BILL NUMBER: SB 873 CHAPTERED 08/26/02 CHAPTER 280 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 26, 2002 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 26, 2002 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 14, 2002 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 12, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 3, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 17, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 24, 2002 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 14, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 3, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Senator Torlakson (Coauthor: Assembly Member Dutra) FEBRUARY 23, 2001 An act to add Section 29035.5 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 873, Torlakson. Transportation: San Francisco Bay area. Existing law establishes the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as the local area transportation planning agency for the region comprised of the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. This bill would set forth the Regional Transit Expansion Program for the San Francisco Bay area as established by the commission. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which is the regional transportation planning, financing, and coordinating agency for the nine bay area counties, in February 2001, announced the commission's intent to develop a new regional transit expansion agreement for inclusion as part of the update of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's regional transportation plan. (b) Ten bay area members of Congress, in March 2001, stated in a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission that the representatives supported efforts by local and regional agencies to forge a new regional transit plan. (c) The BART Board of Directors, in November 2001, reached an agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for a BART extension to Santa Clara County. (d) These events demonstrate the intent and willingness of local and regional government agencies to build a regional consensus supporting a transit plan for the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma, and the City and County of San Francisco. (e) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in 1988 oversaw the last regional transit plan, known as Resolution 1876, which was memorialized in part in Senate Bill 1715 of the 1987-88 Regular Session, Chapter 1259 of the Statutes of 1988. (f) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in December 2001, adopted Resolution 3434, the Regional Transit Expansion Program, which makes commitments for the next generation of regional transit expansion in the bay area and includes the revenue funding strategy for 19 high-priority transit projects. The resolution includes the revenue project funding strategy in 2001 dollars from a variety of funding sources, and additional resources will be needed in some cases to deliver projects. Estimated costs could change depending on a variety of factors. Completion of these projects will continue to require collaborative efforts to develop more financial commitments from local, regional, state, and federal sources. (g) As new funding opportunities arise, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in cooperation with its partner agencies, may need to amend Resolution 3434, adopted December 2001, to reflect these opportunities. (h) As stated in Resolution 3434, the region's first priority for federal New Start funds is the BART extension to the San Francisco International Airport until the time that the project receives its final appropriation in Congress, currently expected in 2006. Thereafter, the BART Warm Springs to Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara extension and the Muni Central Subway project will share equal priority. (i) It is the intent of the Legislature in memorializing this agreement to include Resolution 3434: the Regional Transit Expansion Program, in statute with the predecessor agreement, Resolution 1876, and list the specific commitments made to extend transit service in designated areas. SEC. 2. Section 29035.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read: 29035.5. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Resolution 3434, in December 2001, established the following Regional Transit Expansion Program for the San Francisco Bay area: (a) BART to Warm Springs, sponsored by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. (b) BART from Warm Springs to Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara, sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. (c) San Francisco Muni Third Street Light-Rail Transit Project: Phase 2-New Central Subway, sponsored by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and San Francisco Muni. (d) BART/Oakland Airport Connector, sponsored by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. (e) CalTrain Downtown Extension/Rebuilt Transbay Terminal, sponsored by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. (f) Caltrain Rapid Rail/Electrification, sponsored by the Joint Powers Board (CalTrain). (g) CalTrain Express/Phase 1, sponsored by the Joint Powers Board (CalTrain). (h) Downtown to East Valley Light-Rail and Bus Rapid Transit: Phases 1 and 2, sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. (i) Capitol Corridor: Phase 1 Expansion, sponsored by the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority. (j) AC Transit Oakland/San Leandro Bus Rapid Transit: Phase 1 (Enhanced Bus), sponsored by AC Transit. (k) Regional Express Bus: Phase 1, sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. (l) Dumbarton Rail, sponsored by the Joint Powers Board (CalTrain). (m) BART/East Contra Costa Rail Extension, sponsored by the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and BART. (n) BART/Tri-Valley Rail Extension, sponsored by the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency and BART. (o) Altamont Commuter Express (ACE): Service Expansion, sponsored by the Altamont Commuter Express. (p) CalTrain Express: Phase 2, sponsored by the Joint Powers Board (CalTrain). (q) Capitol Corridor: Phase 2 Enhancements, sponsored by the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority. (r) Sonoma-Marin Rail, sponsored by Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit. (s) AC Transit Enhanced Bus: Hesperian/Foothill/MacArthur Corridors, sponsored by AC Transit.