State Highway Operation and Protection Program Emergency Funding Act.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways and requires the department to prepare a State Highway Operation and Protection Program for the expenditure of transportation funds for major capital improvements necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system. This bill would enact the State Highway Operation and Protection Program Emergency Funding Act and state the intent of the Legislature to provide adequate funding to meet the needs of the State Highway Operation and Protection Program in the 2009–10 fiscal year.