California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2355

Introduced by Assembly Member Dababneh

February 18, 2016

An act to add Section 14035.6 to the Government Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2355, as introduced, Dababneh. Intercity rail services: mitigation.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak for intercity rail passenger services and provides funding for these services from the Public Transportation Account.

This bill would require the department to develop a program for the reasonable mitigation of noise and vibration levels in residential neighborhoods along railroad lines where the department contracts for state-funded intercity rail passenger service. The bill would require the department to determine what constitutes a reasonable level of mitigation. The bill would provide that funding for the mitigation program shall be made available from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose.

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 14035.6 is added to the Government
Code, to read:

14035.6.  

The department shall develop a program for the
reasonable mitigation of noise and vibration levels in residential
neighborhoods along railroad lines where the department contracts
for state-funded intercity rail passenger service pursuant to Section
14035. The department shall determine what constitutes a
reasonable level of mitigation. Funding for the mitigation program
shall be made available from funds appropriated by the Legislature
for this purpose.