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                                                                  AB 112
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          Date of Hearing:   April 22, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                    AB 112 (Beall) - As Amended:  March 25, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                               
          TransportationVote:14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill:

          1)Authorizes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority  
            (VTA) to provide funding for the repair and maintenance of  
            those facilities for which it already has authority to acquire  
            and construct.

          2)Authorizes the VTA, subject to approval of Caltrans, to  
            provide funding for the repair and maintenance of state  
            highways within the VTA's boundaries.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  .  The VTA is both the transit agency and the  
            congestion management agency in Santa Clara County.  In  
            discharging its responsibilities as a congestion management  
            agency,  VTA collaborates with cities, the county, and  
            Caltrans to plan improvements to the roadway network serving  
            the county.  Existing law authorizes VTA to allocate revenues  
            from its local transportation sales tax program, the federal  
            Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ), and the  
            federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) for the  
            construction and maintenance of transit projects, however, it  
            is unable to allocate funds for the repair and maintenance of  
            street and road projects and state highways.   









                                                                  AB 112
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           2)Purpose  .  This bill authorizes VTA to allocate revenues from  
            various sources for repair and maintenance of all its  
            transportation facilities, including streets, roads, and  
            pedestrian facilities.  This bill also grants VTA the  
            authority to fund the maintenance and repair of state  
            highways, but explicitly provides that VTA may not actually do  
            the repair and maintenance. 

           3)Prior Legislation  .  This bill is nearly identical to AB 152  
            (Beall) of 2008, which was summarily vetoed by the governor  
            without a stated objection.  AB 152 passed the Assembly floor  
            75-0.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081