Section 2551 Of Chapter 14. Service Authority For Freeway Emergencies From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 14.
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. (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.