BILL NUMBER: AB 2170 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Frazier
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to amend Section 2192 of the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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 1. Section 2192 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:
2192. (a) The Trade Corridors Improvement Fund, created pursuant
to subdivision (c) of Section 8879.23 of the Government Code, is
hereby continued in existence to receive revenues from sources other
than the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port
Security Bond Act of 2006. 2006, including
revenues apportioned to the state under Section 167 of the Title 23
of the United States Code fro m the National Highway
Freight Program, pursuant to the federal Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act ( "FAST Act ";
Public Law 114-94). This chapter shall govern expenditure of
those other revenues.
(b) The moneys in the fund from those other sources shall be
available upon appropriation for allocation by the California
Transportation Commission for infrastructure improvements in this
state on federally designated Trade Corridors of National and
Regional Significance, on the Primary Freight Network, and along
other corridors that have a high volume of freight movement, as
determined by the commission. In determining the projects eligible
for funding, the commission shall consult the Transportation Agency's
state freight plan as described in Section 13978.8 of the Government
Code, the State Air Resources Board's Sustainable Freight Strategy
adopted by Resolution 14-2, and the trade infrastructure and goods
movement plan submitted to the commission by the Secretary of
Transportation and the Secretary for Environmental Protection. The
commission shall also consult trade infrastructure and goods movement
plans adopted by regional transportation planning agencies, adopted
regional transportation plans required by state and federal law, and
the statewide port master plan prepared by the California Marine and
Intermodal Transportation System Advisory Council (Cal-MITSAC)
pursuant to Section 1730 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, when
determining eligible projects for funding. Eligible projects for
these funds include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Highway capacity improvements and operational improvements to
more efficiently accommodate the movement of freight, particularly
for ingress and egress to and from the state's land ports of entry
and seaports, including navigable inland waterways used to transport
freight between seaports, land ports of entry, and airports, and to
relieve traffic congestion along major trade or goods movement
corridors.
(2) Freight rail system improvements to enhance the ability to
move goods from seaports, land ports of entry, and airports to
warehousing and distribution centers throughout California, including
projects that separate rail lines from highway or local road
traffic, improve freight rail mobility through mountainous regions,
relocate rail switching yards, and other projects that improve the
efficiency and capacity of the rail freight system.
(3) Projects to enhance the capacity and efficiency of ports.
(4) Truck corridor improvements, including dedicated truck
facilities or truck toll facilities.
(5) Border access improvements that enhance goods movement between
California and Mexico and that maximize the state's ability to
access coordinated border infrastructure funds made available to the
state by federal law.
(6) Surface transportation and connector road improvements to
effectively facilitate the movement of goods, particularly for
ingress and egress to and from the state's land ports of entry,
airports, and seaports, to relieve traffic congestion along major
trade or goods movement corridors.
(c) (1) The commission shall allocate funds for trade
infrastructure improvements from the fund consistent with Section
8879.52 of the Government Code and the Trade Corridors Improvement
Fund (TCIF) Guidelines adopted by the commission on November 27,
2007, or as amended by the commission, and in a manner that (A)
addresses the state's most urgent needs, (B) balances the demands of
various land ports of entry, seaports, and airports, (C) provides
reasonable geographic balance between the state's regions, and (D)
places emphasis on projects that improve trade corridor mobility
while reducing emissions of diesel particulate and other pollutant
emissions.
(2) In addition, the commission shall also consider the following
factors when allocating these funds:
(A) "Velocity," which means the speed by which large cargo would
travel from the land port of entry or seaport through the
distribution system.
(B) "Throughput," which means the volume of cargo that would move
from the land port of entry or seaport through the distribution
system.
(C) "Reliability," which means a reasonably consistent and
predictable amount of time for cargo to travel from one point to
another on any given day or at any given time in California.
(D) "Congestion reduction," which means the reduction in recurrent
daily hours of delay to be achieved.