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California Vehicle Code Section 21655.6

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(a)  Whenever the Department of Transportation authorizes
or permits exclusive or preferential use of highway lanes for
high-occupancy vehicles on any highway located within the territory
of a transportation planning agency, as defined in Section 99214 of
the Public Utilities Code, or a county transportation commission, the
department shall obtain the approval of the transportation planning
agency or county transportation commission prior to establishing the
exclusive or preferential use of the highway lanes.
   (b) If the department authorizes or permits additional exclusive
or preferential use of highway lanes for high-occupancy vehicles on
that portion of State Highway Route 101 located within the boundaries
of the City of Los Angeles, the department shall obtain the approval
of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission by at least a
two-thirds majority vote of the entire membership eligible to vote
prior to establishing the additional exclusion or preferential use of
the highway lanes.
   (c) If the department restricts or requires the restriction of the
use of any lane on any federal-aid highway in the unincorporated
areas of Alameda County to high-occupancy vehicles, the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission shall review the use patterns of those
lanes and shall determine if congestion relief is being efficiently
achieved by the creation of the high-occupancy vehicle lanes.  The
commission shall report its findings and recommendations in its HOV
Master Plan Update for the San Francisco Bay area no later than two
years after those high-occupancy vehicle lanes become operational.

Last modified: January 12, 2009