AB 2398,
as amended, Chau. Transportation:begin delete private funding.end deletebegin insert state highways.end insert
Existing law establishes in state government the Transportation Agency, which includes various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission. Existing law vests the commission with specified powers, duties, and functions relative to transportation matters. Existing law authorizes the commission to select, adopt, and determine the location for state highways, and to allocate available moneys for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highways.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would require the commission, every 5 years, to report to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of specified committees the number of selections, adoptions, and location determinations for state highways undertaken and the amount of moneys allocated for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highways.
end insertExisting 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.
end deleteThis bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to private funding for transportation projects.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: no.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 75 of the end insertbegin insertStreets and Highways Codeend insertbegin insert is
2amended to read:end insert
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insert Except as otherwise provided by law, the commission
4at any time and from time to time may:
5(a)
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6begin insert(1)end insert Select, adopt, and determine the location forbegin delete Stateend deletebegin insert
stateend insert
7 highways on routes authorized by law.
8(b)
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9begin insert(2)end insert Allocate, from the funds available therefor, moneys for the
10construction,begin delete improvementend deletebegin insert improvement,end insert or maintenance of the
11various highways or portions thereof under the jurisdiction of the
12department. The commission may determine in each case the
13maximum sum of money that shall be made available therefor.
14(c)
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15begin insert(3)end insert Authorize preliminary surveys to determine the advisability
16of including in or excluding from thebegin delete Stateend deletebegin insert stateend insert highway system
17any highway or portion thereof.
18(b) Every five years, the commission shall report to the Speaker
19of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the
20chairs of the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the
21Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, or the successor
22committees with jurisdiction over transportation, both of the
23following:
24(1) The number of selections, adoptions, and location
25determinations for state highways that were undertaken pursuant
26to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
27(2) The amount of moneys, pursuant to paragraph (2) of
28subdivision (a), allocated for the construction, improvement, or
29maintenance of the various highways or portions thereof under
30the jurisdiction of the department.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation relating to private funding for transportation projects.
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