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DIVISION 1. STATE HIGHWAYS 50-897›CHAPTER 1. Administration 50-227.1›ARTICLE 3. The Department of Transportation 90-155.7

§ 92.1

California Streets and Highways Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The department shall update guidance by July 1, 2021, to specify the appropriate use of positive protection measures, including, but not limited to, automated flagger assistance devices, buffer lanes, impact attenuator vehicles, and temporary barriers, with the goal of isolating workers or work zones from traffic.

(b) Where the department’s updated guidance allows, but does not require, use of a safety device, the department shall provide compensation for the optional safety device when requested by a contractor on a public works project.

(c) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2024, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code that includes findings and recommendations on the use of positive protection measures used pursuant to this section.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 617, Sec. 2. (AB 759) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)

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