BILL NUMBER: SB 486 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014
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 Section 98 14523.5 to
, and to repeal Section 14009 of, the Streets and
Highways Government Code, relating to
transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 486, as amended, DeSaulnier. Department of
Transportation: performance measurement benchmarks.
Department of Transportation: goals and performance measures.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation shall
have full possession and control of the state highway system and
specifies the duties and responsibilities of the department on
various other transportation matters. Existing law requires the
California Transportation Commission to, among other things, allocate
transportation capital funds to specific projects.
This bill would require the commission, on or before January 31,
2015, and every 4 years thereafter, and in consultation with the
department, to develop and adopt specific goals for the department to
achieve specified priorities relative to the operation of effective
transportation systems, the maintenance of the state highway system,
and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the department's
activities. The bill would require the commission, in consultation
with the department, to identify performance measures in that regard
and to include an evaluation of the department's progress in meeting
the goals in the commission's annual report to the Legislature.
Existing law requires the department, by June 30, 1994, to apply
for federal funding to be used for conversion of data pertaining to
the state highway system from paper storage to intelligent computer
information, and to commence implementation of the conversion process
within 6 months of receiving federal funding approval.
This bill would repeal these provisions.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency in state
government with various duties and responsibilities.
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 department to issue reports measuring
the department's success in meeting these performance benchmarks and
to compile and make these reports publicly available, including on
the Internet Web site of the 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. Section 14009 of the
Government Code is repealed.
14009. (a) Not later than June 30, 1994, the department shall
apply for federal funding to be used for a comprehensive, rapid
conversion of data pertaining to the state highway system from paper
storage to intelligent computer information.
(b) Within six months of having its application for federal
funding approved, the department shall commence implementation of the
conversion process.
SEC. 2. Section 14523.5 is added to the
Government Code , to read:
14523.5. (a) No later than January 31, 2015, and every four years
thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the department,
shall develop and adopt specific goals for the department to achieve
each of the following priorities:
(1) The operation of effective transportation systems for moving
people and goods between regions and through the state using, for
example, traffic demand strategies and technology that do not require
the addition of capacity.
(2) The maintenance of the state's state highway system in a state
of good repair.
(3) The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the maximum
extent feasible in all of the department's activities.
(b) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall
identify performance measures for each of the goals adopted pursuant
to subdivision (a) and shall include an evaluation of the department'
s progress toward meeting these goals in its annual report to the
Legislature pursuant to Section 14535. The department shall comply
with requests from the commission for information necessary to
perform the required evaluation.
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. 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.