AB 2289, as introduced, Frazier. Department of Transportation: capital improvement projects.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a state highway operation and protection program for the expenditure of transportation funds for major capital improvements that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system and that include capital projects relative to maintenance, safety, and rehabilitation of state highways and bridges that do not add a new traffic lane to the system.
This bill would add to the program capital projects relative to the operation of those state highways and bridges.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14526.5 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) Based on the asset management plan prepared
4and approved pursuant to Section 14526.4, the department shall
5prepare a state highway operation and protection program for the
6expenditure of transportation funds for major capital improvements
P2 1that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system.
2Projects included in the program shall be limited to capital
3improvements relative tobegin insert theend insert
maintenance, safety,begin insert operation,end insert and
4rehabilitation of state highways and bridges that do not add a new
5traffic lane to the system.
6(b) The program shall include projects that are expected to be
7advertised prior to July 1 of the year following submission of the
8program, but which have not yet been funded. The program shall
9include those projects for which construction is to begin within
10four fiscal years, starting July 1 of the year following the year the
11program is submitted.
12(c) The department, at a minimum, shall specify, for each project
13in the state highway operation and protection program, the capital
14and support budget, as well as a projected delivery date, for each
15of the following project components:
16(1) Completion of project approval and environmental
17documents.
18(2) Preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates.
19(3) Acquisition of rights-of-way, including, but not limited to,
20support activities.
21(4) Start of construction.
22(d) The program shall be submitted to the commission not later
23than January 31 of each even-numbered year. Prior to submitting
24the plan, the department shall make a draft of its proposed program
25available to transportation planning agencies for review and
26comment and shall include the comments in its submittal to the
27commission.
28(e) The commission may review the program relative to its
29overall adequacy, consistency with the asset management plan
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prepared and approved pursuant to Section 14526.4 and funding
31priorities established in Section 167 of the Streets and Highways
32Code, the level of annual funding needed to implement the
33program, and the impact of those expenditures on the state
34transportation improvement program. The commission shall adopt
35the program and submit it to the Legislature and the Governor not
36later than April 1 of each even-numbered year. The commission
37may decline to adopt the program if the commission determines
38that the program is not sufficiently consistent with the asset
39management plan prepared and approved pursuant to Section
4014526.4.
P3 1(f) Expenditures for these projects shall not be subject to
2Sections 188 and 188.8 of the Streets and Highways Code.
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