Amended in Assembly April 12, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1982


Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Eduardo Garcia and Holden)

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February 16, 2016


begin deleteAn act to amend Section 2581 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to greenhouse gases. end deletebegin insertAn act to amend Section 14502 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1982, as amended, Bloom. begin deleteGreenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: traffic signal synchronization. end deletebegin insertCalifornia Transportation Commission: membership.end insert

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Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various powers and duties relative to the programming of transportation capital projects and allocation of funds to those projects pursuant to the state transportation improvement program and various other transportation funding programs. Existing law provides that the commission consists of 13 members, including 11 voting members, of which 9 are appointed by the Governor subject to Senate confirmation and 2 are appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly. In addition, 2 members of the Legislature are appointed as nonvoting ex officio members.

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This bill would expand the membership of the commission to 15 members by providing for the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to each appoint an additional member, who shall be a person who works directly with communities that are most significantly burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution, including, but not limited to, communities with diverse racial and ethic populations and communities with low-income populations.

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Existing law authorizes the allocation of moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through specified investments, including sustainable infrastructure projects. Existing law authorizes the allocation of moneys in the fund for investment in a traffic signal synchronization project as a sustainable infrastructure project if the project is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and includes specific reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the project’s effect.

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This bill would additionally require that an eligible traffic signal synchronization project be timed to move vehicles at an average speed of 12 to 15 miles per hour.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:

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(a) According to the Office of Environmental Health Assessment,
4approximately 8,000,000 Californians (21 percent) live in ZIP
5Code areas that are considered “highly impacted” by
6environmental, public health, and socioeconomic stressors.

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(b) Nearly half of Californians live within six miles of a facility
8that is a significant greenhouse gas emitter (46 percent) and those
9persons are disproportionately people of color (62 percent).

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(c) Transportation investment, historically, has been a factor
11in segregating communities and exacerbating health disparities.

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(d) Between 1948 and 1973, urban renewal projects displaced
131,000,000 people in 2,500 communities in 993 American cities.

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begin insertSection 14502 of the end insertbegin insertGovernment Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
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14502.  

The commission consists ofbegin delete 13end deletebegin insert 15end insert members appointed
17as follows:

18(a) Nine members shall be appointed by the Governor with the
19advice and consent of the Senate.begin delete One memberend deletebegin insert Two membersend insert shall
20be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly andbegin delete one memberend delete
21begin insert two membersend insert shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules,
P3    1withbegin delete neitherend deletebegin insert noneend insert of these members subject to confirmation by the
2Senate.begin insert One member each appointed by the Senate Committee on
3Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall be a person who works
4directly with communities in this state that are most significantly
5burdened by, and vulnerable to, high levels of pollution, including,
6but not limited to, communities with diverse racial and ethnic
7populations and communities with low-income populations.end insert
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8member appointed pursuant to this subdivision shall not
9simultaneously hold an elected public office, or serve on any local
10or regional public board or commission with business before the
11commission.

12(b) One Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate
13Committee on Rules and one Member of the Assembly appointed
14by the Speaker of the Assembly shall be ex officio members
15without vote and shall participate in the activities of the
16commission to the extent that such participation is not incompatible
17with their positions as Members of the Legislature.

18(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a voting member
19of the commission may serve on the High-Speed Rail Authority
20as established in Division 19.5 (commencing with Section 185000)
21of the Public Utilities Code.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 2581 of the Streets and Highways Code
23 is amended to read:

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2581.  

(a) Investments in traffic signal synchronization, timed
25to move vehicles at an average speed of 12 to 15 miles per hour,
26may be eligible for an allocation of moneys pursuant to Section
2739712 of the Health and Safety Code as a component of an eligible
28sustainable infrastructure project if both of the following conditions
29are met:

30(1) The sponsoring agency’s legislative or governing body
31makes a finding that the traffic signal synchronization component
32is designed and implemented to achieve cost-effective reductions
33in greenhouse gas emissions.

34(2) The traffic signal synchronization component includes
35specific emissions-reduction targets and metrics to evaluate the
36traffic signal synchronization component’s effect.

37(b) A traffic signal synchronization component of a sustainable
38infrastructure project receiving an allocation of moneys pursuant
39to subdivision (a) shall meet the requirements of Section 16428.9
P4    1of the Government Code and Section 39712 of the Health and
2Safety Code.

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