Amended in Senate April 4, 2016

Amended in Senate March 30, 2016

Senate BillNo. 1279


Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 19, 2016


An act to add Section 14525.3 to the Government Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1279, as amended, Hancock. California Transportation Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment.

Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various duties and responsibilities relative to the programming and allocation of funds for transportation capital projects.

This bill would prohibit the commission from programming or allocating anybegin delete publicend deletebegin insert stateend insert funds for any project at a port facility that is located at, or adjacent to, a disadvantaged community and that exports or proposes to export coal from the state.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 14525.3 is added to the Government
2Code
, to read:

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14525.3.  

To the extent consistent with federal law, the
4commission shall not program or allocate anybegin delete publicend deletebegin insert stateend insert funds,
5including proceeds from the sale of general obligation bonds, under
6its jurisdiction for any project at a port facility that is located in,
P2    1or adjacent to, one or more disadvantaged communities identified
2pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part
32 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code and that exports
4or proposes to export coal from the state.



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