Cal. SHC § 5101.5
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 5101.5, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
Whenever in the opinion of the legislative body the public interest or convenience may require, it may install, acquire, construct, develop, jointly develop, maintain, dispose of, or operate, in or along its streets or any public way or any easement, either singly or in any combination of the items mentioned in Section 5101 and this section, any of the following:
(a) Works, systems, or facilities for the transportation of people, including rolling stock and other equipment appurtenant thereto.
(b) All other work auxiliary or incidental to any of the above, which may be required to carry out the same, including terminal and intermediate stations, structures, or platforms, or other facilities which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for, the loading of people into and unloading of people from the transportation facilities.
(c) All other work auxiliary or incidental to any of the above which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for carrying out, the same.
(d) Any and all property, easements, rights-of-way, and other rights or interests which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for carrying out, the purposes of the project.
(a) Works, systems, or facilities for the transportation of people, including rolling stock and other equipment appurtenant thereto.
(b) All other work auxiliary or incidental to any of the above, which may be required to carry out the same, including terminal and intermediate stations, structures, or platforms, or other facilities which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for, the loading of people into and unloading of people from the transportation facilities.
(c) All other work auxiliary or incidental to any of the above which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for carrying out, the same.
(d) Any and all property, easements, rights-of-way, and other rights or interests which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for carrying out, the purposes of the project.
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