BILL NUMBER: SB 811	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 3, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 103.1 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 811, as amended, Lara. State Highway Route 710.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
imposes various requirements for the development and implementation
of transportation projects.
   This bill would impose various additional requirements on the
department, or on another agency, if that agency agrees to assume
responsibility as the lead agency with respect to the I-710 expansion
project in the County of Los Angeles from State Highway Route 60 in
East Los Angeles to Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The bill would
require the lead agency, in consultation with all interested
community organizations, to consider, within the environmental review
process for the project, alternatives to address the air quality,
public health, and mobility impacts the project will have on
neighboring communities. The bill would require the final
environmental document approved by the lead agency to include an
investment in identified mitigation measures for the affected
communities  of not less than 10 percent of the total project
costs.   and the Los Angeles River   . 
The bill would require the lead agency to submit a report in that
regard to the Legislature at least 90 days prior to approving the
final environmental document for the project. The bill would make
legislative findings and declarations.
   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 103.1 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   103.1.  (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "I-710 expansion project" means the proposed program of
improvements to the State Highway Route 710 Corridor in the County of
Los Angeles within the State Highway Route 710 Corridor project
study area, which extends from State Highway Route 60 in East Los
Angeles to Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The I-710 expansion project
does not include any extension of State Highway Route 710 through
South Pasadena from State Highway Route 10 to State Highway Route
210.
   (2) "Lead agency" means the department, unless another agency
agrees to assume responsibility as the lead agency for the I-710
expansion project under the California Environmental Quality Act
(Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources
Code), in which case "lead agency" means that other agency.
   (3) "Los Angeles River" or "river" means the Los Angeles River
within the State Highway Route 710 Corridor project study area,
including the adjacent tributaries of Compton Creek and Rio Hondo.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares that the proposed I-710
expansion project is a project of national significance that is
intended to expand capacity on State Highway Route 710 in the County
of Los Angeles to accommodate the movement of freight from and to the
ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, thereby providing economic
benefits in the region and beyond. However, the I-710 expansion
project, as proposed, will have adverse public health, air quality,
and quality-of-life impacts on residents residing near the corridor
from East Los Angeles to Long Beach.
   (c) The lead agency, in consultation with all interested community
organizations, shall consider, within the environmental review
process, alternatives to address the air quality, public health, and
mobility impacts the I-710 expansion project will have on neighboring
communities.
   (d) The final environmental document approved by the lead agency
for the I-710 expansion project shall include an investment in
identified mitigation measures for the affected communities 
, including   and  the Los Angeles  River,
of not less than 10 percent of the total project costs 
 River  .
   (e) At least 90 days prior to approving the final environmental
document for the I-710 expansion project, the lead agency shall
submit a report to the Legislature describing the identified
mitigation measures that will be included in the project and
providing evidence of meeting the requirements of this section. The
report shall be submitted pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government
Code.