BILL NUMBER: SB 2003	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 11, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MARCH 28, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Speier, Sher, Figueroa, and Johnston
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Lempert)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act relating to transportation, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2003, as amended, Speier.  Transportation:  rapid commuter
rail: funding.
   Existing law requires federal and state funds available for state,
regional, and local transportation projects to be expended in
accordance with a specified sequence of priorities.
   This bill would appropriate  $217,000,000  
$127,000,000  from the General Fund to the Department of
Transportation for allocation to the governing board of the Peninsula
Corridor Joint Powers Board for the purpose of establishing rapid
commuter rail service between the City and County of San Francisco
and the City of San Jose, as specified  , and between the
City of Stockton and an area that includes the mid-San Francisco
peninsula, and the City of San Jose, as specified.  The bill would
make the allocation for the latter route contingent on the provisions
of evidence of funding, as specified, for operating expenses for
service over that route being provided to the Director of
Transportation by the governing board of the Peninsula Corridor Joint
Powers Board and specified transit agencies  .
   Vote:  2/3.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The sum of  two hundred seventeen 
 one hundred twenty-seven  million dollars 
($217,000,000)   ($127,000,000)  is appropriated
from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for
allocation to the governing board of the Peninsula Corridor Joint
Powers Board, a joint powers agency duly formed pursuant to Article 1
(commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1
of the Government Code, by and between the San Mateo County Transit
District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and the
City and County of San  Francisco, for the following
purposes:
   (a) To   Francisco, to  establish rapid commuter
rail service between the City and County of San Francisco and the
City of San Jose.  For the purposes of this  subdivision
  section  , establishment includes, but is not
limited to, construction of any required additional track,
construction of any required upgrades to existing track, construction
of an additional pedestrian access structure at the Millbrae
station, and, if needed, at other stations where rapid commuter rail
service trains will stop, and acquisition of any required equipment.

   (b)  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), to establish rapid
commuter rail service between the City of Stockton and an area that
includes the mid-San Francisco peninsula, and the City of San Jose.
For the purposes of this subdivision, establishment includes, but is
not limited to, any construction required on the Dumbarton rail
bridge, construction of any required additional track, construction
of any required upgrades to existing track, and acquisition of any
required equipment.
   (2) The Department of Transportation may not make an allocation
for the purpose described in paragraph (1) unless the governing board
of the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board provides evidence, that
the Director of Transportation determines to be sufficient, that
funding for operating expenses for service over the route described
in paragraph (1) will be provided if the money is allocated for that
route.  Evidence of funding may include memorandums of understanding
between the governing board and one or more transit agencies
indicating that operating expenses will be provided by the signatory
agencies, or any other evidence the Director of Transportation
determines to be acceptable.