AB 1369, as introduced, Patterson. Transportation capital projects: intercity rail: programming.
Existing law provides for programming of various transportation funds that are available for transportation capital projects through the state transportation improvement program process administered by the California Transportation Commission. Under these provisions, 75% of available resources are programmed for regional improvement projects nominated by regional transportation agencies, and 25% of available resources are programmed for interregional improvement projects nominated by the Department of Transportation. Existing law requires 60% of the funds available for interregional improvement projects to be programmed for state highway projects in rural areas and for intercity rail improvement projects, with a requirement for at least 15% of those funds to be programmed for intercity rail improvement projects.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) Funds made available for transportation capital
4improvement projects under subdivision (e) of Section 163 shall
5be programmed and expended for the following program
6categories:
7(1) Twenty-five percent for interregional improvements.
8(2) Seventy-five percent for regional improvements.
9(b) Sixty percent of the funds available for interregional
10improvements under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be
11programmed and expended for improvements to state highways
12that are specified in Sections 164.10 to 164.20, inclusive, and that
13are outside the boundaries of an urbanized area with a population
14of
more than 50,000, and for intercity rail improvements.
15(c) Not less than 15 percent of the amount of funds programmed
16under subdivision (b) shall be programmed for intercity rail
17improvement projects, includingbegin delete separation ofend delete gradebegin insert separationend insert
18 projects.
19(d) Funds made available under paragraph (1) of subdivision
20(a) shall be used for transportation improvement projects that are
21needed to facilitate interregional movement of people and goods.
22The projects may include state highway, intercity passenger rail,
23mass transit guideway, or grade separation projects.
24(e) Funds made available under paragraph (2) of subdivision
25(a) shall be
used for transportation improvement projects that are
26needed to improve transportation within the region. The projects
27may include, but shall not be limited to, improving state highways,
28local roads, public transit, intercity rail, pedestrian, and bicycle
29facilities, and grade separation, transportation system management,
30transportation demand management, soundwall projects, intermodal
31facilities, safety, and providing funds to match federal funds.
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