Cal. SHC § 22531
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 22531, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
“Maintain” or “maintenance” means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and servicing of any improvement, including:
(a) Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any improvement.
(b) Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c) The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste.
(d) The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
(a) Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any improvement.
(b) Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c) The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste.
(d) The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to remove or cover graffiti.
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