BILL NUMBER: AB 2398	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chau

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2398, as introduced, Chau. Transportation: private funding.
   Existing law, until January 1, 2017, authorizes the Department of
Transportation and regional transportation agencies, as defined, to
enter into comprehensive development lease agreements with public and
private entities, or consortia of those entities, for certain
transportation projects that may charge certain users of those
projects tolls and user fees, subject to various terms and
requirements. These arrangements are commonly known as public-private
partnerships.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to private funding for transportation projects.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to private funding for transportation projects.