BILL NUMBER: AB 2620	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2010
	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: 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   certain
toll facilities  on the state highway system  developed on
and after January 1, 2011,  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.
   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.  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   rehabilitation
 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  , but shall not apply
to toll facilities developed pursuant to Sections 149.1, 149.3,
149.4,   149.5, 149.6, 149.8, or 149.9  . 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.