Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the classification and reclassification of certain secondary roads, and including applicability provisions
Topics:Cities & countiesTransportation
Same legislation: SF 234
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 3, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 234
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 234 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 234 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary County boards currently have the power to label certain roads as "area service C" roads, which means they receive less maintenance and have restricted access. This bill requires that if a road is given this label, the entire stretch between its access points must be classified that way. It prevents counties from labeling only a small part of a road or just a bridge as a service C road, unless the road is a dead end.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, a county board of supervisors, after consultation with the county engineer, and for purposes of specifying levels of maintenance effort and access, may classify an area service system into three classifications termed area service “A”, area service “B”, and area service “C”. Area service “C” classification roads may have restricted access, but must allow access to adjoining landowners, and may have a minimal level of maintenance as specified by the county board of supervisors after consultation with the county engineer. A road with an area service “C” classification retains the classification until such time as a petition for reclassification is submitted to the county board of supervisors. The petition must be signed by one or more adjoining landowners. This bill provides that an area service “C” classification must apply to the entire portion of a road between the road’s access points. The bill prohibits a county board of supervisors from classifying as area service “C” only part of a road between the road’s access points, or only a bridge on the road. This provision does not apply to roads that terminate in a dead end. The bill specifies that “access point” includes but is not limited to a driveway. The bill provides that all area service “C” classifications currently in effect that are not compliant with the bill must be expanded or reclassified to meet the requirements of the bill on or before January 1, 2022.57.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2021. Meeting: Monday, February 1 · 12:00 PM · RM 24A.
- Sen. Tom Shipley REmail
- Sen. Mike Klimesh REmail
- Sen. T. Taylor
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- SF 2249 Relating to the classification and reclassification of certain secondary roads, and includ…88th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same titlePassed a chamber
- SF 2122 Relating to the classification and reclassification of certain secondary roads, and includ…88th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2249 · very similarCleared committee
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