BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 957| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING 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. CONTINUED AB 957 Page 2 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 CONTINUED AB 957 Page 3 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 CONTINUED AB 957 Page 4 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 CONTINUED AB 957 Page 5 **** END **** CONTINUED