BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1203
Author: Ma (D), et al
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM. : 10-0, 7/7/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 80-0, 5/28/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Transportation bond funds: transit system
safety
SOURCE : San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Emergency
Management Agency, by February 1 of each fiscal year, to
select eligible applicants for transit system safety
projects from the Transit System Safety, Security, and
Disaster Response Account established by the Highway
Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security
Bond Act of 2006, Proposition 1B, and provide the
Controller with a list of the projects and sponsoring
agencies eligible to receive an allocation.
ANALYSIS : Proposition 1B authorized $19.925 billion in
CONTINUED
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bonds for various transportation programs, including $1
billion for the Transit System Safety, Security, and
Disaster Response Account for capital projects that provide
increased protection against a security and safety threat
and for capital expenditures to increase the capacity of
transit operators to develop disaster response
transportation systems that can move people, goods, and
emergency personnel and equipment in the aftermath of a
disaster.
Existing law:
1.Requires the allocation of 25 percent of the funds in the
account for capital expenditures to regional public
waterborne transit agencies authorized to operate a
regional public water transit system.
2.Requires the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal
EMA), to administer a grant application and award program
for transit agencies eligible to receive the funds.
3.Existing law authorizes the Controller to make payments
of funds from the account to a regional public waterborne
transit agency on a reimbursable basis only.
4.Authorizes Cal EMA to select eligible projects to receive
those grants by February 1 of each fiscal year in which
funds are appropriated for that purpose.
This bill requires the Controller, upon receiving a list of
eligible projects from Cal EMA, to allocate funds to the
regional water borne public transit agency directly and not
on a reimbursement basis.
Comments
Typically, the state makes bond funds made available to
recipient agencies on a reimbursable basis. The San
Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority, the bill's
sponsor, is a new agency without a sufficient cashflow to
"front end" the cost of projects and then wait for
reimbursement from Proposition 1B funds. The bill provides
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clarifying language that allows the San Francisco Bay Area
Water Transit Authority to proceed with its bond funded
projects and receive funding directly, rather than on a
reimbursement basis.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/21/09)
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (source)
California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit
Union
California Conference of Machinists
California Labor Federation
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
San Mateo County Transportation Authority
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,
Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A.
Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, Bass
JA:nl 7/22/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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