BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
391 (Liu)
Hearing Date: 05/18/2009 Amended: 05/04/2009
Consultant: Mark McKenzie Policy Vote: T&H 7-4, EQ 5-2
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 391 would require the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to update its statewide California
Transportation Plan (CTP) by December 31, 2015 and every five
years thereafter.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Fund
Consultant contract $50 $100 Federal*
Caltrans staff $56 $56
Special**
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* Federal Trust Fund (State Planning and Research revenue)
Staff notes that the total contract costs would be approximately
$500,000 through 2105)
** State Highway Account
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STAFF COMMENTS:
This bill would establish an ongoing statewide transportation
planning process within Caltrans that describes the multimodal
system necessary to meet mobility and congestion management
objectives that are consistent with the state's greenhouse gas
emission limits and air pollution standards. Specifically, SB
391 would:
Require the CTP to consider a number of specified subject
areas for movement of people and freight, such as mobility,
accessibility, integration, connectivity, efficient system
management, existing system preservation, and environmental
protection.
Require the CTP to include strategies to achieve maximum
feasible emissions reductions in order to comply with
requirements of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006, AB 32 (Nunez), Chapter 488 of 2006.
Require the CTP to identify the statewide integrated
multimodal transportation system that would achieve compliance
with greenhouse gas emission targets.
Require Caltrans to submit an interim report to various
legislative committees and the California Transportation
Commission by December 12, 2012, including an overview of all
the "sustainable communities strategies" and "alternative
planning strategies" prepared pursuant to SB 375 (Steinberg),
Chapter 728 of 2008, and assess how implementation of these
planning strategies would influence the statewide
transportation system.
Require Caltrans to complete the first update of the CTP by
December 15, 2015 and update the plan every five years
therafter.
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SB 391 (Liu)
This bill would require Caltrans to expand coordination with
numerous entities to compile the results of regional planning
efforts including, adopted sustainable communities strategies,
alternative planning strategies, regional transportation plans,
and regional blueprint plans in rural areas in order to identify
the statewide transportation system. Caltrans indicates that a
consultant study at $500,000 would be needed to meet the
requirements of the bill, along with .5 personnel years at an
annual cost of $56,000 to develop scope of work, monitor the
contract and integrate the results into the CTP. Caltrans would
use federal revenues from the State Planning and Research
allocations to cover the costs of the consultant contract.
These costs would be spread over multiple fiscal years between
the end of 2010 through 2015. Caltrans expects that each
subsequent update would require an additional contract, likely
in the range of $300,000 over five years.