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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 165
Author: Lowenthal (D)
Amended: 4/14/09
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 9-1, 4/28/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
NOES: Hollingsworth
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : General transportation cleanup
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes several cleanup, clarifying, and
non-controversial changes to the law relating to
transportation.
ANALYSIS : This bill includes the following provisions:
Section 1
Specifies that the sale of surplus properties in the State
Highway Route (SR) 84 corridor, as provided by SB 791
(Corbett), Chapter 705, Statutes of 2008, applies only to
nonresidential properties. SB 791 allows local governments
and the local transportation planning agency in Alameda
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County to develop and submit to the California
Transportation Commission for approval a local alternative
transportation improvement program (LATIP) for surplus
properties owned by the Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) in the SR 84 corridor that is separate from the
LATIP for the SR 238 corridor. The author and the Western
Center on Law and Poverty agreed that the SR 84 LATIP
regarding the sale of excess properties should only apply
to "non-residential" properties, but it was too late in the
session last year to clarify the bill with an amendment.
The provision in this bill therefore clarifies that the SR
84 LATIP allowed by SB 791 only applies to non-residential
properties.
Section 2
Makes a technical change to correct a reference to the High
Polluter Repair or Removal Account.
Section 3
Deletes obsolete language regarding the July 1, 2008
operative date for the laws governing the use of wireless
communications devices while operating a motor vehicle.
Section 4
Clarifies that the driver of any vehicle approaching an
intersection that has an inoperative official traffic
control signal must stop, regardless of the reason why the
signal has become inoperative. Existing law states that
the requirement to stop applies when a signal becomes
inoperative because of battery failure, which implies that
the requirement only applies in those situations. By
deleting the reference to battery failure, the bill
clarifies that a driver must stop at any intersection that
has an inoperative signal, regardless of the reason for its
inoperation.
Comments
The purpose of this bill is to combine multiple,
non-controversial changes to statutes into one bill so that
the Legislature may make minor amendments in a
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cost-effective manner.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
JJA:mw 5/11/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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