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Section § 1680

Explanation

This law allows a county's board of supervisors, with a four-fifths vote, to decide that certain street-related activities are important for the county and should receive county aid. These activities include creating, maintaining, or changing streets within a city or at city boundaries, modifying street grades, and separating street grades at intersections or railroad crossings. It also covers building necessary infrastructure like pavements, bridges, and drainage, and acquiring property needed for these projects.

The board of supervisors of any county may, by a resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, determine that any of the following activities are of general county interest and that county aid shall be extended therefor:
(a)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1680(a) The laying out, opening, construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, or altering of all or any part of any street within a city or extending along or across the boundary of a city.
(b)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1680(b) The establishing, modifying or changing the grade of any such street.
(c)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1680(c) The separation of the grades of any two or more such streets which intersect.
(d)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1680(d) The separation of the grade of any such street from the grade of any steam, electric or street railroad crossing such street.
(e)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1680(e) The construction of the necessary pavements, curbs, culverts, bridges, tunnels, subways, viaducts, drainage facilities or structures incident to or a part of such street.
(f)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1680(f) The acquisition of any real property or interest therein, rights of way or other property necessary for any of the purposes mentioned in this section.
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Section § 1681

Explanation

This section requires a resolution to clearly outline details when a county plans to improve a street. It must include which street or portion is involved, what type of improvement will be made, what kind of help the county will provide, and which funds will be used to pay for it.

Such resolution shall specify the proposed new or existing street or portion of street, the general nature of the improvement proposed, the nature of the aid to be furnished by the county, and any funds from which the aid is to be paid.
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Section § 1682

Explanation

This section explains that a county in California can provide assistance in specific ways once a certain resolution is passed. The county may offer support by contributing money, supplying materials, providing labor or engineering services, lending road construction equipment, or helping to pay off bonds used for public works projects.

Thereafter and in accordance with such resolution the county may give aid in one or more of the following ways:
(a)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1682(a) Contribute money.
(b)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1682(b) Acquire and deliver material.
(c)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1682(c) Furnish labor or engineering services.
(d)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1682(d) Loan its road building machinery.
(e)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1682(e) Pay or contribute money to be used for the payment of interest upon, or for the payment or redemption of, bonds, the proceeds of which have been used for, or which have been issued in payment for, work mentioned in this article.
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Section § 1683

Explanation

This law outlines how expenses for certain county highway-related activities, like construction or maintenance, can be funded. The expenses can come from the county's general fund, the road fund, proceeds from county bonds dedicated to highway projects, or any other funds available for these purposes.

The expense of such aid may be paid from one or more of the following:
(a)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1683(a) The county general fund.
(b)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1683(b) The road fund.
(c)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1683(c) The proceeds of any county bond issue voted for the purpose of laying out, constructing, maintaining, improving or repairing county highways or for the acquisition of any real property or interest therein, rights of way or other property necessary for such purposes.
(d)CA Streets And Highways Code § 1683(d) Any other fund available for such purposes.
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Section § 1684

Explanation

A city must use any aid it receives specifically for the activities outlined in a resolution. If any portion of the aid is not used for these activities, the city must return that unused portion back to the county.

The city shall use all aid which it receives in the activities described in the resolution and shall return to the county any portion of such aid which is not thus used.
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Section § 1685

Explanation

This law allows county boards of supervisors to make contracts or agreements with city governments for certain purposes outlined in another section, specifically Section 1803.

Boards of supervisors may enter into contracts or agreements with the legislative body of any city for the purposes specified in Section 1803.
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Section § 1686

Explanation

This section states that maintaining and improving city streets is important for the whole county. Counties can decide, with a four-fifths vote from the board of supervisors, to help cities with street maintenance or improvement. This decision needs to outline what kind of work will be done, what kind of help the county will give, and from which funds the money will come.

The resolution doesn't have to list specific streets but should describe the work generally and may require reports on how the money is spent. This section provides an alternative way for counties to assist cities with their street projects.

The Legislature hereby finds that the improvement and maintenance of all city streets is of general county interest. The board of supervisors of any county may, by resolution adopted by a four-fifths vote of its members, determine that county aid shall be extended for the improvement or maintenance of streets within a city or extending along or across the boundary of a city.
Such resolution shall specify the general nature of the improvement and maintenance proposed, the nature of the aid to be furnished by the county, and any funds from which the aid is to be paid. Such resolution need not specify the streets to be improved or maintained within such city but may in general terms specify the general character of the work proposed and require such reports and accounting of the expenditure of such aid funds as it may find to be necessary and convenient. The provisions of this section shall be deemed as an alternative procedure to that otherwise specified in this article.
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