AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 5, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 201

Statutes of 2017

[ Approved by Governor September 1, 2017. Filed with Secretary of State September 1, 2017. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Mathis, and Voepel)

February 16, 2017

An act to amend Section 670.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law authorizes the display of the Flag of the United States of America and the Flag of the State of California on a sidewalk located in or abutting on a state highway situated within a city, if the type of flagholder and the method of its installation and maintenance are not in violation of the Department of Transportation’s rules.

This bill would authorize a city or county to display the Flag of the United States of America or the Flag of the State of California, or both, as part of a gateway monument, as defined.

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

SECTION 1.

Section 670.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:

670.5.

(a) The Flag of the United States of America and the Flag of the State of California may be displayed on a sidewalk located in or abutting on a state highway situated within a city, if the type of flagholder and the method of its installation and maintenance are not in violation of the department’s rules.

(b) (1) A city or county may display the Flag of the United States of America or the Flag of the State of California, or both, as part of a gateway monument if the flags are maintained by the city or county.

(2) As used in this subdivision, a “gateway monument” means any freestanding structure or sign, or nonintegral or nonrequired highway feature, constructed within the state’s right-of-way, that communicates the name of the city or county.