BILL NUMBER: AB 2620	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act  to add Section 149.05 to the Streets and Highways Code
  relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2620, as amended, Eng.  Transportation.  
Transportation: toll facilities.  
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation shall
have full possession and control of the state highway system and
associated property. Existing law provides for the development of
high-occupancy toll lanes on the state highway system by regional
transportation agencies under specified circumstances and specifies
the use of toll revenues generated from these facilities.  
   This bill would require an unspecified percentage of net toll
revenues generated by a toll facility on the state highway system to
be dedicated to maintenance, preservation, and rehabilitation of the
state highway system, including funding of projects in the state
highway operation and protection program. The bill would also make
legislative findings and declarations in that regard.  
   Existing law provides various funding sources for a variety of
modes of transportation.  
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to promote cleaner, faster, and more efficient modes of
transportation. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) The level of funding available for maintenance, preservation,
and rehabilitation of the state highway system is straining the
ability to meet rehabitation and preservation needs of the system.
 
   (b) Rehabilitation and reconstruction needs on the state highway
system are increasing as the infrastructure ages.  
   (c) The continued increase in vehicle travel and goods movement
contributes to an increased rate of pavement and bridge
deterioration, new accident concentration locations, and increasing
hours of traffic congestion.  
   (d) Continued underfunding of maintenance, preservation, and
rehabilitation needs delays projects and increases the cost when the
work is eventually undertaken.  
   (e) Transportation agencies are increasingly interested in
developing tolled facilities on the state highway system, a
state-owned asset.  
   (f) At least a portion of the proceeds from tolled facilities
should be directed to maintenance, preservation, and rehabilitation
of the state highway system, which serves as a backbone to those
facilities. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 149.05 is added to the 
Streets and Highways Code   , to read:  
   149.05.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ____ percent
of net toll revenues generated by a toll facility on the state
highway system shall be dedicated to maintenance, preservation, and
rehabilitation of the state highway system, including funding of
projects in the state highway operation and protection program. This
section shall only apply to toll facilities developed on and after
January 1, 2011, that are the subject of a cooperative agreement
between the department and another public agency entered into on and
after that date. The cooperative agreement between the department and
the other public agency shall provide for the payment of these
revenues to the department for deposit in the State Highway Account.
Those revenues shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature
for purposes consistent with this section.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to promote cleaner, faster, and more efficient
modes of transportation.