BILL NUMBER: SB 468	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 103 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 468, as introduced, Kehoe. Department of Transportation:
capacity-increasing state highway projects: coastal zone.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
imposes various requirements for the development and implementation
of transportation projects.
   This bill would impose additional requirements on the department
with respect to proposed capacity-increasing state highway projects
in the coastal zone. The bill would also make legislative findings
and declarations.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) The California coastal zone is an unique natural resource, the
protection of which is recognized as a shared responsibility of the
state, local governments, and regional entities. State, local, and
regional agencies desiring to make investments in transportation
infrastructure within the coastal zone have an affirmative obligation
to ensure that investments do not compromise or diminish existing
natural resources, including the coastal zone flora and fauna, water
quality, and unique views.
   (b) The coastal zone is also a unique economic resource with both
its natural and built environment being a destination for
individuals, families, and groups to enjoy the diversity of
recreational opportunities.
   (c) Transportation investments to be made in the coastal zone
should not erode the very qualities that make it an attractive
setting in which to live, work, and recreate.
  SEC. 2.  Section 103 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to
read:
   103.  For proposed capacity-increasing projects on the state
highway system that are located, all or in part, in the coastal zone,
as defined by Section 30103 of the Public Resources Code, the
department shall comply with all of the following requirements:
   (a) Collaborate with local agencies through which the proposed
project traverses and the countywide or regional transportation
planning agency to develop traffic congestion reduction goals. After
identifying the goals, identify how the proposed project will achieve
the goals without compromising the unique features of the coastal
zone.
   (b) Other proposed state highway projects or proposed local street
and road projects that are parallel to the proposed project shall be
included in the environmental analysis for the proposed project.
   (c)  If there is a public transportation service in the corridor
affected by the proposed project, including a commuter rail service,
for which there is a program of service and facility investments as
part of a corridor plan, the proposed project shall not proceed to
construction until the transit investment program is complete.
   (d) If the proposed project will generate additional traffic on
city and county streets and roads within the coastal zone, a program
of improvements to mitigate the effects of additional traffic on the
local facilities shall be identified, the cost of the necessary
improvements shall be determined, and funding shall be made available
to fund the improvements. The proposed project shall not proceed to
construction until this mitigation program is implemented.
   (e) To the extent that there are multiple proposed projects in a
corridor that are part of a program of projects, construction shall
be implemented sequentially, with construction on a subsequent
project beginning only after the previous project has been completed.
This requirement does not apply to the initial project in the
program of projects.
   (f) Environmental consequences of each proposed project
sequentially constructed pursuant to subdivision (e) shall be
monitored to ensure that the benefits from mitigation, as described
in the project's environmental documents, are being achieved. If the
environmental benefits can only be achieved with the completion of a
sequence of projects, the proportion of the benefits attributable to
a specific project shall be identified.