BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 747| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 747 Author: Levine (D) Amended: 5/28/13 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 6/4/13 AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso, Lara, Liu, Roth, Wyland NO VOTE RECORDED: Pavley SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 8/30/13 AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/9/13 - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Relinquishment of State Route 131 SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill authorizes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish the segment of State Route (SR) 131 in the Town of Tiburon. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Identifies the California state highway system through a description of segments of the state's regional and interregional roads that are owned and operated by the CONTINUED AB 747 Page 2 Department of Transportation (Caltrans). 2. Defines a "state highway" as any roadway that is acquired, laid out, constructed, improved, or maintained as a state highway according to legislative authorization. 3. Specifies that it is the intent of the Legislature for the routes of the state highway system to connect the communities and regions of the state and that they serve the state's economy by connecting centers of commerce, industry, agriculture, mineral wealth, and recreation. 4. Provides that any expansion or deletion of the state highway system occurs through a statutory process requiring the CTC to make findings that it is in the best interest of the state to include or delete a specified portion of roadway from the system. This bill authorizes the CTC to relinquish to the Town of Tiburon the portion of SR 131 within its town limits, upon terms and conditions the CTC finds to be in the best interest of the state. Further, this bill provides that the relinquishment will become effective immediately following the county recordation of the relinquishment resolution and specifies that following the effective date of relinquishment, the relinquished segment will no longer be a state highway and may not be considered for future adoption as a state highway. Finally, this bill requires the Town of Tiburon to ensure the continuity of traffic flow, including any traffic signal progression, and to provide signage directing motorists to the continuation of SR 131. Comments Purpose . According to the author's office, it is important for the state to relinquish the road to Tiburon in order to grant Tiburon more direct control of the road. The portion of SR 131 this bill relinquishes is an approximately one-mile section of road that looks and feels like a typical main street. The author's office argues that relinquishment of the road will speed up the time it takes for Tiburon to make changes to the roadway such as signage, landscaping, decorations, bike lanes, or parking. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes CONTINUED AB 747 Page 3 Local: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, unknown one-time costs ranging from minor up to $1 million to Caltrans prior to the relinquishment of the designated segment of SR 131 to Tiburon (State Highway Account). As noted in the staff comments below, these costs are likely to be on the lower end of this range. These costs would be offset in future years due to avoided maintenance costs on the relinquished segment. SUPPORT : (Verified 9/3/13) Town of Tiburon ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 5/9/13 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Holden, Logue, Waldron, Vacancy JA:k 9/3/13 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED