BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 2741 (Salas) - Long-range transportation planning:
California Transportation Plan
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|Version: June 8, 2016 |Policy Vote: T. & H. 11 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: June 27, 2016 |Consultant: Mark McKenzie |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 2741 would require the California Transportation
Plan (CTP), beginning in 2020, to be approved by the California
Transportation Commission (CTC), and require the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to make any necessary revisions to the
plan in consultation with the CTC.
Fiscal
Impact:
Increased CTC administrative costs in the range of $75,000 to
$100,000 annually for a minimum of PY of staff time
associated with increased ongoing coordination to actively
participate in the development of the CTP. (State Highway
Account)
Estimated increased Caltrans administrative costs of up to
$150,000 annually for up to one additional PY of staff time
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associated with the additional coordination and consultation
in preparing the CTP, and making any necessary revisions.
(State Highway Account)
Background: Existing law requires Caltrans to update the CTP by December
15, 2015, and every five years thereafter, based upon
consultation, coordination, and review by a number of state,
local, and regional entities, as well as the general public.
Existing law requires the CTP to include: (1) a policy element
that describes the state's transportation policies and system
performance objectives; (2) a strategic element that
incorporates the broad system concepts and strategies from
adopted regional transportation plans; and (3) a recommendation
element that includes economic forecasts and recommendations to
the Legislature and the Governor to achieve the plan's broad
system concepts, strategies, and performance objectives. The
CTP must also address how the state will achieve maximum
feasible emission reductions and identify the statewide
integrated multimodal transportation system necessary to achieve
those results. Existing law requires the CTC to make
recommendations for transportation system improvements in its
annual report to the Legislature and Governor.
Existing law, as enacted by SB 486 (DeSaulnier), Chapter
917/214, authorizes the CTC to prescribe study areas for
analysis and evaluation by Caltrans and to establish guidelines
for the preparation of the CTP.
Proposed Law:
AB 2741 would require Caltrans to submit the CTP to the CTC
for its approval beginning with the next update in 2020.
Caltrans must submit a draft updated plan to the CTC by June 30,
2020, and every five years thereafter, and CTC must submit the
draft plan to the Legislature and Governor for review and
comment prior to final CTC approval. The bill also requires
Caltrans to revise the proposed updated CTP in consultation with
the CTC if the updated plan is not approved by the CTC.
Staff
Comments: The CTC currently reviews the CTP prepared by
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Caltrans, presents review results and comments to the
Legislature and Governor, and makes recommendations for
transportation improvements in its annual report. According to
the CTC, this bill would require at least the equivalent of PY
of senior transportation planner staff time to coordinate with
Caltrans and other stakeholders and take an active role in the
ongoing development of the plan. Caltrans anticipates that
implementation of AB 2741 could require up to a full PY of staff
time as well, depending upon additional areas of study requested
by the CTC, and including workload to make any necessary
updates, to the extent the plan is not initially approved.
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