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                                                                  AB 1784
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          Date of Hearing:  April 14, 2010

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
                                Cameron Smyth, Chair
                     AB 1784 (Fong) - As Amended:  April 12, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

           SUMMARY  :  Authorizes the Santa Clara Valley Transportation  
          Authority (SCVTA) to enter into agreements with any city within  
          its territory or within the County of Santa Clara to improve a  
          street, road, highway, or expressway under the jurisdiction of  
          the city or county; specifically provides that this authority  
          does not apply to highways under the jurisdiction of the state,  
          unless specifically permitted elsewhere in statute.  

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Establishes SCVTA as the transit district and the congestion  
            management agency in Santa Clara County.  

          2)Authorizes SCVTA to construct and improve state and local  
            highways for projects identified in a countywide  
            transportation expenditure plan associated with a local  
            transportation sales tax program.  

          3)Authorizes cities and counties, generally, to enter into  
            agreements to construct, repair and maintain each other's  
            highways.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           COMMENTS  :   

          1)AB 1784 would provide SCVTA with the authority to manage the  
            construction of improvement projects on local roadways under  
            the jurisdiction of the cities within Santa Clara County or  
            the county itself, if the individual jurisdictions asked SCVTA  
            to do the work on their behalf.  According to the author, some  
            of the smaller cities in Santa Clara County may not have the  
            in-house resources to manage construction of local road  
            improvements.  SCVTA, however, has a construction division  
            that has the expertise to oversee large and small scale  
            transportation capitol improvement projects.  By granting  
            SCVTA the authority to do work for others within the county,  








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            the author asserts that this bill could avoid having local  
            transportation projects delayed for the lack of in-house city  
            or county resources.  

           2)Support Arguments .  The sponsor, SCVTA, states that AB 1784  
            will help to jump start stalled local roadway improvement  
            projects. 

           3)Opposition Arguments  .  None at this time

          4)This bill was heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee  
            on March 22, 2010, and passed with a 14-0 vote.  


           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority [SPONSOR]

           Opposition 
           
          None on file 
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Katie Kolitsos / L. GOV. / (916)  
          319-3958