BILL NUMBER: AB 619	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blumenfield

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Section 2303 to the Streets and Highways Code,
relating to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 619, as introduced, Blumenfield. Transportation projects:
federal funds: delays.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
provides for allocation of federal transportation funds made
available to the state.
   This bill would require the department to notify the Legislature
within 30 days of making a determination that a project, including a
project designated in the National Corridor Infrastructure
Improvement Program, will be delayed beyond its scheduled completion
date due to state cashflow or other funding issues, if the delay
places at risk federal funds, including funds earmarked for the
project.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2303 is added to the Streets and Highways Code,
to read:
   2303.  The department shall notify the Legislature within 30 days
of making a determination that a project, including a project
designated in the National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement
Program, as established in Section 1302 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act-A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA-LU; Public Law 109-059), will be delayed beyond its
scheduled completion date due to state cashflow or other funding
issues, if the delay places at risk federal funds, including funds
earmarked for the project.