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                                    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  
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             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    

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          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

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