BILL NUMBER: AB 1081 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Medina
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to amend Sections 13101, 13102, 13996.55, and 14526 of the
Government Code, relating to economic development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1081, as introduced, Medina. Economic development:
goods-movement-related infrastructure.
(1) Existing law requires the Governor, in conjunction with the
Governor's Budget, to submit annually to the Legislature a proposed
5-year infrastructure plan containing specified information
concerning infrastructure needed by state agencies, public schools,
and public postsecondary educational institutions, and a proposal for
funding the needed infrastructure.
This bill would require the infrastructure plan to include
information related to infrastructure identified by state and federal
transportation authorities and a recommendation for public sector
financing, as specified.
(2) Existing law requires the Director of the Governor's Office of
Business and Economic Development to provide the Legislature a
strategy for international trade and investment, as provided.
This bill would require that strategy to include the
identification of trade-related infrastructure enhancements to
support the state's international trade policies, programs, and
services.
(3) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to
submit to the California Transportation Commission a 5-year
interregional transportation improvement program that includes
specified information, as provided.
This bill would require that program to include projects to
improve international movement of goods through air, land, and water
ports.
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) California is the ninth largest economy in the world with a
state gross product of over $1.9 trillion in 2011. As a global
economy, international trade-related commerce represents
approximately one-quarter of California's economy. If California were
a country, it would be the 11th largest exporter in the world. In
2011, California exported $159 billion in products through California
ports to 220 foreign destinations, which accounted for over 11
percent of total United States exports in goods.
(b) California's significance in the global marketplace results
from a variety of factors, including: its strategic west coast
location, providing direct access to the growing markets in Asia; its
diverse regional economies; its large, ethnically diverse
population, representing both a ready workforce and significant
consumer base; its access to a wide variety of venture and other
private capital; its broad base of small- and medium-sized
businesses; and, its culture of innovation and entrepreneurship,
particularly in the area of high technology.
(c) California's largest industry sector is trade, transportation,
and utilities, which encompasses everything from major retail
outlets, to import-export businesses, to transportation and
warehousing. Manufacturing, of course, is the cornerstone to the
industry sector. California leads the nation in export-related jobs.
The United States Department of Commerce estimates that for every one
million dollars of increased trade activity, 11 new jobs are
supported. Workers in trade-related jobs earn on average 13 percent
to 28 percent higher wages than the national average. One-fifth of
all manufacturing workers in California depend on exports for their
jobs.
(d) It is the state's goods movement infrastructure network that
allows raw materials and semimanufactured products to reach other
manufacturers and assemblers and then move on to California ports for
export to other nations or across the United States. California's
competitiveness is dependent upon the efficient connectivity between
differing modes of transportation, including highways, waterways,
rail, and air.
(e) Much of this infrastructure is, however, over 30 years old and
requires maintenance as well as improvements and expansion to
accommodate the state's population growth and evolving policy
priorities. Inclusion of goods-movement-related infrastructure within
the state's five-year plan would enhance the state's ability to
develop a more efficient goods movement and logistical network,
attract private capital, and support the retention and expansion of
jobs.
SEC. 2. Section 13101 of the Government Code is amended to read:
13101. As used in this article, "infrastructure" means
real property, including land and improvements to the land,
structures and equipment integral to the operation of structures,
easements, rights-of-way and other forms of interest in property,
roadways, and water conveyances. article:
(a) "Goods-movement-related infrastructure" means air, water,
land, and sea port of entry facilities, roads, rail, and other
facilities and infrastructure projects that move goods, energy, and
information.
(b) "Infrastructure" means real property, including land and
improvements to the land, structures, and equipment integral to the
operation of structures, easements, rights-of-way, and other forms of
interest in property, roadways, and water conveyances.
SEC. 3. Section 13102 of the Government Code is amended to read:
13102. In conjunction with the Governor's Budget submitted
pursuant to Section 13337, the Governor shall submit annually a
proposed five-year infrastructure plan to the Legislature. This plan
shall cover a five-fiscal-year period beginning with the fiscal year
that is the same as that covered by the Governor's Budget with which
it is being submitted.
The infrastructure plan shall contain the following information
for the five years that it covers:
(a) (1) Identification of new, rehabilitated, modernized,
improved, or renovated infrastructure requested by state agencies.
(2) Aggregate funding for transportation as identified in the
four-year State Transportation Improvement Program Fund Estimate
prepared pursuant to Sections 14524 and 14525
14524, 14525, and 14526 .
(3) Infrastructure needs for Kindergarten through grade 12 public
schools necessary to accommodate increased enrollment, class size
reduction, and school modernization.
(4) The instructional and instructional support facilities needs
for the University of California, the California State University,
and the California Community Colleges.
(5) Identification of new, rehabilitated, modernized, improved, or
renovated infrastructure identified by state or federal agencies or
regional transportation authorities, not otherwise identified in
paragraph (2), that directly relate to the enhancement of goods
movement.
(b) The estimated cost of providing the infrastructure identified
in subdivision (a).
(c) A proposal for funding the infrastructure identified in
subdivision (a), that includes all of the following:
(1) Criteria and priorities used to identify and select the
infrastructure it does propose to fund, including criteria used to
identify and select infrastructure that by January 1, 2005, shall be
consistent with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to
Section 65041.1 for infrastructure requested by state agencies
pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(2) Sources of funding, including, but not limited to, General
Fund, state special funds, federal funds, general obligation bonds,
lease revenue bonds, and installment purchases.
(3) An evaluation of the impact of the new state debt on the state'
s existing overall debt position if the plan proposes the issuance of
new state debt.
(4) (A) Recommended specific projects for funding or the
recommended type and amount of infrastructure to be funded in order
to meet programmatic objectives that shall be identified in the
proposal.
(5) For goods-movement-related infrastructure, the plan shall also
include recommendations for private sector financing including, but
not limited to, public pension fund investors, private sector
investors, and commercial and industrial users who would benefit from
the enhanced logistical network.
(B) Any capital outlay or local assistance appropriations intended
to fund infrastructure included in the Governor's Budget shall
derive from, and be encompassed by, the funding proposal contained in
the plan.
(d) Eligible goods-movement-related infrastructure shall also be
submitted to infrastructure financing exchanges, including, but not
limited to, the West Coast Infrastructure Exchange.
SEC. 4. Section 13996.55 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
13996.55. (a) The Director of the Governor's Office of Business
and Economic Development shall provide to the Legislature, not later
than February 1, 2014, a strategy for international trade and
investment that, at a minimum, includes all of the following:
(1) Policy goals, objectives, and recommendations necessary to
implement a comprehensive international trade and investment program
for the State of California. This information shall be provided in a
fashion that clearly indicates priority within the overall strategy.
(2) Measurable outcomes and timelines for the goals, objectives,
and actions for the international trade and investment program.
(3) Identification of impediments for achieving goals and
objectives.
(4) Identification of key stakeholder partnerships that will be
used in implementing the strategy.
(5) Identification of options for funding recommended actions.
(6) Identification of an international trade and investment
organizational structure for the state administration of
international trade and investment policies, programs, and services.
(7) Identification of trade-related infrastructure enhancements to
support the state's international trade policies, programs, and
services.
(b) The strategy shall be submitted to the Chief Clerk of the
Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate. A copy of the strategy
shall be provided to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro
Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of the Assembly Committee on
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy and the Senate Committee
on Business, Professions and Economic Development, or the successor
committees with jurisdiction over international trade and economic
development programs.
(c) The strategy shall be updated pursuant to the procedures of
this section at least once every five years.
SEC. 5. Section 14526 of the Government Code is amended to read:
14526. (a) Not later than December 15, 2001, and December 15 of
each odd-numbered year thereafter, and after consulting with the
transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions,
and transportation authorities, the department shall submit to the
commission its five-year interregional transportation improvement
program consisting of all of the following:
(1) Projects to improve state highways, pursuant to subdivision
(b) of Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code.
(2) Projects to improve the intercity passenger rail system.
(3) Projects to improve interregional movement of people,
vehicles, and goods.
(4) Projects to improve international movement of goods through
air, land, and water ports.
(b) Projects may not be included in the interregional
transportation improvement program without a project study report or
major investment study.
(c) Major projects shall include current costs updated as of
November 1 of the year of submittal and escalated to the appropriate
year, and shall be consistent with, and provide the information
required in, subdivision (b) of Section 14529.
(d) Projects included in the interregional transportation
improvement program shall be consistent with the adopted regional
transportation plan.