2550. The Legislature declares that its intent in enacting this
chapter is to encourage the placement of call boxes along the
California Freeway and Expressway System to enable motorists in need
of aid to obtain assistance. However, it is not intended that a
motorist aid system of call boxes be considered an emergency
telephone system.
2551. (a) A service authority for freeway emergencies may be
established in any county if the board of supervisors of the county
and the city councils of a majority of the cities within the county
having a majority of the population of cities within the county adopt
resolutions providing for the establishment of the authority.
(b) The resolutions may designate the county transportation
commission for the county, created pursuant to Division 12
(commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code or
council of governments formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, as the
service authority for freeway emergencies. The powers of a
commission or council of governments so designated are limited to
those of the service authority.
(c) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission may function as the
service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Solano, Sonoma, Napa, and the City and County of San Francisco upon
adoption of a resolution by the commission to act as a service
authority and upon ratification of the commission's resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the city and county
or by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils
of the cities within the county having a majority of the population
of the cities within the county.
(d) (1) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may function as
the service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and San Joaquin, or any
other county that is not within another multicounty service
authority, upon adoption of a resolution by the council to act as a
service authority and upon ratification of the resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the county and by
the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority
of the population of the cities within the county.
(2) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may also exercise,
as a service authority, in any of those counties, the powers
specified in Section 891.5 pertaining to callboxes on class 1
bikeways.
(e) As used in this chapter, "authority" and "service authority"
mean a service authority for freeway emergencies created pursuant to
this chapter.
2551.5. The board of supervisors, and the city councils of the
cities in the county, may authorize the members of the service
authority to receive for each attendance at meetings of the service
authority, and for each day any member is engaged in authorized
service authority business other than attendance at meetings of the
service authority, the maximum sum of one hundred dollars ($100), but
not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month, and
to be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties.
2551.6. A service authority may agree to operate the freeway
service patrol in the county or region in which the service authority
was created. If another agency is operating a freeway service patrol
in the county or region, the service authority shall obtain approval
from that agency before operating the freeway service patrol.
2552. When the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or the
Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as the service
authority for two or more counties, the revenues which it receives
pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code, after retention of
amounts necessary to reimburse the commission or the council for its
reasonable and necessary administrative costs, shall be expended for
implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system
within those counties. The amount expended for each of those counties
shall be in the same proportion as the revenues generated within the
county bears to the total revenues received by the commission or the
council. Expenditures may be made in a county in addition to
revenues proportionately generated if the expenditures are approved
by all of the donor county representatives on the service authority.
2553. An authority, other than the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission or a county transportation commission or a council of
governments designated pursuant to Section 2551, shall have seven
members, with two members selected by the board of supervisors and
five members selected jointly by the city councils of cities within
the county.
If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission functions as a
service authority, it shall consist of all the members of the
commission as set forth in Section 66503 of the Government Code.
If the Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as a
service authority, it shall consist of (a) all of the members of the
board of directors of the council, as set forth in the Joint Powers
Agreement of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, dated
October 21, 1980, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, (b) one member
representing San Joaquin County, (c) one member representing the
cities of San Joaquin County, (d) one member representing any other
county that is not already a member of the council, and (e) one
member representing the cities within that county.
2554. An authority may contract and may undertake any act
convenient or necessary to carry out this chapter and any other law
relating to the authority.
2555. An authority may impose a fee of one dollar ($1) per year, on
vehicles registered in the county pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the
Vehicle Code.
2556. An existing service authority established by any of the
counties or the city and county enumerated in subdivision (c) of
Section 2551 may be merged into a service authority established by
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or by the Sacramento Area
Council of Governments.
2557. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), the
moneys received by each authority pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code shall be used for the
implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system
of call boxes, including the lease or lease-purchase of facilities
and equipment for the system, on the portions of the California
Freeway and Expressway System and a county expressway system, and the
unincorporated county roads in that county, and on state highway
routes that connect segments of these systems, which are located
within the county in which the authority is established. The
Department of Transportation and the Department of the California
Highway Patrol shall each review and approve plans for implementation
of a motorist aid system of call boxes proposed for any state
highway route and shall be reimbursed by the service authority for
all costs incurred due to review and approval of the plan.
(b) An authority or any other public entity may construct and
maintain, and lease or lease-purchase on terms and conditions it
deems appropriate, the facilities of a motorist aid system or it may
contract with a private person or entity to do so.
(c) If leases or lease-purchase agreements are entered into
pursuant to subdivision (a), or if revenue bonds are issued and sold
pursuant to Section 2558, the moneys received by each authority
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code
shall be used to the extent necessary to make lease payments or to
pay the principal of, and interest on, the amount of bonded
indebtedness outstanding, as the case may be. Facilities and
equipment acquired through the expenditure of proceeds from the sale
of those bonds shall have a useful life at least equal to the term of
the bonds.
(d) (1) Any money received by an authority pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code that exceeds the amount
needed for full implementation and ongoing costs to maintain and
operate the motorist aid system of call boxes, installed pursuant to
subdivision (a), may be used for purposes of paragraph (2) and for
additional motorist aid services or support, including, but not
limited to, the following safety-related projects:
(A) Changeable message signs.
(B) Lighting for call boxes.
(C) Support for traffic operations centers.
(D) Contracting for removal of disabled vehicles from the traveled
portion of the right-of-way, including operation of the freeway
service patrol pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560).
(2) Any amendment to an existing plan for a motorist aid system of
call boxes adopted by an authority for any state highway route
shall, prior to implementation, be submitted to the Department of
Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol
for review and approval and shall not be implemented until so
reviewed and approved. The authority shall reimburse each department
for the costs of that review.
(e) An authority may develop policies for the retention of
records, including, but not limited to, authority operations,
contracts, and programs, and the length of the retention period.
(f) A motorist aid system constructed, maintained, or operated
pursuant to this section shall meet the applicable standards of Title
II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law
101-336) and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2558. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a service authority may issue
revenue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300)
of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 4950) of Part 3 of Division 5 of the Health
and Safety Code, as nearly as practicable, for the implementation and
maintenance of a motorist aid program and shall pledge revenues to
be received from fees referred to in Section 2555 as security for the
payment of principal or of interest or other amounts due on those
revenue bonds. In addition, a service authority that has entered into
one or more leases or lease-purchase agreements for facilities of a
motorist aid program may also pledge, as security for the payment of
amounts due under the leases or agreements, revenues to be received
from those fees. The pledge of revenues provided for in this
subdivision shall be a first and prior lien and, without any action
other than the adoption by the members of a resolution providing for
the pledge, the lien of the pledge shall attach and become perfected
as to each fee imposed pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle
Code as and when the fee becomes due and payable. However, if a
service authority has, at the same time, existing obligations under
one or more issues of revenue bonds, one or more leases or
lease-purchase agreements, or both, the respective priorities of the
liens of pledges of revenue shall be determined on the basis of the
respective dates on which resolutions providing for those pledges
were adopted, with the highest priority being accorded the pledge of
revenues provided for in the earliest of those resolutions. Bond
proceeds shall not be used for operation of a motorist aid system of
call boxes.
(b) A service authority may issue revenue bonds for each county
within its jurisdiction.
2559. It is a misdemeanor for any person to remove, damage,
interfere with the use of, or obstruct any motorist aid call box
provided pursuant to this chapter without the consent of the
authority.
A person convicted under this section may be required by the court
to pay to the service authority the costs of repairing or replacing
the call box, in addition to any other penalty.
2550. The Legislature declares that its intent in enacting this
chapter is to encourage the placement of call boxes along the
California Freeway and Expressway System to enable motorists in need
of aid to obtain assistance. However, it is not intended that a
motorist aid system of call boxes be considered an emergency
telephone system.
2551. (a) A service authority for freeway emergencies may be
established in any county if the board of supervisors of the county
and the city councils of a majority of the cities within the county
having a majority of the population of cities within the county adopt
resolutions providing for the establishment of the authority.
(b) The resolutions may designate the county transportation
commission for the county, created pursuant to Division 12
(commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code or
council of governments formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, as the
service authority for freeway emergencies. The powers of a
commission or council of governments so designated are limited to
those of the service authority.
(c) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission may function as the
service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Solano, Sonoma, Napa, and the City and County of San Francisco upon
adoption of a resolution by the commission to act as a service
authority and upon ratification of the commission's resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the city and county
or by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils
of the cities within the county having a majority of the population
of the cities within the county.
(d) (1) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may function as
the service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and San Joaquin, or any
other county that is not within another multicounty service
authority, upon adoption of a resolution by the council to act as a
service authority and upon ratification of the resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the county and by
the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority
of the population of the cities within the county.
(2) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may also exercise,
as a service authority, in any of those counties, the powers
specified in Section 891.5 pertaining to callboxes on class 1
bikeways.
(e) As used in this chapter, "authority" and "service authority"
mean a service authority for freeway emergencies created pursuant to
this chapter.
2551.5. The board of supervisors, and the city councils of the
cities in the county, may authorize the members of the service
authority to receive for each attendance at meetings of the service
authority, and for each day any member is engaged in authorized
service authority business other than attendance at meetings of the
service authority, the maximum sum of one hundred dollars ($100), but
not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month, and
to be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties.
2551.6. A service authority may agree to operate the freeway
service patrol in the county or region in which the service authority
was created. If another agency is operating a freeway service patrol
in the county or region, the service authority shall obtain approval
from that agency before operating the freeway service patrol.
2552. When the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or the
Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as the service
authority for two or more counties, the revenues which it receives
pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code, after retention of
amounts necessary to reimburse the commission or the council for its
reasonable and necessary administrative costs, shall be expended for
implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system
within those counties. The amount expended for each of those counties
shall be in the same proportion as the revenues generated within the
county bears to the total revenues received by the commission or the
council. Expenditures may be made in a county in addition to
revenues proportionately generated if the expenditures are approved
by all of the donor county representatives on the service authority.
2553. An authority, other than the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission or a county transportation commission or a council of
governments designated pursuant to Section 2551, shall have seven
members, with two members selected by the board of supervisors and
five members selected jointly by the city councils of cities within
the county.
If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission functions as a
service authority, it shall consist of all the members of the
commission as set forth in Section 66503 of the Government Code.
If the Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as a
service authority, it shall consist of (a) all of the members of the
board of directors of the council, as set forth in the Joint Powers
Agreement of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, dated
October 21, 1980, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, (b) one member
representing San Joaquin County, (c) one member representing the
cities of San Joaquin County, (d) one member representing any other
county that is not already a member of the council, and (e) one
member representing the cities within that county.
2554. An authority may contract and may undertake any act
convenient or necessary to carry out this chapter and any other law
relating to the authority.
2555. An authority may impose a fee of one dollar ($1) per year, on
vehicles registered in the county pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the
Vehicle Code.
2556. An existing service authority established by any of the
counties or the city and county enumerated in subdivision (c) of
Section 2551 may be merged into a service authority established by
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or by the Sacramento Area
Council of Governments.
2557. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), the
moneys received by each authority pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code shall be used for the
implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system
of call boxes, including the lease or lease-purchase of facilities
and equipment for the system, on the portions of the California
Freeway and Expressway System and a county expressway system, and the
unincorporated county roads in that county, and on state highway
routes that connect segments of these systems, which are located
within the county in which the authority is established. The
Department of Transportation and the Department of the California
Highway Patrol shall each review and approve plans for implementation
of a motorist aid system of call boxes proposed for any state
highway route and shall be reimbursed by the service authority for
all costs incurred due to review and approval of the plan.
(b) An authority or any other public entity may construct and
maintain, and lease or lease-purchase on terms and conditions it
deems appropriate, the facilities of a motorist aid system or it may
contract with a private person or entity to do so.
(c) If leases or lease-purchase agreements are entered into
pursuant to subdivision (a), or if revenue bonds are issued and sold
pursuant to Section 2558, the moneys received by each authority
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code
shall be used to the extent necessary to make lease payments or to
pay the principal of, and interest on, the amount of bonded
indebtedness outstanding, as the case may be. Facilities and
equipment acquired through the expenditure of proceeds from the sale
of those bonds shall have a useful life at least equal to the term of
the bonds.
(d) (1) Any money received by an authority pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code that exceeds the amount
needed for full implementation and ongoing costs to maintain and
operate the motorist aid system of call boxes, installed pursuant to
subdivision (a), may be used for purposes of paragraph (2) and for
additional motorist aid services or support, including, but not
limited to, the following safety-related projects:
(A) Changeable message signs.
(B) Lighting for call boxes.
(C) Support for traffic operations centers.
(D) Contracting for removal of disabled vehicles from the traveled
portion of the right-of-way, including operation of the freeway
service patrol pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560).
(2) Any amendment to an existing plan for a motorist aid system of
call boxes adopted by an authority for any state highway route
shall, prior to implementation, be submitted to the Department of
Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol
for review and approval and shall not be implemented until so
reviewed and approved. The authority shall reimburse each department
for the costs of that review.
(e) An authority may develop policies for the retention of
records, including, but not limited to, authority operations,
contracts, and programs, and the length of the retention period.
(f) A motorist aid system constructed, maintained, or operated
pursuant to this section shall meet the applicable standards of Title
II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law
101-336) and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2558. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a service authority may issue
revenue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300)
of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 4950) of Part 3 of Division 5 of the Health
and Safety Code, as nearly as practicable, for the implementation and
maintenance of a motorist aid program and shall pledge revenues to
be received from fees referred to in Section 2555 as security for the
payment of principal or of interest or other amounts due on those
revenue bonds. In addition, a service authority that has entered into
one or more leases or lease-purchase agreements for facilities of a
motorist aid program may also pledge, as security for the payment of
amounts due under the leases or agreements, revenues to be received
from those fees. The pledge of revenues provided for in this
subdivision shall be a first and prior lien and, without any action
other than the adoption by the members of a resolution providing for
the pledge, the lien of the pledge shall attach and become perfected
as to each fee imposed pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle
Code as and when the fee becomes due and payable. However, if a
service authority has, at the same time, existing obligations under
one or more issues of revenue bonds, one or more leases or
lease-purchase agreements, or both, the respective priorities of the
liens of pledges of revenue shall be determined on the basis of the
respective dates on which resolutions providing for those pledges
were adopted, with the highest priority being accorded the pledge of
revenues provided for in the earliest of those resolutions. Bond
proceeds shall not be used for operation of a motorist aid system of
call boxes.
(b) A service authority may issue revenue bonds for each county
within its jurisdiction.
2559. It is a misdemeanor for any person to remove, damage,
interfere with the use of, or obstruct any motorist aid call box
provided pursuant to this chapter without the consent of the
authority.
A person convicted under this section may be required by the court
to pay to the service authority the costs of repairing or replacing
the call box, in addition to any other penalty.
2550. The Legislature declares that its intent in enacting this
chapter is to encourage the placement of call boxes along the
California Freeway and Expressway System to enable motorists in need
of aid to obtain assistance. However, it is not intended that a
motorist aid system of call boxes be considered an emergency
telephone system.
2551. (a) A service authority for freeway emergencies may be
established in any county if the board of supervisors of the county
and the city councils of a majority of the cities within the county
having a majority of the population of cities within the county adopt
resolutions providing for the establishment of the authority.
(b) The resolutions may designate the county transportation
commission for the county, created pursuant to Division 12
(commencing with Section 130000) of the Public Utilities Code or
council of governments formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, as the
service authority for freeway emergencies. The powers of a
commission or council of governments so designated are limited to
those of the service authority.
(c) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission may function as the
service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Solano, Sonoma, Napa, and the City and County of San Francisco upon
adoption of a resolution by the commission to act as a service
authority and upon ratification of the commission's resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the city and county
or by the board of supervisors of the county and by the city councils
of the cities within the county having a majority of the population
of the cities within the county.
(d) (1) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may function as
the service authority for freeway emergencies in any or all of the
Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, and San Joaquin, or any
other county that is not within another multicounty service
authority, upon adoption of a resolution by the council to act as a
service authority and upon ratification of the resolution in a
particular county by the board of supervisors of the county and by
the city councils of the cities within the county having a majority
of the population of the cities within the county.
(2) The Sacramento Area Council of Governments may also exercise,
as a service authority, in any of those counties, the powers
specified in Section 891.5 pertaining to callboxes on class 1
bikeways.
(e) As used in this chapter, "authority" and "service authority"
mean a service authority for freeway emergencies created pursuant to
this chapter.
2551.5. The board of supervisors, and the city councils of the
cities in the county, may authorize the members of the service
authority to receive for each attendance at meetings of the service
authority, and for each day any member is engaged in authorized
service authority business other than attendance at meetings of the
service authority, the maximum sum of one hundred dollars ($100), but
not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) in any calendar month, and
to be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties.
2551.6. A service authority may agree to operate the freeway
service patrol in the county or region in which the service authority
was created. If another agency is operating a freeway service patrol
in the county or region, the service authority shall obtain approval
from that agency before operating the freeway service patrol.
2552. When the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or the
Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as the service
authority for two or more counties, the revenues which it receives
pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code, after retention of
amounts necessary to reimburse the commission or the council for its
reasonable and necessary administrative costs, shall be expended for
implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system
within those counties. The amount expended for each of those counties
shall be in the same proportion as the revenues generated within the
county bears to the total revenues received by the commission or the
council. Expenditures may be made in a county in addition to
revenues proportionately generated if the expenditures are approved
by all of the donor county representatives on the service authority.
2553. An authority, other than the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission or a county transportation commission or a council of
governments designated pursuant to Section 2551, shall have seven
members, with two members selected by the board of supervisors and
five members selected jointly by the city councils of cities within
the county.
If the Metropolitan Transportation Commission functions as a
service authority, it shall consist of all the members of the
commission as set forth in Section 66503 of the Government Code.
If the Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as a
service authority, it shall consist of (a) all of the members of the
board of directors of the council, as set forth in the Joint Powers
Agreement of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, dated
October 21, 1980, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, (b) one member
representing San Joaquin County, (c) one member representing the
cities of San Joaquin County, (d) one member representing any other
county that is not already a member of the council, and (e) one
member representing the cities within that county.
2554. An authority may contract and may undertake any act
convenient or necessary to carry out this chapter and any other law
relating to the authority.
2555. An authority may impose a fee of one dollar ($1) per year, on
vehicles registered in the county pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the
Vehicle Code.
2556. An existing service authority established by any of the
counties or the city and county enumerated in subdivision (c) of
Section 2551 may be merged into a service authority established by
the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or by the Sacramento Area
Council of Governments.
2557. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), the
moneys received by each authority pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code shall be used for the
implementation, maintenance, and operation of a motorist aid system
of call boxes, including the lease or lease-purchase of facilities
and equipment for the system, on the portions of the California
Freeway and Expressway System and a county expressway system, and the
unincorporated county roads in that county, and on state highway
routes that connect segments of these systems, which are located
within the county in which the authority is established. The
Department of Transportation and the Department of the California
Highway Patrol shall each review and approve plans for implementation
of a motorist aid system of call boxes proposed for any state
highway route and shall be reimbursed by the service authority for
all costs incurred due to review and approval of the plan.
(b) An authority or any other public entity may construct and
maintain, and lease or lease-purchase on terms and conditions it
deems appropriate, the facilities of a motorist aid system or it may
contract with a private person or entity to do so.
(c) If leases or lease-purchase agreements are entered into
pursuant to subdivision (a), or if revenue bonds are issued and sold
pursuant to Section 2558, the moneys received by each authority
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code
shall be used to the extent necessary to make lease payments or to
pay the principal of, and interest on, the amount of bonded
indebtedness outstanding, as the case may be. Facilities and
equipment acquired through the expenditure of proceeds from the sale
of those bonds shall have a useful life at least equal to the term of
the bonds.
(d) (1) Any money received by an authority pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code that exceeds the amount
needed for full implementation and ongoing costs to maintain and
operate the motorist aid system of call boxes, installed pursuant to
subdivision (a), may be used for purposes of paragraph (2) and for
additional motorist aid services or support, including, but not
limited to, the following safety-related projects:
(A) Changeable message signs.
(B) Lighting for call boxes.
(C) Support for traffic operations centers.
(D) Contracting for removal of disabled vehicles from the traveled
portion of the right-of-way, including operation of the freeway
service patrol pursuant to Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 2560).
(2) Any amendment to an existing plan for a motorist aid system of
call boxes adopted by an authority for any state highway route
shall, prior to implementation, be submitted to the Department of
Transportation and the Department of the California Highway Patrol
for review and approval and shall not be implemented until so
reviewed and approved. The authority shall reimburse each department
for the costs of that review.
(e) An authority may develop policies for the retention of
records, including, but not limited to, authority operations,
contracts, and programs, and the length of the retention period.
(f) A motorist aid system constructed, maintained, or operated
pursuant to this section shall meet the applicable standards of Title
II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law
101-336) and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2558. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a service authority may issue
revenue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300)
of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 4950) of Part 3 of Division 5 of the Health
and Safety Code, as nearly as practicable, for the implementation and
maintenance of a motorist aid program and shall pledge revenues to
be received from fees referred to in Section 2555 as security for the
payment of principal or of interest or other amounts due on those
revenue bonds. In addition, a service authority that has entered into
one or more leases or lease-purchase agreements for facilities of a
motorist aid program may also pledge, as security for the payment of
amounts due under the leases or agreements, revenues to be received
from those fees. The pledge of revenues provided for in this
subdivision shall be a first and prior lien and, without any action
other than the adoption by the members of a resolution providing for
the pledge, the lien of the pledge shall attach and become perfected
as to each fee imposed pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle
Code as and when the fee becomes due and payable. However, if a
service authority has, at the same time, existing obligations under
one or more issues of revenue bonds, one or more leases or
lease-purchase agreements, or both, the respective priorities of the
liens of pledges of revenue shall be determined on the basis of the
respective dates on which resolutions providing for those pledges
were adopted, with the highest priority being accorded the pledge of
revenues provided for in the earliest of those resolutions. Bond
proceeds shall not be used for operation of a motorist aid system of
call boxes.
(b) A service authority may issue revenue bonds for each county
within its jurisdiction.
2559. It is a misdemeanor for any person to remove, damage,
interfere with the use of, or obstruct any motorist aid call box
provided pursuant to this chapter without the consent of the
authority.
A person convicted under this section may be required by the court
to pay to the service authority the costs of repairing or replacing
the call box, in addition to any other penalty.
