BILL NUMBER: AB 493	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Daly

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 27565 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 493, as introduced, Daly. Toll facilities.
   Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in
cooperation with the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation
District and all known entities planning to implement a toll
facility, to develop and adopt functional specifications and
standards for an automatic vehicle identification system, as
specified, and generally requires any automatic vehicle
identification system purchased or installed after January 1, 1991,
to comply with those specifications and standards. Existing federal
law, pursuant to the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
Act (MAP-21), requires all toll facilities on federal-aid highways to
implement technologies or business practices that provide for the
interoperability of electronic toll collection programs no later than
July 6, 2016.
   This bill would authorize operators of toll facilities on
federal-aid highways to fully implement technologies or business
practices that provide for the interoperability of electronic toll
collection programs on and after July 6, 2016.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (a) Subsection (b) of Section 1512 of the federal Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; Public Law 112-141)
requires all toll facilities on federal-aid highways to implement
technologies or business practices that provide for the
interoperability of electronic toll collection programs no later than
July 6, 2016.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to fully comply with
federal law with respect to electronic toll collection
interoperability requirements on federal-aid highways.
  SEC. 2.  Section 27565 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   27565.  (a) The department, in cooperation with the district and
all known entities planning to implement a toll facility in this
state, shall develop and adopt functional specifications and
standards for an automatic vehicle identification system, in
compliance with all of the following objectives:
   (1) In order to be detected, the driver shall not be required to
reduce speed below the applicable speed for the type of facility
being used.
   (2) The vehicle owner shall not be required to purchase or install
more than one device to use on all toll facilities, but may be
required to have a separate account or financial arrangement for the
use of these facilities.
   (3) The facility operators shall have the ability to select from
different manufacturers and vendors. The specifications and standards
shall encourage multiple bidders, and shall not have the effect of
limiting the facility operators to choosing a system that is able to
be supplied by only one manufacturer or vendor.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any automatic vehicle
identification system purchased or installed after January 1, 1991,
shall comply with the specifications and standards adopted pursuant
to subdivision (a).
   (c) Subdivision (b) does not apply to an interim automatic vehicle
identification system for which a contract is entered into between
an entity planning to implement a toll facility and the supplier of
the interim system prior to January 1, 1994, if both of the following
requirements are met:
   (1) The department has made a written determination that the
installation and operation of the interim system will expedite the
completion of the toll facility and its opening to public use.
   (2) The entity planning to implement the toll facility has entered
into an agreement with the department to install, within five years
after any portion of the toll facility is opened for public use, an
automatic vehicle identification system meeting the specifications
and standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (d) The automated vehicle identification system developed by the
department pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be capable of
identifying various types of vehicles, including, but not limited to,
commercial vehicles. 
   (e) Notwithstanding anything in this section, or any other law to
the contrary, on and after July 6, 2016, operators of toll facilities
on federal-aid highways may fully implement technologies or business
practices that provide for the interoperability of electronic toll
collection programs consistent with federal law.