Amended in Senate August 12, 2013

Amended in Senate July 9, 2013

Amended in Assembly May 24, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 3, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1081

Introduced by Assembly Member Medina

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Ian Calderon, Garcia, and begin delete V. Manuel Pérez end delete begin insert V. end insert begin insert  Manuel Pérez end insert )

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Sections 13101 and 13102 of the Government Code, relating to economic development.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1081, as amended, Medina. Economic development: goods-movement-related infrastructure.

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 additional information, including, but not limited to, information related to infrastructure identified by state and federal transportation authorities, recommendations for private sector financing, and strategies to address state goods movement needs, as specified.

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-related 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:

(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
five-year State Transportation Improvement Program Fund
Estimate prepared pursuant to Sections 14524 and 14525.

(3) Infrastructure needs for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, 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 agencies, not otherwise identified in
paragraph (2), that directly relates to enhancing the movement of
goods.

(6) Identification of state goods movement needs and strategies
to address them, as outlined in the state freight plan.

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(7) Identification of goals, objectives, and recommendations,
as outlined in the California International trade and investment
strategy pursuant to Section 13996.55.

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(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.

(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.

(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 that would
benefit from the enhanced logistical network.

(d) For goods-movement-related infrastructure, the plan shall
also include any projects that the Department of Transportation
identifies, within the parameters of existing law, as eligible to
submit to infrastructure financing exchanges, including, but not
limited to, the West Coast Infrastructure Exchange.