The department succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Aeronautics, the Department of Public Works, and the Office of Transportation Planning and Research, with the exceptions of those functions and duties reserved to the board in Section 13990.6 on July 1, 1973.

(Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1253.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 14008

  • Department: means the Department of Transportation. See California Government Code 14002.5
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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