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          Bill No:  AB 957
          Author:   Assembly Transportation Committee
          Amended:  8/31/11 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM  :  9-0, 07/05/11
          AYES:  DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal, 
            Pavley, Rubio, Simitian

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  9-0, 08/25/11
          AYES:  Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Emmerson, Lieu, Pavley, 
            Price, Runner, Steinberg

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  70-0, 05/12/11 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT :    Transportation omnibus bill

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill makes non-controversial changes to 
          section of law relating to transportation. 

           Senate Floor Amendments  of 8/31/11 provide for the 
          relinquishment of a segment of Highway 39 to the City of 
          Buena Park.

           ANALYSIS  :    According to the Legislative Analyst, the cost 
          of producing a bill in 2001-02 was $17,890.  By combining 
          multiple matters into one bill, the Legislature can make 
          minor changes to law in a cost-effective manner.
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          This bill makes non-controversial changes to sections of 
          law relating to transportation.  Specifically, the bill 
          includes the following provisions.  The requestor of each 
          provision is noted in brackets:

          1.Expands the Sacramento Regional Transit District 
            (District) to include the cities of Citrus Heights, Elk 
            Grove, Rancho Cordova, and West Sacramento.  ŬDistrict]

          2.Deletes obsolete provisions relating to the transition 
            from the Sacramento Transit Authority to the District.  
            ŬDistrict]

          3.Conforms the Sacramento Regional Transit District Act to 
            the State Constitution by prohibiting the District from 
            levying a property tax unless it has been approved by a 
            two-thirds vote of the electorate.  ŬDistrict]

          4.Authorizes the District to establish trust accounts for 
            its retirement system.  ŬDistrict]

          5.Deletes an obsolete provision relating to District 
            authority to borrow funds to cover expenses prior to its 
            first tax levy.  ŬDistrict]

          6.Deletes the requirement that the Department of 
            Transportation (Caltrans) provide quarterly reports to 
            the Legislature until completion of seismic retrofit of 
            specified state-owned toll bridges.  ŬAssembly 
            Transportation Committee]  

          7.Deletes the requirement that Caltrans provide quarterly 
            seismic reports to the California Transportation 
            Commission (CTC) for other seismic retrofit programs.  
            ŬAssembly Transportation Committee]  

          8.Provides for the state to relinquish to the City of Santa 
            Barbara, upon approval of the CTC, a specified section of 
            State Highway Route 225.  ŬAssemblymember Williams]

          9.Requires an impounding agency to release a vehicle that 
            is impounded for operating as a taxicab or other 
            passenger vehicle for hire in violation of the licensing 

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            requirements adopted by a local authority, if the vehicle 
            is a rental car.  ŬEnterprise Rent-a-Car]

            10. Provides for the state to relinquish to the City of 
              Buena Park upon approval of the CTC, a specified 
              section of State Highway Route 39.

           Comments
           
          The Assembly Transportation Committee is authoring this 
          bill as a means of combining multiple, non-controversial 
          changes to statutes in one bill, so that the Legislature 
          can make minor amendments in a cost-effective manner.  
          There is no known opposition to any item in the bill, and 
          if concerns arise that cannot be resolved, the provision of 
          concern will be deleted from the bill.  

           Caltrans reporting requirements  .  State statute requires 
          Caltrans to submit quarterly reports to the CTC and/or the  
          Legislature on several seismic retrofit programs: Phase 2 
          Seismic Retrofit, which covers state-owned, non-toll 
          bridges; the Local Agency Bridges Seismic Retrofit, which 
          covers local-owned and Department of Water Resources 
          Bridges; and Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit, which covers 
          state-owned toll bridges.  AB 1717 (Assembly Transportation 
          Committee), Chapter 525, Statutes of 2003, modified 
          reporting requirements for the then-existing seismic toll 
          bridges report.  AB 1717 also added provisions to cover all 
          other seismic programs, including Phase 1 and Phase 2 of 
          the non-toll bridge program and the local bridge program.  
          Subsequently, AB 144 (Hancock), Chapter 71, Statutes of 
          2005, created an entirely new reporting requirement for the 
          toll bridge program under a different section of the 
          Streets and Highways Code.  This bill eliminates the 
          original, now obsolete, reporting requirement on the Toll 
          Bridge Seismic Retrofit, because Caltrans now files its 
          report pursuant to the code section cited in AB 144.  This 
          bill also eliminates the reporting requirements on Phase 2 
          Seismic Retrofit and Local Bridge Seismic Retrofit, as they 
          are effectively complete.  (Phase 1 was completed in 2000.)

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  Yes


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          According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:

                          Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions                2011-12     2012-13    
           2013-14   Fund
           SR 225, improvements                                   
          unknown one-time cost (minor to millions)              
          Special*
                              prior to relinquishment

          SR 225, maintenance                                    
          unknown long-term savings following                    
          Special*
                              relinquishment
          Seismic reports                                        
          annual savings of approximately $20                    
          Special*

          * State Highway Account


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  70-0, 05/12/11
          AYES:  Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill 
            Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Chesbro, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, 
            Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, 
            Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, 
            Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, 
            Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, 
            Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, 
            Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, 
            Swanson, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, 
            John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Alejo, Cedillo, Conway, Garrick, Gorell, 
            Roger Hernández, Bonnie Lowenthal, Mitchell, Portantino, 
            Torres


          JJA:nl  9/1/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED


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