BILL NUMBER: SB 886	CHAPTERED  07/13/99

	CHAPTER   103
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 13, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 13, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 6, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 13, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator McPherson

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to amend Section 14035 of the Government Code, relating to
transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 886, McPherson.  Transportation:  passenger rail service:
Monterey County.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to enter
into contracts with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under
specified provisions of federal law to provide commuter and
intercity passenger rail services.
   Existing law authorizes the Transportation Agency of Monterey
County to contract for the operation of rail service in Monterey
County and for connections with rail service in adjacent and
neighboring counties and cities.
   This bill would authorize the agency to be a party to any contract
entered into, as specified, between the department and the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation for passenger rail service along the
San Francisco-San Jose-Monterey corridor.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14035 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   14035.  (a) The department may enter into contracts with the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under Section 403(b) of the
Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. Sec. 563(b)) to provide
commuter and intercity passenger rail services.  The contracts may
include, but are not limited to, the extension of intercity passenger
rail services or the upgrading of commuter rail services.
   (b) The department may contract with railroad corporations for the
use of tracks and other facilities and the provision of passenger
services on terms and conditions as the parties may agree.
   (c) The department is the only public agency eligible to receive
funds pursuant to Section 1614 of Title 49 of the United States Code.

   (d) The department may construct, acquire, or lease, and improve
and operate, rail passenger terminals and related facilities which
provide intermodal passenger services along the following corridors:
the San Diego-Los Angeles-Santa Barbara corridor, the San
Francisco-San Jose-Monterey corridor, the Los Angeles-Riverside-San
Bernardino-Calexico corridor, the San Jose-Oakland-Sacramento-Reno
corridor, the Los Angeles-Bakersfield-Fresno-Stockton-Sacramento-
Oakland corridor, and the Los Angeles-Santa
Barbara-Oakland-Sacramento-Redding corridor.
   (e) The department may enter into a contract with the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation to provide additional trains over the
San Joaquin route running between Bakersfield and Oakland and to
extend the existing route to Sacramento.
   (f) The Transportation Agency of Monterey County may be a party to
any contract entered into under this section between the department
and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for passenger rail
service along the San Francisco-San Jose-Monterey corridor.