BILL NUMBER: AB 1219	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  143
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 6, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 5, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 16, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Wiggins and Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 99313.6 of, and to add Section 99233.12
to, the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1219, Evans. Public transportation: Solano Transportation
Authority.
   The Transportation Development Act, also known as the
Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act, provides for the allocation of local
transportation funds in each county from 1/4 of 1% of the sales tax
to various transportation purposes, including transportation
planning, transit operations, and in some cases, local streets and
roads. The act is administered by the transportation planning agency
having jurisdiction and specifies the sequence of allocations to be
made by that agency to eligible claimants.
   This bill would authorize the Solano Transportation Authority, a
joint powers agency, to file a claim with the transportation planning
agency for up to 2% of local transportation funds available to the
county and city members of the authority for countywide transit
planning and coordination relative to Solano County.
   Existing law creates the State Transit Assistance program as one
of the transit programs funded by the Public Transportation Account
from certain fuel sales tax revenues. Under the program, available
funds are apportioned by the Controller to transportation planning
agencies for allocation to transit operators and for other related
purposes within the agency's jurisdiction. Apportionments are made
under 2 different formulas, one based on population and the other
based on operator revenue.
   This bill would specifically provide for the Solano Transportation
Authority to be an eligible claimant for State Transit Assistance
funds apportioned under the population formula, to be used for public
transportation purposes, including countywide transit planning and
coordination relative to Solano County.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99233.12 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   99233.12.  Notwithstanding anything in Sections 99233 to 99233.9,
inclusive, to the contrary, the Solano Transportation Authority may
file a claim, and the transportation planning agency may allocate,
for the area representing the cumulative areas of the authority's
member agencies, up to 2 percent of annual revenues for countywide
transit planning and coordination purposes relative to Solano County.
Funds allocated to the authority pursuant to this section shall be
allocated after allocations are made pursuant to Sections 99233.1 and
99233.2 but prior to other allocations.
  SEC. 2.  Section 99313.6 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   99313.6.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each
transportation planning agency and county transportation commission,
and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, shall
create a state transit assistance fund and deposit therein the funds
allocated to it pursuant to Sections 99313 and 99314 for allocations
to operators, and to claimants for the purposes specified in Section
99275 and in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (e) of Section 99400,
within the area on which its allocation was determined.
   (b) From funds allocated to it pursuant to Sections 99313 and
99314, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
may allocate funds to itself for the planning, design, and
construction of an exclusive public mass transit guideway system.
   (c) An allocation of funds from a state transit assistance fund
for a transit capital project may be used for the payment of the
principal of, and interest on, equipment trust certificates, bonded
or other indebtedness, or in accomplishment of a defeasance of any
outstanding revenue bond indenture issued for that project.
   (d) From funds allocated to it pursuant to Section 99313, the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission may allocate funds to itself
for projects to achieve regional transit coordination objectives.
   (e) From funds allocated to the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission pursuant to Section 99313, upon a request of the Solano
Transportation Authority, the commission may allocate an amount of
funds to the authority for public transportation purposes, including
countywide transit planning and coordination relative to Solano
County.