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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 112
Author: Beall (D), et al
Amended: 3/25/09 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM. : 11-0, 6/9/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 4/30/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
SOURCE : Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority to fund the repair and maintenance
of state highways.
ANALYSIS : The Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority (VTA) is both the transit agency and the
congestion management agency in Santa Clara County. Its
transit responsibilities involve planning, developing, and
operating public transit in Santa Clara County. When
discharging its responsibilities as a congestion management
agency, it collaborates with cities, the county, and
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to plan improvement
to the roadway network serving the county, but state law
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precludes it from allocating funds for the construction and
maintenance of street and road projects.
Existing law authorizes VTA to acquire, construct, own,
operate, control, or use any facilities necessary or
convenient for transit service, the operation of motor
vehicles, and pedestrians. The VTA is also authorized 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.
This bill:
1. Authorizes VTA, when acting as a congestion management
agency, to allocate revenues from various sources,
including local transportation sales taxes, CMAQ, and
STP for repair and maintenance of all its transportation
facilities, including transit, streets, roads, and
pedestrian facilities.
2. Authorizes VTA to fund the maintenance and repair of
state highways within its jurisdiction with the
concurrence of Caltrans, but prohibits VTA from
performing the work.
Background
In Santa Clara County, the cities and the county have
significant funding shortfalls with regard to local street
and road maintenance projects, and have been in discussions
about how to address the shortfalls with VTA. It is
unclear under existing law that VTA may allocate money to
them. This bill clarifies existing law, on that point.
Also, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission allocates
a portion of the federal CMAQ and STP revenues to VTA.
Under existing law, VTA can only allocate this money for
transit and community compatibility projects, such as
lighting and landscaping at transit stations. This bill's
clarification to VTA's enabling statute allows VTA to
allocate these funds to eligible road projects.
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This bill is identical to AB 152 (Beall), 2007-08 Session,
which Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed stating that the
"historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State Budget has
forced me to prioritize the bills sent to my desk at the
end of the year's legislative session. Given the delay, I
am only signing bills that are the highest priority for
California. This bill does not meet that standard and I
cannot sign it at this time."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/30/09)
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (source)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, De Leon, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson,
Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,
Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Carter, Davis, De La Torre, Garrick,
Miller, Smyth
JJA:mw 6/30/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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