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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 1066
Author: Beall (D)
Introduced:2/16/16
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 10-0, 4/12/16
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,
McGuire, Roth, Wieckowski
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mendoza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT: Transportation funds: fund estimates
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires State Transportation Improvement
Program (STIP) fund estimates prepared by the California
Transportation Commission (CTC) and the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to identify and include federal funds
received under the federal Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST Act).
ANALYSIS: Existing federal law enacts the FAST Act as a
multi-year transportation program that provides funding to state
and local transportation agencies and programs.
Existing state law:
1)Establishes the STIP program, which provides state and federal
funds for transportation capital improvement projects
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programmed by Caltrans and regional transportation agencies,
as specified.
2)Requires Caltrans to submit to the CTC an estimate of state
and federal funds reasonably expected to be available for
future programming over the five-year period of each STIP, and
requires the CTC to adopt a fund estimate in that regard.
This bill requires the STIP fund estimate prepared by Caltrans
and CTC to identify and include federal funds derived from
apportionments made to the state under the FAST Act.
Background
On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the FAST Act,
authorizing federal highway, transit, safety, and rail programs
for the next five federal fiscal years at a cost of
approximately $305 billion. The bill is the first long-term
reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program
since the enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users in 2005.
The $305 billion authorized under the FAST Act includes
approximately $225 billion for the federal-aid highway program,
approximately $61 billion for federal transit assistance, and
approximately $19 billion for other programs. Of the transit
funds, nearly $49 billion is distributed to regions and transit
providers by formula, while the remaining $12 billion is
available for discretionary grants, mostly for capital
improvements and grants for implementation of positive train
control. Most highway program funds are apportioned to states,
also by formula.
Comments
The author introduced this bill to provide clarification in
existing law that the STIP fund estimate prepared by Caltrans
and CTC include the funding allocations specified in the
recently enacted federal FAST Act.
This bill ensures that future fund estimates (i.e., the 2018
fund estimate) prepared by Caltrans and CTC consider and
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incorporate the changes in programmatic and funding allocations
enacted under the federal FAST Act.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified4/25/16)
California Asphalt Pavement Association
San Bernardino Associated Governments
OPPOSITION: (Verified4/25/16)
None received
Prepared by:Manny Leon / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
4/27/16 15:57:19
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