California Code
DIVISION 3 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
PART 5 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER 1 - General

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent

Section 14000. - 14000. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

Section 14000.5. - 14000.5. The Legislature further finds and declares that the role...

Section 14000.6. - 14000.6. The Legislature further finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 14001. - 14001. There is in the Transportation Agency a Department of...

Section 14002. - 14002. The department is under the control of an executive...

Section 14002.5. - 14002.5. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise...

Section 14003. - 14003. The director is appointed by the Governor, subject to...

Section 14005. - 14005. The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers...

Section 14006. - 14006. There shall be within the department the position of...

Section 14007. - 14007. For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize...

Section 14007.1. - 14007.1. (a) There is in the Department of Transportation the...

Section 14007.2. - 14007.2. (a) There is in the Department of Transportation a...

Section 14008. - 14008. The department succeeds to and is vested with all...

Section 14010. - 14010. The department shall have the possession and control of...

Section 14011. - 14011. The department may expend money appropriated for the administration...

Section 14012. - 14012. (a) The director may sell or lease excess right-of-way...

Section 14013. - 14013. The director may lease nonoperating right-of-way areas to municipalities...

Section 14014. - 14014. The director may authorize the refund of moneys received...

Section 14015. - 14015. (a) The Director of General Services, as agent for...

Section 14016. - 14016. (a) The Director of General Services, as agent for...

ARTICLE 3 - Activities

Section 14030. - 14030. The powers and duties of the department include, but...

Section 14031. - 14031. The Governor, the secretary, and the department may enter...

Section 14031.1. - 14031.1. In accordance with federal regulation (49 C.F.R. 661.21), the...

Section 14031.5. - 14031.5. (a) The Mass Transit Revolving Account is hereby created...

Section 14031.6. - 14031.6. (a) The Governor shall include in the Budget Bill...

Section 14031.7. - 14031.7. Prior to any allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) of...

Section 14031.8. - 14031.8. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall establish, through an...

Section 14032. - 14032. The department shall provide reports and analyses for the...

Section 14032.5. - 14032.5. The department may assist regional transportation planning agencies with...

Section 14032.6. - 14032.6. The department shall, within existing resources, collect, analyze, and...

Section 14032.7. - 14032.7. The department shall publish annually a list of major...

Section 14033. - 14033. On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall...

Section 14034. - 14034. (a) During the planning and development of any proposed...

Section 14035. - 14035. (a) The department may enter into contracts with the...

Section 14035.1. - 14035.1. Commuter rail service shall be provided to the communities...

Section 14035.2. - 14035.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 14035.3. - 14035.3. The department may request a railroad corporation under contractual...

Section 14035.4. - 14035.4. The department shall request the involvement and cooperation of...

Section 14035.5. - 14035.5. The department may enter into contracts with common carriers,...

Section 14035.55. - 14035.55. (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the...

Section 14035.57. - 14035.57. The department shall encourage the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit...

Section 14035.65. - 14035.65. In developing or funding intermodal passenger service facilities, the...

Section 14035.7. - 14035.7. Funds allocated for commuter rail purposes shall be consistent...

Section 14035.9. - 14035.9. The department shall in conjunction with the Department of...

Section 14036. - 14036. (a) The department shall prepare a State Rail Plan....

Section 14036.1. - 14036.1. As part of its ongoing marketing activities to increase...

Section 14036.4. - 14036.4. The department shall report in the rail passenger development...

Section 14036.5. - 14036.5. (a) As part of its marketing activities in support...

Section 14036.6. - 14036.6. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 14036.7. - 14036.7. The department shall give high priority to the development...

Section 14036.8. - 14036.8. (a) The department, using existing rail marketing funds, shall...

Section 14036.9. - 14036.9. The California Coast Passenger Rail Corridor consists of the...

Section 14037. - 14037. Funds which are available to the department for rail...

Section 14038. - 14038. (a) The department may purchase, sell, and lease rail...

Section 14038.1. - 14038.1. Rail passenger equipment owned by the department and operated...

Section 14038.2. - 14038.2. (a) The department may acquire by purchase, lease, or...

Section 14038.3. - 14038.3. The department may, if requested by the Alameda Corridor...

Section 14038.5. - 14038.5. (a) The department may, at the request of a...

Section 14039. - 14039. The department shall have no authority to operate railroads....

Section 14040. - 14040. The department may provide by contract with a railroad...

Section 14041. - 14041. The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is encouraged to coordinate...

Section 14050. - 14050. State highway projects to be included in the program...

Section 14051. - 14051. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Broadband provider”...

Section 14052. - 14052. (a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Elderly and Disabled Persons

Section 14055. - 14055. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 14055.1. - 14055.1. The department shall act as the applicant for grants...

Section 14055.2. - 14055.2. Funds made available to the department shall be allocated...

Section 14055.3. - 14055.3. The commission shall establish an appeals process. (Added by...

Section 14055.4. - 14055.4. Prior to approving its program of projects, the commission...

ARTICLE 4 - Purchase, Sale, and Leasing of Passenger Transportation Vehicles

Section 14060. - 14060. The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Equipment”...

Section 14061. - 14061. The department may take all action necessary to purchase,...

Section 14062. - 14062. (a) The department may issue equipment obligations to finance...

Section 14063. - 14063. (a) Grant anticipation notes shall be issued only in...

Section 14064. - 14064. (a) Equipment obligations shall be sold by the Treasurer,...

Section 14066. - 14066. (a) The Passenger Equipment Acquisition Fund is hereby created...

ARTICLE 5 - Intercity Rail Agreements

Section 14070. - 14070. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 14070.2. - 14070.2. (a) If authorized by the secretary, the department may,...

Section 14070.4. - 14070.4. (a) An interagency transfer agreement between the department and...

Section 14070.6. - 14070.6. The department and any entity that assumes administrative responsibility...

Section 14070.7. - 14070.7. The department and the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, to...

ARTICLE 5.2 - LOSSAN Corridor

Section 14072. - 14072. (a) The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, also known as...

Section 14072.2. - 14072.2. This article shall be applicable only if the members...

ARTICLE 5.4 - San Joaquin Corridor

Section 14074. - 14074. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 14074.2. - 14074.2. (a) There shall be created the San Joaquin Joint...

Section 14074.4. - 14074.4. The authority shall be created only if the agencies...

Section 14074.6. - 14074.6. The board shall make its decisions in accordance with...

Section 14074.8. - 14074.8. The Steering Committee of the Caltrans Rail Task Force...

ARTICLE 5.6 - Capitol Corridor

Section 14076. - 14076. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 14076.2. - 14076.2. (a) There is hereby created the Capitol Corridor Joint...

Section 14076.4. - 14076.4. If the board and the department enter into an...

Section 14076.6. - 14076.6. The board shall make its decisions in accordance with...

Section 14076.8. - 14076.8. For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities pursuant...

ARTICLE 6 - Exclusive Mass Transit Guideway Systems

Section 14080. - 14080. For purposes of this article: (a) “Public entity” has...

Section 14081. - 14081. (a) When the governing body of any public entity...

Section 14081.5. - 14081.5. The director shall not enter into an agreement referred...

Section 14082. - 14082. The department may secure the services of consultants to...

Section 14082.5. - 14082.5. In any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081, the...

Section 14083. - 14083. Any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081 shall provide...

Section 14083.5. - 14083.5. Any funds received by the department from the governing...

Section 14084. - 14084. If at any time, in carrying out any agreement...

Section 14085. - 14085. Whenever any public entity is to receive state or...

Section 14085.5. - 14085.5. With respect to the review and approval of policies,...

Section 14086. - 14086. The department shall adopt guidelines for purposes of Section...

Section 14086.5. - 14086.5. Before approving an overall project financing plan and an...

Section 14087. - 14087. If the governing body of a public entity wishes...

Section 14088. - 14088. For emergency conditions, and for those minor improvement projects...

Section 14089. - 14089. Nothing in this article shall be construed to make...

CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 14101. - 14101. The department shall contract with qualified architects and engineers...

Section 14102. - 14102. The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in...

Section 14103. - 14103. The department may prepare, publish, and issue such printed...

Section 14104. - 14104. The department may employ such assistance as may be...

Section 14104.5. - 14104.5. Where work to be performed, excluding regular maintenance work,...

Section 14105. - 14105. (a) The department may verify that all construction projects...

Section 14105.6. - 14105.6. (a) The department shall prepare a detailed plan that...

Section 14106. - 14106. (a) Any toll revenues generated from a managed lane...

Section 14107. - 14107. (a) The department, in coordination with the Department of...

Section 14110. - 14110. Consistent with federal and state laws and regulations, including,...

Section 14110.1. - 14110.1. (a) (1) The department shall develop and submit to...

Section 14110.2. - 14110.2. (a) The department shall collect voluntarily reported data on...

Section 14110.3. - 14110.3. The department shall achieve, at a minimum, an overall...

Section 14110.4. - 14110.4. (a) Beginning with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the department...

Section 14110.5. - 14110.5. (a) The department shall create a web page on...

Section 14111. - 14111. (a) (1) The department shall develop an implementation plan...

ARTICLE 2 - Emergencies

Section 14120. - 14120. In times of extraordinary stress and of disaster, resulting...

Section 14121. - 14121. The department may perform any work required or take...

Section 14122. - 14122. The director shall transmit any declaration made under this...

Section 14123. - 14123. The Director of Finance shall forthwith determine if a...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Contracts for Professional and Technical Services

Section 14130. - 14130. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

Section 14131. - 14131. The department may contract for the services of engineers,...

Section 14131.1. - 14131.1. The department, in applying the criteria for contracting for...

Section 14131.2. - 14131.2. (a) Solely for the purpose of validating the selection...

Section 14132. - 14132. (a) In addition to the requirements set forth in...

Section 14133. - 14133. (a) Contracts made pursuant to this article are not...

Section 14134. - 14134. (a) The department, after consultation with the commission and...

Section 14135. - 14135. Each contract for engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural services...

Section 14136. - 14136. (a) The department shall encourage mentor-protege agreements between prime...

ARTICLE 3 - Contracts for Services With the United States

Section 14150. - 14150. When requested in writing by the Federal Highway Administration,...

Section 14151. - 14151. Any architectural or construction work on buildings shall be...

Section 14152. - 14152. In the performance of any such federally financed work...

Section 14153. - 14153. As to such work to be performed by the...

Section 14154. - 14154. In addition to the purposes for which money is...

Section 14155. - 14155. “Department,” as used in this article, means the Department...

ARTICLE 4 - Guaranteed Return Trip Demonstration Project

Section 14170. - 14170. This article and Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14925)...

Section 14171. - 14171. The department shall establish and administer the Guaranteed Return...

Section 14172. - 14172. The department shall publicize the project and solicit proposals...

Section 14173. - 14173. The department shall prescribe forms to be utilized to...

Section 14174. - 14174. The Guaranteed Return Trip Fund is hereby created in...

Section 14175. - 14175. Grants of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)...

Section 14176. - 14176. (a) A public or private entity may submit to...

Section 14177. - 14177. The department shall evaluate each proposal submitted to it...

Section 14178. - 14178. The amount of any grant shall be matched on...

Section 14179. - 14179. The recipient of a grant may use the funds...

Section 14180. - 14180. Upon its selection of a proposed program and the...

Section 14181. - 14181. The department shall conduct an evaluation of the Guaranteed...

CHAPTER 3 - State Employee Telecommuting Program

Section 14200. - 14200. As used in this chapter, “telecommuting” means the partial...

Section 14200.1. - 14200.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 14201. - 14201. Every state agency shall review its work operations to...

Section 14202. - 14202. The Department of General Services shall establish a unit...

Section 14203. - 14203. Each state agency shall evaluate its telecommuting program. The...

CHAPTER 4 - California Transportation Research and Innovation Program

Section 14450. - 14450. The department, in preparing its research and development program,...

Section 14452. - 14452. (a) All funds made available pursuant to Section 99315.6...

Section 14453. - 14453. The department’s role in this program shall be limited...

Section 14454. - 14454. (a) If a decision is made to proceed with...

Section 14455. - 14455. (a) Research contracts approved by the department shall require...

Section 14456. - 14456. Pursuant to Section 14453, the department may enter into...

CHAPTER 5 - Department of Transportation independent Office of Audits and Investigations

Section 14460. - 14460. (a) There is hereby created in the department the...

Section 14461. - 14461. (a) The Inspector General shall review policies, practices, and...

Section 14462. - 14462. (a) The Inspector General may gain access to confidential...

Section 14463. - 14463. It is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a...