BILL NUMBER: AB 1473 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 606
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 10, 1999
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 5, 1999
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 16, 1999
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 28, 1999
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 1999
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 1999
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Hertzberg, Corbett, and Torlakson
(Coauthor: Senator Peace)
FEBRUARY 26, 1999
An act to repeal and add Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100)
of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, relating to capital financing.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1473, Hertzberg. Capital outlay: state planning and funding.
Existing law requires the Director of Finance to prepare annually
a report projecting the state's potential need for the financing of
major capital outlay projects over a 10-year period. Existing law
generally prohibits funds appropriated for capital outlay from being
expended by a state agency until the Department of Finance and the
State Public Works Board have approved preliminary plans for the
project to be financed from the appropriation for capital outlay.
Existing law also requires the Governor's Budget to contain a
complete plan and itemized statement of all proposed expenditures of
the state and all estimated revenues.
This bill would require the Governor, in conjunction with the
Governor's Budget, to submit annually to the Legislature a proposed
5-year infrastructure plan containing specified information
concerning infrastructure needed by state agencies, schools, and
postsecondary institutions and a proposal for funding the needed
infrastructure.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
California Infrastructure Planning Act.
SEC. 2. Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2 of
Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 3. Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
to read:
Article 2. Infrastructure Plan
13100. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
article that the state shall establish and annually update a
five-year plan for funding infrastructure. The plan shall include
input by the Legislature as provided in Section 13104. The plan
shall identify state infrastructure needs and set out priorities for
funding. The plan need not identify specific infrastructure projects
to be funded, but it shall be sufficiently detailed to provide a
clear understanding of the type and amount of infrastructure to be
funded and the programmatic objectives to be achieved by this
funding. The plan is intended to complement the existing state
budget process for appropriating funds for infrastructure by
providing a comprehensive guideline for the types of projects to be
funded through that process.
13101. As used in this article, "infrastructure" means real
property, including land and improvements to the land, structures and
equipment integral to the operation of structures, easements,
rights-of-way and other forms of interest in property, roadways, and
water conveyances.
13102. Beginning January 10, 2002, in conjunction with the
Governor's Budget submitted pursuant to Section 13337, the Governor
shall submit annually a proposed five-year infrastructure plan to the
Legislature. This plan shall cover a five-fiscal-year period
beginning with the fiscal year that is the same as that covered by
the Governor's Budget with which it is being submitted.
The infrastructure plan shall contain the following information
for the five years it covers:
(a) (1) Identification of new, rehabilitated, modernized,
improved, or renovated infrastructure requested by state agencies to
fulfill their responsibilities and objectives as identified in the
strategic plans that they are required to prepare pursuant to Section
11816.
(2) Aggregate funding for transportation as identified in the
four-year State Transportation Improvement Program Fund Estimate
prepared pursuant to Sections 14524 and 14525.
(3) Infrastructure needs for Kindergarten through grade 12 public
schools necessary to accommodate increased enrollment, class size
reduction, and school modernization.
(4) The instructional and instructional support facilities needs
for the University of California, the California State University,
and the California Community Colleges.
(b) The estimated cost of providing the infrastructure identified
in subdivision (a).
(c) A proposal for funding the infrastructure identified in
subdivision (a), subject to the following criteria:
(1) If the funding proposal does not recommend funding the
entirety of the infrastructure identified in subdivision (a), then
the proposal shall specify the criteria and priorities used to select
the infrastructure it does propose to fund.
(2) The funding proposal shall identify its sources of funding and
may include, but is not limited to, General Fund, state special
funds, federal funds, general obligation bonds, lease revenue bonds,
and installment purchases. If the plan proposes the issuance of new
state debt, it shall evaluate the impact of that debt on the state's
existing overall debt position.
(3) The funding proposal is not required to recommend specific
projects for funding, but may instead recommend the type and quantity
of infrastructure to be funded in order to meet programmatic
objectives which shall be identified in the proposal. However, any
capital outlay or local assistance appropriations intended to fund
infrastructure included in the Governor's Budget that coincides with
the first year of the infrastructure plan shall derive from, and be
encompassed by, the funding proposal contained in the plan.
13103. The Governor may order any entity of state government to
assist in preparation of the infrastructure plan.
13104. It is the intent of the Legislature that the proposed
infrastructure plan be considered by the Legislature in conjunction
with its consideration of the Budget Bill.