California Streets and Highways Code 1465 – (a) Permittees may excavate openings in county highways to make …
(a) Permittees may excavate openings in county highways to make repairs in cases of emergency requiring immediate action. In such cases the appropriate representative of the road commissioner shall be promptly notified of any such action, and such permittee, at his own expense, shall immediately replace such county highway in as good condition as before such excavation.
(b) A public agency supplying water service to its inhabitants may, within its corporate limits, excavate a county highway without a permit in cases of emergency requiring immediate action; but in such cases the county highway shall, at the expense of the public agency, be replaced in as good condition as before such excavation.
Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 1465
- County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
- county highway: means any highway which is:
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- highway: includes all or any part of the entire width of right of way of a county highway, whether or not such entire area is actually used for highway purposes. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
- Public agency: includes any city, public corporation, political subdivision, or district. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
- Road commissioner: means the county road commissioner appointed pursuant to Section 2006. See California Streets and Highways Code 1450
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 789.)