February Updates to California Highways

The following are the February Update to California Highways:

Did the usual round of link updates. Joel Windmiller’s site has relocated to Golden State Highways, but it hasn’t opened yet with the content. This also included a page to mark the interstate highway segments you have clinched; I’d do this as a meme, but the input format looks a little too cumbersome.

Updated information on the following routes, based on my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via direct mail or Usenet) from Shirleigh Brannon⁽²⁾, Dennis Carr⁽³⁾, David P Hogan⁽⁴⁾, Cameron Kaiser⁽⁵⁾, Gary Richards (SJMN)⁽⁶⁾: LRN 37⁽²⁾, LRN 38⁽²⁾, Route 7⁽⁵⁾, Route 11⁽⁵⁾, Route 14⁽⁵⁾, Route 18⁽⁵⁾, Route 22⁽³⁾, Route 25⁽⁶⁾, Route 30⁽⁵⁾, Route 31⁽⁵⁾, Route 47⁽⁵⁾, Route 54⁽⁵⁾, Route 91⁽⁵⁾, Route 103⁽⁵⁾, Route 106⁽⁵⁾, Route 110⁽⁵⁾, Route 152⁽⁶⁾, Route 195⁽⁵⁾, Route 209⁽⁵⁾, Route 210⁽⁵⁾, Route 241⁽¹⁾, Route 252⁽⁵⁾, Route 259⁽⁵⁾, Route 274⁽⁵⁾, I-5⁽⁴⁾, I-805⁽⁴⁾, US 40⁽²⁾, US 60⁽⁵⁾, US 66⁽⁵⁾, US 95⁽⁵⁾, and US 395⁽⁵⁾.

Updated information on the standards for county highways, discovered while investingating a query to the site.

Updated the legislative information page. Noted the passage of the following resolution:

• SCR 20 (Soto) CHP Officer Thomas J. Steiner Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 60 in the City of Pomona, beginning with Phillips Ranch Road and ending at Reservoir Street as the “CHP Officer Thomas J. Steiner Memorial Highway“.
  Chaptered January 31, 2006. Resolution Chapter 2.

The following bills also caught my eye; they haven’t passed yet:

• AB 1970 (Levine) Energy resources: California Vampire Slayer Act of 2006.
  This bill would require the manufacturer of an appliance sold in California to place a power content label on each of its products that shows the energy consumption or energy efficiency of the appliance. The bill would require that the label also show the appliance’s estimated annual operational cost both when the appliance is in the “active/on” mode and when it is in the “active/standby” mode. The bill would prescribe requirements on how the label is to be attached, and also require that same information to be displayed in any order catalog. The bill would require the act to be known as the California Vampire Slayer Act of 2006.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/23/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on U. & C.

• AB 2127 (Plescia) Hazardous waste: alkaline batteries.
  Existing law defines the term batteries, for purposes of the hazardous waste control laws, as primary or secondary batteries, including nickel-cadmium, alkaline, carbon-zinc, and other batteries generated as waste that are not subject the federal Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA). The bill would require the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the Department of Water Resources, by July 1, 2007, to jointly undertake a study and submit a report to the Legislature regarding whether there are any environmental impacts caused by the random disposal of used alkaline batteries in a permitted solid waste landfill facility, the extent of those impacts caused by that disposal, and proposed solutions to mitigate those identified impacts. The bill would also require the Office of the Legislative Analyst, by July 1, 2007, to evaluate the cost of developing an infrastructure to collect used alkaline batteries as a non-RCRA hazardous waste from consumers and the likely financial impact on California consumers, if they are required to fund the development of that infrastructure through a deposit, fee, or other form of imposed cost.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/22/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

• AB 2350 (Maze) Vehicles: character education: specialized license plates.
  This bill would create a new category of license plates known as the character education specialized license plates. The bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to design and make available for issuance a character education specialized license plate with a specified design that promotes those values specified in existing law requiring teachers to endeavor to impress certain principles upon the minds of pupils.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

• AB 2415 (Nunez) Wireless technology.
  Existing law, the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, provides specified protections for the computers of consumers in this state against certain types of computer software. Existing law, the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005, makes it unlawful for any person, through the Internet or other electronic means, to solicit, request, or take any action to induce another person to provide identifying information by representing itself to be a business without the approval or authority of the business. This bill would prohibit a person or entity from selling wireless technology, as defined, to a computer user in this state unless that technology contains encryption software or a similar encryption device, which is set as the default mode at the time of sale. The bill would also provide that if any part of these provisions or their applications are held invalid, the invalidity would not affect other provisions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

• AB 2625 (Pavley) California Heritage Corridor Act.
  This bill would enact the California Heritage Corridor Act and establish the California Heritage Corridor Committee in the Department of Transportation to determine street and highway routes that qualify to be designated as heritage corridors, as defined, and locations that qualify to be identified within designated heritage corridors. The bill would establish the membership of the committee and its duties and would require the department to provide administrative and staff support to the committee. The bill would establish the California Heritage Corridor Fund in the State Treasury and require all moneys in the fund to be continuously appropriated to the department and made available to the committee to cover its costs in implementing the California Heritage Corridor Act. The bill would require the committee, in cooperation with the department, to design a heritage corridor roadside sign that meets specified requirements for the purpose of identifying heritage corridor routes. The bill would require the department to, in consultation with the committee, develop criteria for placement of heritage corridor signs and to install and maintain those signs at the request of the committee. The bill provides a number of examples of corridors, but doesn’t explicitly define any.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Introduced. To print.

• SB 1228 (Morrow) Covenant marriage.
  This bill would enact the Covenant Marriage Act of 2006. The bill would establish procedures by which a couple may enter into a marital contract rejecting the right to a dissolution of marriage or a legal separation on grounds of irreconcilable differences, except in certain circumstances. The bill would require couples to receive marital counseling before entering into a covenant marriage and before divorcing.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/16/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : To Com. on JUD. COMM. LOCATION : SEN JUDICIARY

• SB 1613 (Simitian) Vehicles: wireless telephones.
  This bill would make it an infraction, operative July 1, 2008, to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone, unless that telephone is designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking operation, and is used in that manner while driving.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

[Crossposted to cahwyguy and roadgeeks]