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

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

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Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 990

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
  • 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.

(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1388.)