BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 115| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 445-6614 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 115 Author: Assembly Budget Committee Amended: 6/8/11 in Senate Vote: 21 PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2011: Transportation SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill makes statutory changes that are necessary to implement transportation-related provisions of the Budget Bill. Senate Floor Amendments of 6/8/11 delete the prior version of the bill, which expressed intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes related to the 2011 Budget Act. ANALYSIS : This is the Transportation Budget Trailer Bill. It contains provisions necessary to implement the 2011-12 Budget, including these key changes: Repayment of Transportation Loans . Modifies the provisions for repayment of outstanding loans from transportation special-fund loans to the General Fund. For loans derived from truck weight fee revenue, the repayment would be as-needed and directed to debt service for transportation-related general obligation (GO) bonds - approximately $970 million in weight fee loans will be CONTINUED AB 115 Page 2 repaid in this manner. For loans derived from transportation sources other than truck weight fees, the repayment will be as-needed and transferred back to the transportation special fund of origin - about $357 million will be repaid in this manner. All loans will be repaid no later than June 30, 2021. These provisions provide General Fund relief in the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal years totaling about $1.0 billion. Caltrans - Supplemental Budget Reporting . For the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), modifies existing statute for supplemental reporting each May 1 on staffing and workload needs for the Department. Each May 1, the Administration summits a budget request that zero-bases the Caltrans Capital Outlay Support (COS) budget, which is the program that performs the engineering design and construction oversight work for highway projects. The existing report provides detailed data, but not summaries of the relevant information. This bill revises the reporting requirements to incorporate some suggestions by the Bureau of State Audits to make the report more useful and informative. California Highway Patrol - License Plate Reader Technology . Adds to statute the California Highway Patrol's (CHP) internal policies for the use of data from automated License Plate Reader (LPR) technology. LPRs are cameras that record the license plates of passing cars and the information is retained in a database currently for a period of 72 hours (as directed by internal CHP policy). The CHP has indicated a desire to retain the data for a longer period so the information could be accessed for criminal investigations of felonies. This bill allows the information to be retained up to 60 days, and to be available for use in felony investigations. Consistent with the CHP policy, this bill prohibits the CHP from selling the data for any purpose. This language relates to a budget action last year that approved a $2 million federal grant to purchase LPRs. High-Speed Rail Authority - Reporting Requirements . Amends the existing reporting requirements established for the High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) in AB 105 (Assembly Budget Committee), Chapter 6, Statutes of 2011 by adding three new CONTINUED AB 115 Page 3 reporting elements. The HSRA is required to provide: (1) a public outreach plan for the Bakersfield to Los Angeles segment; (2) a formal response and full analysis on options for the San Francisco to San Jose segment as outlined in a April 18, 2011, joint statement by congressional and state officials; and (3) a formal response and full analysis of the issues raised in the May 10, 2011, Legislative Analyst report on the HSRA. These reports will be due October 14, 2011, the same date as for the current-law requirements for an updated financial plan and a complete legal analysis of the revenue guarantee for a future private partner. Current law makes 25-percent of the HSRA 2011-12 budget appropriation contingent on this reporting with 60-day review, and this bill instead makes 50-percent of the HSRA appropriation contingent on reporting. Proposition 42 Maintenance of Effort . Provides an extended period for the City of Santa Rosa to meet its Maintenance of Effort (MOE) related to State funding provided in 2009-10 through the Proposition 42 distribution of sales taxes on gasoline. Due to the recession and other factors, the City of Santa Rosa does not expect to meet its full MOE requirement in the two-year time required to spend local funds on highways and road investments. This bill provides four additional years to meet the MOE for 2009-10 without the city having to return any State funds. Similar flexibility was provided to the County of Fresno last year in SB 524 (Cogdill), Chapter 716,Stuatutes of 2010. Due to the fuel tax swap that was part of the February 2010 budget action, the sales tax on gasoline was replaced with excise tax and the Proposition 42 MOE is not in effect for the 2010-11 allocations or in future years. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No JJA:do 6/9/11 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END **** CONTINUED AB 115 Page 4 CONTINUED