Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1115

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

February 27, 2015

An act to amend Section begin delete 164.53 end delete begin insert 91.6 end insert of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to begin delete transportation. end delete begin insert highways. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1115, as amended, Salas. begin delete Transportation funds. end delete begin insert State highways: litter cleanup and abatement. end insert

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Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation shall have full possession and control of all state highways and associated property. Existing law requires the department to maintain the state highways and, within its maintenance programs relating to litter cleanup and abatement, to assign a high priority to litter deposited along state highway segments adjoining storm drains, streams, rivers, waterways, beaches, the ocean, and other environmentally sensitive areas. Existing law authorizes the department to use litter traps in drains and any other effective technology in carrying out these responsibilities.

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This bill would instead require the department to use litter traps in drains and any other effective technology in carrying out these responsibilities.

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Existing law provides various sources of funding for transportation projects. Existing law authorizes the California Transportation Commission to approve advance expenditures by local agencies of local funds relative to certain transportation projects that have been designated to receive future funds from the state when those funds become available.

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This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 91.6 of the end insert begin insert Streets and Highways Code end insert
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91.6.  

The department shall, within its maintenance programs
relating to litter cleanup and abatement, assign a high priority to
litter deposited along state highway segments adjoining storm
drains, streams, rivers, waterways, beaches, the ocean, and other
environmentally sensitive areas. The department begin delete may end delete begin insert shall end insert use
litter traps in drains and any other effective technology in carrying
out these responsibilities.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 164.53 of the Streets and Highways Code
is amended to read:

164.53.  

(a) A local agency may request authorization from
the commission to make advance expenditures of funds, other than
state or federal funds, for a project that is included in the priority
list for the allocation of transit capital improvement funds pursuant
to Section 99317 of the Public Utilities Code, or is included in the
adopted state transportation improvement program, or is
specifically authorized by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
99620) of Part 11.5 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) If the commission approves a request submitted pursuant to
subdivision (a), the approved advance expenditures shall be
considered either part of the nonfederal share of project costs, or
part of the match from public or private sources, for projects that
are included in the transit capital improvement program pursuant
to Section 99317 of the Public Utilities Code, or included in the
state transportation improvement program, or which are authorized
by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99620) of Part 11.5 of
Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.

(c) The commission’s approval of a request pursuant to
subdivision (b) does not, in and of itself, constitute an obligation
to allocate state funds for the project.

(d) The commission, in consultation with the department and
local transportation officials, shall develop and adopt guidelines
to implement this section. The guidelines shall include a
requirement that the advance expenditure of funds will result in
the completion of an operable segment of a transportation project.
The acquisition of right-of-way needed either for a usable urban
or commuter rail project or an operable segment of an urban or
commuter rail project meets that requirement.

(e) The commission shall prepare a report on the progress and
impact of the advance expenditure program authorized by this
section and shall include the report as an element of the annual
report to the Legislature required pursuant to Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 14535) of Part 5.3 of Division 3 of
Title 2 of the Government Code.

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