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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
                              Senator Jim Beall, Chair
                                2015 - 2016  Regular 

          Bill No:          AB 2289           Hearing Date:   June 14,  
          2016  
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          |Author:   |Frazier                                               |
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          |Version:  |2/18/2016                                             |
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          |Urgency:  |No                     |Fiscal:      |Yes             |
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          |Consultant|Manny Leon                                            |
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          SUBJECT:  Department of Transportation:  Capital Improvement  
          Projects


            DIGEST:  This bill clarifies that capital improvement projects  
          relative to operations on the state highway system are eligible  
          for inclusion in the State Highway Operation and Protection  
          Program (SHOPP).

          ANALYSIS:
          
          Existing law:
          
          1)Directs the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to prepare  
            the SHOPP to guide the expenditure of transportation funds for  
            capital improvements that are necessary to protect the state  
            highway system, as specified.  The SHOPP is primarily limited  
            to capital improvement projects related to maintenance,  
            safety, and rehabilitation of state highways and bridges that  
            do not add a new traffic lane to the system.

          2)Requires Caltrans, in consultation with the California  
            Transportation Commission (CTC), to develop an asset  
            management plan to guide the preparation and selection of  
            projects within SHOPP.  Specifies that the asset management  
            plan is to be consistent with any applicable state and federal  
            requirements. 

          COMMENTS:







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          1)Purpose. According to the author, "AB 2289 puts the 'O' in  
            SHOPP.  Operational improvements have always been included in  
            the SHOPP.  However, as we increasingly look to traffic  
            operation improvements to provide greater efficiencies in the  
            operation of the state highway system, AB 2289 makes it  
            abundantly clear that these operational improvements are to be  
            included in the SHOPP."

          2)Existing practice.   For nearly 20 years, Caltrans has been  
            statutorily required to prepare the SHOPP to guide investments  
            in state highways and bridges owned by the state.  Projects to  
            improve traffic operations, such as ramp meters and changeable  
            message signs, have always been included in the SHOPP.  The  
            SHOPP specifically excludes projects that increase the  
            capacity of the state highway system.  However, operational  
            improvements that increase capacity by virtue of improving  
            operational efficiencies in the existing system are, and  
            always have been, included in the SHOPP.

          3)Technical cleanup.  AB 2289 is a technical cleanup bill.   
            Despite past practices, statutes governing preparation of the  
            SHOPP do not explicitly include operational improvements in  
            the types of projects to be included in the SHOPP.  AB 2289  
            remedies this inconsistency by specifying that operational  
            improvements are to be included in the SHOPP.  

          Assembly votes:

            Floor:         76-0
            Approps:  16-0
            Trans:         16-0
            

          FISCAL EFFECT:  Appropriation:  No    Fiscal Com.:  Yes     
          Local:  No


            
          POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the committee before noon on  
          Wednesday,
                          June 8, 2016.)
          
            SUPPORT:  









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          Automobile Club of Southern California
          California Transportation Commission
          San Diego Association of Governments 
          San Francisco County Transportation Commission

          OPPOSITION:

          None recieved

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