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2025 California Code
Streets and Highways Code - SHC
DIVISION 1 - STATE HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 1 - Administration
ARTICLE 3 - The Department of Transportation
Section 94.

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CA St & Hwy Code § 94 (2025)
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94. (a) The department may make and enter into any contracts in the manner provided by law that are required for performance of its duties, including with federally recognized Indian tribes and entities owned by those tribes.

(b) To implement off-reservation traffic impact mitigation contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes, or entities owned by those tribes, all of the following shall apply:

(1) The contract shall provide for the full reimbursement of expenses and costs incurred by the department in the exercise of its contractual responsibilities. Funds for the project shall be placed in an escrow account before project development.

(2) The proposed transportation project shall comply with all applicable state and federal environmental impact and review requirements, including, but not limited to, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

(3) The department’s work on the transportation project under the contract shall not jeopardize or adversely affect the completion of other transportation projects included in the adopted State Transportation Improvement Program.

(4) The transportation project is included in or consistent with the affected regional transportation plan.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 137, Sec. 1. (AB 630) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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