California Streets and Highways Code GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Section 1.
  This act shall be known as the Streets and Highways Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 2.
  The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall...
• Section 5.
  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions, rules of construction, and general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of...
• Section 6.
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning...
• Section 7.
  Whenever any power or authority is given to, or any duty is imposed upon, any person by any provision of this code it may be...
• Section 8.
  Whenever any notice, report, petition, permit, statement or record is required by this code, it shall be made in writing in the English language.(Enacted by...
• Section 9.
  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law, such reference shall apply to all amendments and additions...
• Section 10.
  “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 11.
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 12.
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 12.2.
  “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 113. (SB 1005) Effective January...
• Section 13.
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 14.
  “County” includes “city and county.”(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 15.
  “City” includes “city and county” and “incorporated town.”(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 16.
  “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 17.
  “Oath” includes affirmation.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 18.
  “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a...
• Section 19.
  “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 224. Effective January 1,
• Section 20.
  “Department” means the Department of Transportation of this state.Any reference in any law or regulation to the Department of Public Works shall be deemed to...
• Section 21.
  “Director” means the director of the department.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)
• Section 22.
  Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, “commission” means the California Transportation Commission.Any reference in any law or regulation to the California Highway...
• Section 22.5.
  Whenever the term “Business, Transportation and Housing Agency” appears within the Streets and Highways Code, it shall refer to the Transportation Agency, and whenever the...
• Section 23.
  As used in this code, unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, “highway” includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to...
• Section 23.5.
  “Freeway” means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting...
• Section 24.
  As used in this code, “State highway” means any highway which is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved or maintained as a State highway pursuant to...
• Section 25.
  As used in this code, “county highway” means any highway which is:(a) Laid out or constructed as such by the county.(b) Laid out or constructed by others...
• Section 26.
  As used in the general provisions and in Divisions 1 (commencing with Section 50), 2 (commencing with Section 900), and 2.5 (commencing with Section 1800),...
• Section 27.
  As used in the general provisions and in Divisions 1 (commencing with Section 50), 2 (commencing with Section 900), and 2.5 (commencing with Section 1800),...
• Section 28.
  If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the...
• Section 29.
  “Construction” includes:(a) Acquisition of rights-of-way and material sites and the payment of damage claims under Section 14 of Article I of the Constitution.(b) Construction.(c) Reconstruction.(d) Replacement.(e) Any improvement excepting maintenance...
• Section 30.
  “State Highway Account” means the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 777, Sec. 3.)
• Section 35.
  “Vista point” means any signed roadside area on the state highway system developed and maintained by the department for the purpose of providing the motorist...
• Section 36.
  For the purposes of this code, “recycled water” or “reclaimed water” has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section...

Last modified: October 22, 2018