BILL NUMBER: AB 2014	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Melendez

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act to add  Section   Sections  2566
 and 2566.1  to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to
transportation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2014, as amended, Melendez. Freeway Service Patrol 
Act: workload study.   Program Assessment. 
   The Freeway Service Patrol Act authorizes and provides funding for
freeway service patrols, operated pursuant to an agreement between
the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of
Transportation, and a regional or local governmental entity, on
traffic-congested urban freeways throughout the state. 
   This bill would, by June 20, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter,
require the Department of Transportation to publish and submit to the
Legislature and the Department of Finance, as specified, a statewide
Freeway Service Patrol Program Assessment that would, among other
things, identify, quantify, and analyze existing freeway service
patrols, identify opportunities to increase or expand service levels,
and analyze and provide recommendations regarding the current and
anticipated future financial condition of the program, as specified.
The bill would require the state budget to include a line item
identifying the amount of local assistance moneys and state
operations moneys that were provided in support of freeway service
patrols.  
   This bill would require, no later than June 30, 2017, and every 2
years thereafter, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, in
coordination with the Department of Transportation and in
consultation with regional and local entities, to complete a workload
study to assess resource needs to supervise existing and expanded
freeway service patrols identified by regional and local entities and
to submit the study to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal
Review and the Assembly Committee on Budget. The bill would also
require the departments to prepare their annual budget requests to
the Legislature to accommodate the Department of the California
Highway Patrol's oversight of increased freeway service patrols
identified in the study. 
   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 2566 is added to the  
Streets and Highways Code   , to read:  
   2566.  (a) By June 20, 2018, and every five years thereafter, the
department, in coordination with the Department of the California
Highway Patrol and regional and local entities, shall publish a
statewide Freeway Service Patrol Program Assessment. The program
assessment shall do all of the following:
   (1) Identify, quantify, and analyze existing freeway service
patrols, and identify opportunities to increase or expand service
levels.
   (2) Analyze and provide recommendations regarding the current and
anticipated future financial condition of the program, accounting for
various factors, including, but not limited to, operation costs,
available funding, and state personnel resources.
   (3) Examine all of the following:
   (A) The financial sustainability of maintaining current freeway
service patrols.
   (B) The route miles unserved or underserved by freeway service
patrols.
   (C) Historical, current, and future state and local funding for
freeway service patrols.
   (4) Analyze and quantify the public benefits received or to be
received from existing and potential new freeway service patrols.
   (5) Discuss how freeway service patrols relate to other state
policies, plans, and goals.
   (b) The department shall submit the program assessment to the
Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code,
and to the Department of Finance, and shall include a recommendation
regarding the state moneys necessary to fund the recommendations
identified in the program assessment. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 2566.1 is added t   o the
  Streets and Highways Code   , to read: 

   2566.1.  The state budget shall include a line item for the
department and the Department of the California Highway Patrol to
identify the amount of local assistance moneys and state operations
moneys provided in support of freeway service patrols. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 2566 is added to the Streets
and Highways Code, to read:
   2566.  (a) No later than June 30, 2017, and every two years
thereafter, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, in
coordination with the Department of Transportation and in
consultation with regional and local entities, shall complete a
workload study to assess resource needs to supervise existing and
expanded freeway service patrols identified by regional and local
entities. The study shall do both of the following:
   (1) Identify potential additional freeway mileage that could be
served by new freeway service patrols, as recommended by regional and
local entities, that have a reasonable expectation of meeting the
eligibility requirements of this chapter and current program
guidelines.
   (2) Identify additional Department of California Highway Patrol
resources needed to supervise additional freeway mileage identified
in paragraph (1).
   (b) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall submit
the study to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review and the
Assembly Committee on Budget.
   (c) The Department of the California Highway Patrol and the
Department of Transportation shall prepare their annual budget
requests to the Legislature to accommodate the Department of the
California Highway Patrol's oversight of increased freeway service
patrols identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), if regional
and local entities have proposed increased service, by a date
specified in the program guidelines.