BILL NUMBER: AB 40	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Ting and Levine
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Baker,   Chiu,   Dodd,   Lackey,
  and Mark Stone   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Anderson,   Hill,   Leno,   McGuire, 
 Nguyen,   and Wolk   ) 

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to add  and repeal  Sections 27567, 30114, and
30814  to   of  the Streets and Highways
Code, relating to transportation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 40, as amended, Ting. Toll bridges: pedestrians and bicycles.
   Existing law provides for the construction and operation of
various toll bridges by the state, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway
and Transportation District, and  by  private
entities that have entered into a franchise agreement with the state.

   This bill  would   would, until January 1,
2021,  prohibit a toll from being imposed on the passage of a
pedestrian or bicycle over these various toll bridges.
   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 27567 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   27567.   (a)    No toll shall be imposed on the
passage of a pedestrian or bicycle over any bridge that is under the
jurisdiction of the district, on which the travel of pedestrians and
bicycles is otherwise authorized. 
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 30114 is added to the Streets and Highways Code,
to read:
   30114.   (a)    No toll shall be imposed on the
passage of a pedestrian or bicycle over any state-owned bridge, on
which the travel of pedestrians and bicycles is otherwise authorized,
and on which tolls are imposed on the passage of motor vehicles.

   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 30814 is added to the Streets and Highways Code,
to read:
   30814.   (a)    No toll shall be imposed on the
passage of a pedestrian or bicycle over any bridge that is part of
the state highway system, on which the travel of pedestrians and
bicycles is otherwise authorized, and on which tolls are imposed on
the passage of motor vehicles, including any bridge constructed
pursuant to a franchise granted under this article. 
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.