State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > California > Shc > 2300-2302STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
SECTION 2300-2302
2300. The department shall be responsible for coordinating the work necessary to carry out the Los Angeles demonstration project, as described in the financial plans adopted pursuant to Sections 307.1 and 347.1, financed with the federal funds made available by subdivision (a) of Section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982. The work shall generally be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 2350), relating to urban system projects. None of the funds expended for the work of the demonstration project shall be subject to the provisions of Section 188 or 188.8. 2301. The department shall undertake the Prairie Creek Redwood State Park demonstration project or other projects as described in federal law in lieu of this project financed, in part, with funds made available by Section 152 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 and Section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981. The total of all funds expended to complete this project or other projects as described in federal law in lieu of this project shall not be subject to any of the provisions of Section 188 or 188.8. 2302. In addition to the purposes allowable pursuant to Section 193, the commission may allocate State Highway Account funds available for state highway purposes to meet federally required local financial matching provisions for interstate transfer projects. If the commission allocates the funds for that purpose, the department shall expend the funds or cause them to be expended for that purpose. Funds allocated from the State Highway Account pursuant to this section shall be deemed expenditures on the state highway system for purposes of Sections 188 and 188.8. Funds shall be allocated and expended pursuant to this section only if each of the following conditions exist: (a) The project shall be a highway. (b) The highway shall directly connect with a state highway. (c) The highway shall be a substitute for a previously authorized interstate highway. (d) The amount of state funding for the substitute highway shall be less than the estimated amount of the state share of the previously authorized interstate highway, both amounts to be calculated in current dollar values. (e) The substitute highway project shall appear in the state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14529 of the Government Code.
