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                                                                  AB 1105
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          Date of Hearing:   May 4, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                   AB 1105 (Gordon) - As Amended:  April 13, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              
          TransportationVote:12-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          Yes    Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill extends into a portion of San Mateo County the 
          existing authority of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation 
          Authority to operate a high-occupancy toll (HOT) program on any 
          two of the high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in Santa Clara 
          County.  The bill also authorizes the use of double white lines 
          to mark HOV lanes.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)Negligible state costs, if any.

          2)The bill requires the transportation authority and the 
            City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County to 
            determine how HOT lane revenue will be shared between the 
            counties for uses consistent with existing law.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  .  AB 2032 (Chapter 418, Statutes of 2004, Dutra) 
            authorized four specific transportation agencies, including 
            the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency, to develop HOT 
            lanes.  In 2008 the transportation agency approved the Silicon 
            Valley Express Lanes Program to implement HOT lanes in Santa 
            Clara County, including conversion HOV lanes on some stretches 
            of U.S. Highway 101.  A portion of one of the envisioned HOT 
            lanes stretches into San Mateo County; however, the 
            transportation authority's mandate ends at the Santa Clara 
            County line.  This bill would extend that authority to allow 
            establishment of the US 101 HOT lane. 









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            According to the policy committee analysis, authorizing the 
            use of double white lines to delineate HOV lanes will bring 
            California into compliance with federal standards for pavement 
            markings.  

           2)Support.   This bill is supported by the Santa Clara Valley 
            Transportation Authority and the City/County Association of 
            Governments of San Mateo County.

           3)There is no registered opposition to this bill.  

           Analysis Prepared by :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081