Amended in Assembly March 24, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2250

Introduced by Assembly Member Daly

February 21, 2014

An act to add Section 14106 to the Government Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2250, as amended, Daly. Toll facilities: revenues.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law authorizes tolls to be imposed on certain facilities that are part of the state highway system, including toll roads, toll bridges, and high-occupancy toll lanes. Existing law, in certain cases, provides for the toll facilities to be administered by local agencies.

This bill would require the department, when begin delete adopting statewide policies end delete begin insert entering into a cooperative agreement with a local agency end insert for begin delete toll facilities end delete begin insert a managed lane, as defined, end insert on the state highway system, to ensure that begin delete a majority of the toll end delete begin insert any end insert revenues generated from begin delete toll facilities on the state highway system end delete begin insert a managed lane end insert that begin delete are end delete begin insert is end insert administered by begin insert a end insert local begin delete agencies remain end delete begin insert agency remains end insert available for expenditure begin delete by those local agencies end delete begin insert within the respective corridor in which the managed lane is located end insert .

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.  

Section 14106 is added to the Government Code,
to read:

14106.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The department, when begin delete adopting statewide policies end delete
begin insert entering into a cooperative agreement with a local agency end insert for toll
facilities begin insert a managed lane end insert on the state highway system, shall ensure
that begin delete a end delete majority of begin delete the end delete begin insert any end insert toll revenues generated from begin delete toll facilities
on the state highway system end delete begin insert a managed lane end insert that begin delete are end delete begin insert is end insert
administered by begin insert a end insert local begin delete agencies remain end delete begin insert agency remains end insert available
for expenditure begin delete by those local agencies end delete begin insert within the respective
corridor in which the managed lane is located end insert .

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(b) “Managed lane” means any of the following:

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(1) A high-occupancy vehicle lane, which is a dedicated lane
for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants.

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(2) A high-occupancy toll lane, which is a dedicated lane that
is free for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants, but
which allows vehicles containing less than the minimum number
of occupants to use the lane upon payment of a toll.

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(3) An express toll lane, which is a dedicated lane that requires
all vehicles to pay a toll in order to use the lane, but may provide
for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants to pay a
discounted toll.

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