Cal. SHC § 681
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 681, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
Whenever a franchise shall have been granted by any county or city in any public highway heretofore or hereafter constituted a State highway, all of the rights of the grantor under such franchise, including the right to collect and receive tolls, charges or payments thereunder other than the rights transferred to the department by section 680, are reserved to such county or city.
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