AB 2170, as introduced, Frazier. Trade Corridors Improvement Fund: federal funds.
The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 1B) created the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund and provided for allocation by the California Transportation Commission of $2 billion in bond funds for infrastructure improvements on highway and rail corridors that have a high volume of freight movement, and specified categories of projects eligible to receive these funds. Existing law continues the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund in existence in order to receive revenues from sources other than the bond act for these purposes.
This bill would require revenues apportioned to the state from the National Highway Freight Program established by the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act to be deposited in the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 2192 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) The Trade Corridors Improvement Fund, created
4pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8879.23 of the Government
5Code, is hereby continued in existence to receive revenues from
6sources other than the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air
7Quality, and Port Security Bond Act ofbegin delete 2006.end deletebegin insert 2006, including
8revenues apportioned to the state under Section 167 of the Title
923 of the United States Code from the National Highway Freight
10Program, pursuant to the federal Fixing America’s Surface
11Transportation Act (end insertbegin insert“FAST Actend insertbegin insert”;
Public Law 114-94).end insert This chapter
12shall govern expenditure of those other revenues.
13(b) The moneys in the fund from those other sources shall be
14available upon appropriation for allocation by the California
15Transportation Commission for infrastructure improvements in
16this state on federally designated Trade Corridors of National and
17Regional Significance, on the Primary Freight Network, and along
18other corridors that have a high volume of freight movement, as
19determined by the commission. In determining the projects eligible
20for funding, the commission shall consult the Transportation
21Agency’s state freight plan as described in Section 13978.8 of the
22Government Code, the State Air Resources Board’s Sustainable
23Freight Strategy adopted by Resolution 14-2, and the trade
24infrastructure and goods movement plan submitted to the
25commission by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary
26for Environmental Protection. The
commission shall also consult
27trade infrastructure and goods movement plans adopted by regional
28transportation planning agencies, adopted regional transportation
29plans required by state and federal law, and the statewide port
30master plan prepared by the California Marine and Intermodal
31Transportation System Advisory Council (Cal-MITSAC) pursuant
32to Section 1730 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, when
33determining eligible projects for funding. Eligible projects for
34these funds include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
35(1) Highway capacity improvements and operational
36improvements to more efficiently accommodate the movement of
37freight, particularly for ingress and egress to and from the state’s
38land ports of entry and seaports, including navigable inland
P3 1waterways used to transport freight between seaports, land ports
2of entry, and airports, and to relieve traffic congestion along major
3trade or goods movement corridors.
4(2) Freight rail system improvements to enhance the ability to
5move goods from seaports, land ports of entry, and airports to
6warehousing and distribution centers throughout California,
7including projects that separate rail lines from highway or local
8road traffic, improve freight rail mobility through mountainous
9regions, relocate rail switching yards, and other projects that
10improve the efficiency and capacity of the rail freight system.
11(3) Projects to enhance the capacity and efficiency of ports.
12(4) Truck corridor improvements, including dedicated truck
13facilities or truck toll facilities.
14(5) Border access improvements that enhance goods movement
15between California and Mexico and that maximize the state’s
16ability to access coordinated border
infrastructure funds made
17available to the state by federal law.
18(6) Surface transportation and connector road improvements to
19effectively facilitate the movement of goods, particularly for
20ingress and egress to and from the state’s land ports of entry,
21airports, and seaports, to relieve traffic congestion along major
22trade or goods movement corridors.
23(c) (1) The commission shall allocate funds for trade
24infrastructure improvements from the fund consistent with Section
258879.52 of the Government Code and the Trade Corridors
26Improvement Fund (TCIF) Guidelines adopted by the commission
27on November 27, 2007, or as amended by the commission, and in
28a manner that (A) addresses the state’s most urgent needs, (B)
29balances the demands of various land ports of entry, seaports, and
30airports, (C) provides reasonable geographic balance between the
31state’s regions, and
(D) places emphasis on projects that improve
32trade corridor mobility while reducing emissions of diesel
33particulate and other pollutant emissions.
34(2) In addition, the commission shall also consider the following
35factors when allocating these funds:
36(A) “Velocity,” which means the speed by which large cargo
37would travel from the land port of entry or seaport through the
38distribution system.
P4 1(B) “Throughput,” which means the volume of cargo that would
2move from the land port of entry or seaport through the distribution
3system.
4(C) “Reliability,” which means a reasonably consistent and
5predictable amount of time for cargo to travel from one point to
6another on any given day or at any given time in California.
7(D) “Congestion reduction,” which means the reduction in
8recurrent daily hours of delay to be achieved.
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