SB 64, as amended, Liu. California Transportation Plan.
Existing law requires various transportation planning activities by state and regional agencies. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the California Transportation Plan and to update the plan by December 31, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter. Existing law specifies certain subject areas for the movement of people and freight to be considered in the plan. Existing law requires the plan to address how the state will achieve maximum feasible emissions reductions in order to attain a statewide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 and identify the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system needed to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions. Existing law requires the department to consult with and coordinate its planning activities with specified entities, including the California Transportation Commission, and to provide an opportunity for public input. Existing law authorizes the California Transportation Commission to present the results of its review and comment to the Legislature and the Governor.
This bill would require the California Transportation Commission to review recommendations in the update to the California Transportation Plan prepared by the department in 2015, and every 5 years thereafter, to prepare specificbegin insert actionend insertbegin insert-oriented and pragmaticend insert recommendations forbegin delete statewide integrated multimodalend delete transportation system improvements, and to submit a report in that regard to the Legislature and the Governor by December
31,begin delete 2016end deletebegin insert
2016,end insert and every 5 years thereafter.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 65073.1 is added to the Government
2Code, to read:
The California Transportation Commission shall
4review recommendations in the update to the California
5Transportation Plan prepared by the department in 2015, and every
6five years thereafter, and prepare specificbegin insert actionend insertbegin insert-oriented and
7pragmaticend insert recommendations forbegin delete statewide integrated multimodalend delete
8 transportation system improvements. A report containing the
9specific recommendations shall be submitted to the Legislature
10and the Governor by December 31, 2016, and every five years
11thereafter,
and in compliance with Section 9795.
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