Section 2561.5 Of Chapter 15. Freeway Service Patrols From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 15.
2561.5
. (a) Funding for the freeway service patrols established
pursuant to this chapter shall be provided, upon appropriation in the
annual Budget Act, from the State Highway Account in the State
Transportation Fund. In addition, the appropriate regional or local
entity shall ensure that local resources are expended on freeway
service patrols in an amount not less than 25 percent of the amount
provided from the State Highway Account.
(b) In locations where a freeway service patrol exists, the
department shall coordinate and integrate the funds appropriated
pursuant to this section into the existing program. In the allocation
of these funds, no local entity may be penalized for having an
existing freeway service patrol program.
(c) No state funding may be released prior to the execution of the
agreement developed under Section 2561.3.
(d) No program funded under this chapter may supplant emergency
response towing services provided by the department as of January 1,
1992.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding provided
under subdivision (a) of Section 2560.5 be consistent from year to
year in order to facilitate the awarding of multiyear contracts
between participating regional and local entities and providers of
freeway patrol services. The department shall only recognize
multiyear contract commitments equal to or less than three years. If
new freeway service patrol regional or local entity programs are
added to the baseline funding allocation, as described in Section
2560.5, those programs shall be phased in so as not to impact the
multiyear contract commitments. However, once a new application from
an eligible regional or local entity is submitted and approved, the
share of the baseline funding allocation to the regional or local
agency shall be phased in within three years of the date the
application is approved.