BILL NUMBER: AB 441	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  365
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Bradford, Davis, and Hueso)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to add Section 14522.3 to the Government Code, relating to
planning.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 441, Monning. Transportation planning.
   Existing law requires certain transportation planning activities
by the Department of Transportation and by designated regional
transportation planning agencies, including development of a regional
transportation plan. Existing law authorizes the California
Transportation Commission, in cooperation with regional agencies, to
prescribe study areas for analysis and evaluation and guidelines for
the preparation of a regional transportation plan.
   This bill would require the commission to attach a summary of the
policies, practices, or projects that have been employed by
metropolitan planning organizations that promote health and health
equity to the commission's next revision of specified regional
transportation planning guidelines.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Transportation planning has important implications for the
maintenance and promotion of the health of all Californians.
   (b) California faces critical problems that will shape the future
of our state and its population, including, but not limited to, an
aging population, climate change, and increasing health inequities.
California and the nation are experiencing unprecedented levels of
chronic disease, that now accounts for over 75 percent of all deaths
in California and 75 percent of health care expenditures in the
United States. The health of California's population is largely
determined by the social, physical, and economic environments where
people live, work, and are active, as well as their opportunities and
resources for health.
   (c) Local cities, counties, and some metropolitan planning
organizations and regional transportation planning agencies, have
adopted groundbreaking and innovative transportation plans,
strategies, and goals that can serve as models for other cities and
counties, as well as the state, in transportation planning and
development that promotes the health and well-being of all residents.

   (d) The Legislature intends that projects, programs, and practices
that promote health and health equity in regional transportation
plans that are employed by metropolitan planning organizations be
shared in the voluntary state guidance on regional transportation
planning. The Legislature, however, acknowledges that projects,
programs, or policies that have been feasible in one region may not
be feasible in other regions.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14522.3 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   14522.3.  The commission shall include in an attachment to the
next revision of its guidelines prescribed pursuant to Section 14522
a summary of the policies, practices, or projects that have been
employed by metropolitan planning organizations that promote health
and health equity. The summary attachment may include, but is not
limited to, projects that implement any Safe Routes to Schools
program, established pursuant to Section 2333.5 of the Streets and
Highways Code, multiuse recreational trails, pedestrian and bicyclist
pathways, and programs that serve transportation needs in rural
communities.