BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 2730
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Date of Hearing: May 11, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2730 (Alejo) - As Amended April 25, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill directs proceeds from the sale of surplus property
originally purchased for the Prunedale Bypass (Monterey County)
to the State Highway Account for highway projects in the State
Highway 101 corridor within that county, and exempts these
proceeds from the north/south split and county share formulas.
FISCAL EFFECT:
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One-time revenue from the property sales, earmarked for projects
on the State Highway 101. Caltrans indicates that there 112
parcels, totaling 304 acres, that would be disposed. The
estimated value of these properties is between $5 million and
$12 million. Absent this bill, these revenues would be deposited
into the State Highway Account and allocated as per current law.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. The Prunedale Bypass, a project to re-route State
Highway 101 around the community of Prunedale, has been on the
books since the 1950s. In an effort to preserve right-of-way
related to the planned project, Caltrans bought over 140
parcels totaling 353 acres. The Prunedale Bypass has since
been abandoned and is no longer in the area's long-range
plans.
In the meantime, the area has moved forward with incremental
improvements to address growing congestion and safety
concerns. The Prunedale Improvement Project is intended to
improve safety along State Highway 101 and intersecting local
roadways, improve traffic flow along the corridor, and improve
accessibility to area homes, businesses, and services.
2)Prior Legislation. Like this bypass project, other projects in
the state have similarly languished and left property unused
for decades. In two recent cases, legislation similar to AB
2730 was enacted to facilitate the sale of the property and
the return of the proceeds to the corridor for which the
properties were originally purchased. SB 791 (Corbett),
Chapter 705, Statutes of 2008, authorized the use of revenues
from sales of excess properties for projects in a local
alternative transportation improvement program that replaced
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the long-planned Hayward Bypass on State Route (SR) 238 and
improvements to SR 84 in Alameda County. SB 416 (Liu),
Chapter 468, Statutes of 2013, directed the revenue from the
sale of surplus properties in the SR 710 corridor in Los
Angeles County to local transportation improvements.
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081