By January 1, 2017, a local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway shall do either of the following:

(a) Adopt the standards developed by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 42700 for recycled paving materials and for recycled base, subbase, and pervious backfill materials.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 42704.5

  • 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.

(b) Discuss at a regularly scheduled public hearing of the local agency’s legislative or other governing body why the standards are not being adopted.

(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 609, Sec. 1. (AB 2355) Effective January 1, 2015.)