BILL NUMBER: SB 486	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier
   (Coauthor: Senator Liu)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

    An act to add Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 13985)
to Part 4.5 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
relating to transportation.   An act to add Section 98
  to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
transportation. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 486, as amended, DeSaulnier.  Office of Strategic
Assessment and Accountability.   Department of
Transportation: performance measurement benchmarks. 
   Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency in state
government with various duties and responsibilities. 
    This bill would create, within the agency, the Office of
Strategic Assessment and Accountability, under the direction of the
Deputy Secretary for Strategic Assessment and Accountability, which
would be responsible for ensuring the ongoing performance
measurement, transparency, and public accountability of the
Department of Transportation.  
   This bill would require the Secretary of the Transportation
Agency, in consultation with the Director of Transportation, to
identify+ performance measurement benchmarks on which the department
would be required to report in specified areas, including, among
others, enhancement of public safety and environmental
sustainability. 
   The bill would require the  office  
department  to issue reports measuring the department's success
in meeting  these  performance benchmarks 
identified by the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with
the Director of Transportation,  and to compile and make
these reports publicly available, including on the Internet Web site
of the  agency   Transportation Agency  .
The bill would require the secretary  or his or her designee
 , on or before July 1, 2014, and not less than quarterly
thereafter, to report to the California Transportation Commission on
the department's performance.
   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.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The Department of Transportation, the largest entity of its
kind in the nation, is responsible for maintaining a complex
transportation system, including more than 50,000 state highway lane
miles, 12,600 bridges, and thousands of related facilities.
   (2) The department faces significant challenges in maintaining
this infrastructure, much of which is aging and in need of repair or
rehabilitation.
   (3) In order for the department to effectively accomplish this
mission and to meet its strategic goals of improved safety, enhanced
mobility, efficient project delivery, effective stewardship, and
quality services, it must establish public trust, which requires
increased transparency, clear accountability, and effective
performance measurement.
   (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to establish an
office within the Transportation Agency to assist the department in
identifying or developing performance measurements that will
effectively assess the department's progress toward its strategic
goals, and to ensure that this information is provided clearly and
transparently to the public on a regular basis. 
  SEC. 2.    Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section
13985) is added to Part 4.5 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 1.5.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY


   13985.  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
   (a)  "Agency" means the Transportation Agency.
   (b) "Commission" means the California Transportation Commission.
   (c)  "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
   (d)  "Director" means the Director of Transportation.
   (e)  "Office" means the Office of Strategic Assessment and
Accountability.
   (f)  "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Transportation Agency.

   13985.1.  (a)  There is hereby created, within the agency, the
Office of Strategic Assessment and Accountability, which shall be
responsible for ensuring the ongoing performance measurement,
transparency, and public accountability of the department. The office
shall be directed by the Deputy Secretary for Strategic Assessment
and Accountability, who shall report to the secretary.
   (b)  The secretary, in consultation with the director, shall
identify the performance measurement benchmarks on which the office
shall report in the following areas:
   (1)  Enhancement of public safety.
   (2)  System preservation and rehabilitation.
   (3)  Efficiency and cost-effectiveness of project delivery.
   (c)  The office shall issue reports that measure the department's
success in meeting, at a minimum, the performance measurement
benchmarks identified pursuant to subdivision (b). The office shall
compile and make publicly available, including on the Internet Web
site of the agency, the reports issued during each three-month
reporting period.
   (d)  On or before July 1, 2014, and not less than quarterly
thereafter, the secretary shall report to the commission on the
department's performance, based on the reports made by the office
pursuant to this section. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 98 is added to the  
Streets and Highways Code   , to read:  
   98.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
   (1) "Agency" means the Transportation Agency.
   (2) "Commission" means the California Transportation Commission.
   (3) "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
   (4) "Director" means the Director of Transportation.
   (5) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
   (b) The secretary, in consultation with the director, shall
identify performance measurement benchmarks on which the department
shall report in the following areas:
   (1) Enhancement of public safety.
   (2) System preservation and rehabilitation.
   (3) Efficiency and cost-effectiveness of project delivery.
   (4) Environmental sustainability.
   (c) The department shall issue reports that measure the department'
s success in meeting, at a minimum, the performance measurement
benchmarks identified pursuant to subdivision (b). The department
shall compile and make publicly available, including on the Internet
Web site of the agency, the reports issued during each three-month
reporting period.
   (d) On or before July 1, 2014, and not less than quarterly
thereafter, the secretary or his or her designee shall report to the
commission on the department's performance, based on the reports made
by the department pursuant to this section.