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<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Alvarado-Gil</ns0:AuthorText>
<ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_ORIGINATING">(Coauthor: Senator Ochoa Bogh)</ns0:AuthorText>
<ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_OPPOSITE">(Coauthor: Assembly Member Tangipa)</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 125.5 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>State highways: projects: notice.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and requires it to improve and maintain the state highways, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the department to provide written notice of certain construction or maintenance projects within the right-of-way of a state highway in a county with a population of 60,000 people or fewer to a person who resides in, or a business that is located within,
5 miles of the project limits, as specified. The bill would also require the department to place the notice on its internet website.</html:p>
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<ns0:Num>SECTION 1.</ns0:Num>
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Section 125.5 is added to the
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, to read:
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<ns0:Num>125.5.</ns0:Num>
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(a)
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For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
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(1)
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“Affected resident” means a person who resides in, or a business that is located within, five miles of the project limits, as determined by the department.
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(2)
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“Rural project” means any
construction or maintenance project that meets both of the following:
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(A)
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Is planned to be performed within the right-of-way of a state highway in a county with a population of 60,000 people or fewer.
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Is scheduled to include a lane closure or a road closure for either of the following durations:
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(i)
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Seven days or more if there is no alternate route available.
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(ii)
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Fourteen days or more if an alternate route is available.
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The department shall provide written notice of a rural project to an affected resident at least 14 days before the construction or maintenance of a rural project begins. The notice shall describe the
rural project, including, but not limited to, any planned closures, traffic detours, and appropriate contact information for the department or contractor. The department shall also post the notice on its internet website.
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