid in one or more of the following ways: (a) Contribute money. (b) Acquire and deliver…
  - § 1683 The expense of such aid may be paid from one or more of the following: (a) The county general fund. (b) The road fund. (c) The proceeds of any county bond…
  - § 1684 The city shall use all aid which it receives in the activities described in the resolution and shall return to the county any portion of such aid which is not…
  - § 1685 Boards of supervisors may enter into contracts or agreements with the legislative body of any city for the purposes specified in Section 1803.
  - § 1686 The Legislature hereby finds that the improvement and maintenance of all city streets is of general county interest. The board of supervisors of any county…
3. ARTICLE 3. Extension of County Highways Through Cities §§ 1700–1706 · 7 sections
  - § 1700 The board of supervisors of any county may, by a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, declare any highway in the county lying in whole or…
  - § 1701 A copy of such resolution shall be forwarded to the governing body of the city within which is included any portion of the highway. Such governing body may…
  - § 1702 Thereafter the board of supervisors of the county may acquire rights-of-way for, construct, maintain, improve, or repair such highway in the same manner as…
  - § 1703 Nothing contained in this article shall limit in any manner the police power of any city with reference to any such street or portion of street improved under…
  - § 1704 At any time after all or a portion of a city street becomes a county highway, as provided in this article, and all improvements commenced by the county, or its…
  - § 1705 Whenever county bonds are voted or a special tax is levied for paving a county highway, and the natural course of such highway runs into or through any city,…
  - § 1706 Whenever a city permits a county to use the city streets and highways for the purpose of constructing and maintaining any highway or boulevard as part of a…
4. ARTICLE 4. Cooperation Between Cities and Counties §§ 1710–1712 · 3 sections
  - § 1710 A city and a county may agree that the city shall construct, repair and maintain designated county highways or portions thereof within the unincorporated…
  - § 1711 A county and a city may agree that the county shall construct, repair or maintain designated county highways, or portions thereof, within the unincorporated…
  - § 1712 (a) A county and a city or cities may join in the acquisition of rights-of-way, construction, maintenance, improvement, or repair of bicycle routes or paths,…
5. ARTICLE 5. County Highways Within Cities §§ 1720–1732 · 13 sections
  - § 1720 This article provides an alternative procedure for the establishment of a county highway within a city. This article shall be applicable in those counties…
  - § 1721 The board of supervisors by resolution may determine that it is of general county interest that an existing street in the county extending in whole or in part…
  - § 1722 The governing body of the city, by resolution, may consent to the establishment of the proposed county highway and may relinquish to the county in whole or in…
  - § 1723 Upon the adoption of the resolution of consent by the city, such street or portion thereof within the city shall thereupon constitute a county highway. A…
  - § 1724 Thereafter, the board of supervisors of the county may acquire, construct and maintain such highway as other county highways are acquired, constructed and…
  - § 1725 Whenever a county highway has been established within a city, as provided in this article, and an extension of such highway in the unincorporated area of the…
  - § 1726 The county and city may agree that the city shall acquire, construct or maintain designated county highways or portions thereof within the city, the cost…
  - § 1727 The city may by agreement co-operate with the county in the acquisition, construction or maintenance of designated county highways or portions thereof within…
  - § 1728 No city street shall be closed, either directly or indirectly, by the construction of a county highway within a city as a freeway except pursuant to an…
  - § 1729 The police power of a city with reference to a county highway within the city shall not be limited except as to those matters specifically provided for in this…
  - § 1730 (a) No ordinance of a city relating to the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle shall become effective as to a county highway established pursuant to…
  - § 1731 The board of supervisors, by resolution, may relinquish to the city a county highway or any portion thereof located within the city. A certified copy of such…
  - § 1732 County highways established pursuant to this article shall be included in the terms “maintained mileage of county roads” and “miles of maintained county road”…
CHAPTER 10. County Ferries §§ 1750–1757 · 9 sections
- § 1750 The boards of supervisors in their respective counties may maintain, control, construct, repair or manage public ferries within the county.
- § 1751 The boards of supervisors, in their respective counties, may construct, operate, manage or maintain summer ferries under such rules and regulations and at such…
- § 1752 Whenever the board of supervisors of any county considers it advisable and for the best interests of the public that the county own and operate any ferry…
- § 1753 Such board may acquire landing places for any such ferry and may pay the expenses of purchasing, establishing or operating such ferry out of the road fund of…
- § 1754 When a navigable river forms a boundary between two counties of this State, the board of supervisors of such counties may establish and operate any ferry…
- § 1754.5 When a navigable bay forms a boundary between two counties, the boards of supervisors of the counties may establish and operate any ferry across the bay,…
- § 1755 Each of the counties shall pay such proportion of the expenses of establishing and operating any such ferry as is agreed upon by the respective boards. Each…
- § 1756 If either of the counties refuses to enter into an agreement to establish and operate any such ferry, the other county may: (a) Establish and operate a ferry…
- § 1757 Any ferry constructed or acquired under this chapter by a county or counties may be operated as either a free ferry or a toll ferry.