AB 2693, as introduced, Dababneh. Transportation funds.
Existing law requires funds in the State Highway Account to be programmed, budgeted, and expended to maximize the use of federal funds and according to a specified sequence of priorities. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to provide certain information to the Legislature to substantiate the department’s proposed capital outlay support budget.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 167 of the Streets and Highways Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) Funds in the State Highway Account in the State
4Transportation Fund shall be programmed, budgeted subject to
5Section 163, and expended to maximize the use of federal funds
6and shall be based on the following sequence of priorities:
7(1) Operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of the state
8highway system.
P2 1(2) Safety improvements where physical changes, other than
2adding additional lanes, would reduce fatalities and the number
3and severity of injuries.
4(3) Transportation capital improvements that expand capacity
5or reduce congestion, or do both.
6(4) Environmental enhancement and mitigation programs.
7(b) With respect to the funds in the State Highway Account, in
8the Public Transportation Account, and in the Passenger Rail Bond
9Fund, the proposed budget shall be organized on a program basis.
10The proposed budget shall list the proposed expenditures for the
11transportation program under the following program elements:
12(1) Administration.
13(2) Program development.
14(3) Maintenance.
15(4) State highway operation and protection.
16(5) Local assistance.
17(6) Interregional improvements.
18(7) Regional improvements.
19(8) Environmental enhancement and mitigation programs.
20(c) State operations expenditure amounts of the department for
21interregional and regional transportation improvement projects
22shall be listed as required by subdivision (b) of Section 14529 of
23the Government Code, but those amounts other than those for the
24acquisition of rights-of-way, construction, and construction support
25shall not be subject to allocation by the commission.
26(d) To align the annual budget with the adopted state
27transportation improvement program, the department may submit
28to the Department of Finance revised capital outlay support and
29capital outlay budget estimates as part of its May Revision process.
30Budget proposals related to these changes shall be provided to the
31Legislature no later than May 1.
32(e) The budget shall not include specific appropriations for
33specific transportation improvement projects, and the Legislature
34shall not enact legislation containing specific individual
35transportation projects.
36(f) The basis for defining major and minor capital outlay projects
37shall be established by the commission.
38(g) The Legislative Analyst shall prepare an analysis of the
39proposed expenditures for each program element as a part of the
40budget analysis.
P3 1(h) The department shall submit to the Legislative Analyst,begin delete andend delete
2 the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscalbegin delete Reviewend deletebegin insert
Review,end insert
and
3the Assembly Committee on Budget, on an annual basis,
4supplemental information to substantiate the department’s proposed
5capital outlay support budget. The information shall be provided
6no later than May 1 of each year, and may be provided at an earlier
7date. The information shall include, but not be limited to, the
8following:
9(1) A list of projects for which the department will perform
10capital outlay support work in the budget year. For each project,
11the department shall includebegin insert all of the followingend insert:
12(A) The planned project support budget for support of
13environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction phases.
14(B) The planned capital costs, including construction capital
15costs and
right-of-way capital costs.
16(C) The estimated or actual construction start date and
17completion date.
18(D) The name and year of the state transportation program in
19which the project is programmed, if applicable.
20(E) Total prior fiscal year expenditures for capital outlay support.
21(F) The number of full-time equivalent positions requested to
22perform support of environmental, design, right-of-way, and
23construction work in the fiscal year of the budget request.
24(G) Milestones of project work by phases that are planned to
25be completed in the fiscal year of the budget request.
26(H) The ratio of support to capital costs based on
current
27programming.
28(2) The capital-to-support ratio for all projects completed in the
29prior fiscal year in each program in each district.
30(3) The current total number of authorized and vacant positions
31in the capital outlay support program in headquarters and in each
32district.
33(4) A five-year projection of the department’s staffing needs to
34support the state’s transportation capital programs and any
35workload performed by the department related to federal or local
36funding for highway capital projects.
37(5) The average cost of a personnel-year equivalent in each
38district based on the department’s existing contracts for capital
39outlay support work performed by a private company under
P4 1contract with the department. For each average cost, the department
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shall provide a description of what factors are included in that cost.
3(6) The average cost of a state staff personnel-year in the capital
4outlay support program in each district and in headquarters. The
5cost shall include the salary and wages, benefits, program overhead,
6administrative overhead, and other associated costs. The
7department shall provide a description of each component of the
8average cost.
9(7) A summary of expected capital outlay support workload for
10the budget year that includes the following:
11(A) The total full-time equivalents requested for each type of
12the following activities: environmental, design, right-of-way, and
13construction.
14(B) The total full-time equivalents requested for each type of
15project, including, but not limited to,
the state transportation
16improvement program, the state highway operation and protection
17program, bond programs, regional and local agency partnership
18workload, and any other program.
19(8) The total number of projects with requested resources, as
20well as the number of projects in which the department is limited
21to an oversight role.
22(9) The number of milestones scheduled, including
23environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction deliverables,
24as well as the number of projects expected to begin construction
25and reach completion.
26(10) A summary for the most recently completed fiscal year for
27the following:
28(A) Full-time equivalents and related funding expended,
29including support of environmental, design, right-of-way, and
30construction activities.
31(B) Approved and filled positions as of the end of the fiscal
32year.
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