Amended in Assembly March 19, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 680

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

February 21, 2013

An act to amend Section begin delete 167 end delete begin insert 164.12 end insert of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 680, as amended, Salas. begin delete Transportation funds. end delete begin insert Transportation: interregional road system. end insert

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Existing law requires certain transportation funds made available for transportation capital improvement projects to be programmed and expended in specified amounts for interregional improvements and regional improvements. Existing law specifies the state highway routes that are included in the interregional road system and the state highway routes that are eligible interregional and intercounty routes.

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This bill would include State Highway Route 43 as an eligible interregional and intercounty route.

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Existing law requires funds in the State Highway Account to be programmed, budgeted, and expended to maximize the use of federal funds and according to a specified sequence of priorities. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to provide certain information to the Legislature to substantiate the department’s proposed capital outlay support budget.

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This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 164.12 of the end insert begin insert Streets and Highways Code end insert
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164.12.  

For purposes of begin delete subdivision (e) of end delete Section 164.3, the
eligible interregional and intercounty routes include all of the
following:

Route 36, between Route 5 and Route 395.

Route 37, between the east urban limits of San
Francisco-Oakland near Novato and the west urban limits of San
Francisco-Oakland near Vallejo.

Route 38, between the east urban limits of San
Bernardino-Riverside and Route 18 west of Big Bear Lake.

Route 40.

Route 41, between Route 1 and Yosemite National Park.

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Route 43.

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Route 44, between the east urban limits of Redding and Route
36.

Route 46, between Route 1 and Route 99.

Route 49, between Route 41 and Route 89.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 167 of the Streets and Highways Code
is amended to read:

167.  

(a) Funds in the State Highway Account in the State
Transportation Fund shall be programmed, budgeted subject to
Section 163, and expended to maximize the use of federal funds
and shall be based on the following sequence of priorities:

(1) Operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of the state
highway system.

(2) Safety improvements where physical changes, other than
adding additional lanes, would reduce fatalities and the number
and severity of injuries.

(3) Transportation capital improvements that expand capacity
or reduce congestion, or do both.

(4) Environmental enhancement and mitigation programs.

(b) With respect to the funds in the State Highway Account, in
the Public Transportation Account, and in the Passenger Rail Bond
Fund, the proposed budget shall be organized on a program basis.
The proposed budget shall list the proposed expenditures for the
transportation program under the following program elements:

(1) Administration.

(2) Program development.

(3) Maintenance.

(4) State highway operation and protection.

(5) Local assistance.

(6) Interregional improvements.

(7) Regional improvements.

(8) Environmental enhancement and mitigation programs.

(c) State operations expenditure amounts of the department for
interregional and regional transportation improvement projects
shall be listed as required by subdivision (b) of Section 14529 of
the Government Code, but those amounts other than those for the
acquisition of rights-of-way, construction, and construction support
shall not be subject to allocation by the commission.

(d) To align the annual budget with the adopted state
transportation improvement program, the department may submit
to the Department of Finance revised capital outlay support and
capital outlay budget estimates as part of its May Revision process.
Budget proposals related to these changes shall be provided to the
Legislature no later than May 1.

(e) The budget shall not include specific appropriations for
specific transportation improvement projects, and the Legislature
shall not enact legislation containing specific individual
transportation projects.

(f) The basis for defining major and minor capital outlay projects
shall be established by the commission.

(g) The Legislative Analyst shall prepare an analysis of the
proposed expenditures for each program element as a part of the
budget analysis.

(h) The department shall submit to the Legislative Analyst, the
Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and the Assembly
Committee on Budget, on an annual basis, supplemental
information to substantiate the department’s proposed capital outlay
support budget. The information shall be provided no later than
May 1 of each year, and may be provided at an earlier date. The
information shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) A list of projects for which the department will perform
capital outlay support work in the budget year. For each project,
the department shall include:

(A) The planned project support budget for support of
environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction phases.

(B) The planned capital costs, including construction capital
costs and right-of-way capital costs.

(C) The estimated or actual construction start date and
completion date.

(D) The name and year of the state transportation program in
which the project is programmed, if applicable.

(E) Total prior fiscal year expenditures for capital outlay support.

(F) The number of full-time equivalent positions requested to
perform support of environmental, design, right-of-way, and
construction work in the fiscal year of the budget request.

(G) Milestones of project work by phases that are planned to
be completed in the fiscal year of the budget request.

(H) The ratio of support to capital costs based on current
programming.

(2) The capital-to-support ratio for all projects completed in the
prior fiscal year in each program in each district.

(3) The current total number of authorized and vacant positions
in the capital outlay support program in headquarters and in each
district.

(4) A five-year projection of the department’s staffing needs to
support the state’s transportation capital programs and any
workload performed by the department related to federal or local
funding for highway capital projects.

(5) The average cost of a personnel-year equivalent in each
district based on the department’s existing contracts for capital
outlay support work performed by a private company under
contract with the department. For each average cost, the department
shall provide a description of what factors are included in that cost.

(6) The average cost of a state staff personnel-year in the capital
outlay support program in each district and in headquarters. The
cost shall include the salary and wages, benefits, program overhead,
administrative overhead, and other associated costs. The
department shall provide a description of each component of the
average cost.

(7) A summary of expected capital outlay support workload for
the budget year that includes the following:

(A) The total full-time equivalents requested for each type of
the following activities: environmental, design, right-of-way, and
construction.

(B) The total full-time equivalents requested for each type of
project, including, but not limited to, the state transportation
improvement program, the state highway operation and protection
program, bond programs, regional and local agency partnership
workload, and any other program.

(8) The total number of projects with requested resources, as
well as the number of projects in which the department is limited
to an oversight role.

(9) The number of milestones scheduled, including
environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction deliverables,
as well as the number of projects expected to begin construction
and reach completion.

(10) A summary for the most recently completed fiscal year for
the following:

(A) Full-time equivalents and related funding expended,
including support of environmental, design, right-of-way, and
construction activities.

(B) Approved and filled positions as of the end of the fiscal
year.

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