Where practical or desirable, the legislative body of any city shall, along any street or highway under its jurisdiction, possession, or control, replace trees that have been destroyed or removed because of projects undertaken to widen the street or highway.

Money received by a city from the Highway Users Tax Fund available for the widening of streets or highways is also available for the planting of trees pursuant to this section.

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 1808

  • City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town. See California Streets and Highways Code 15
  • highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
  • 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.

(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1060.)

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