BILL NUMBER: SB 716	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 99233.6 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 716, as introduced, Wolk. Local transportation funds.
   Existing law requires that 1/4% of the local sales and use tax be
transferred to the local transportation fund of the county and be
allocated, as directed by the transportation planning agency, for
various transportation purposes.
   This bill would authorize a county, city, county transportation
commission, or transit operator to file a claim for an allocation of
funds for vanpool service operation expenditures and capital
improvement expenditures, including for vanpool services for purposes
of farmworker transportation to and from work.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99233.6 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   99233.6.  Any county, city, county transportation commission, or
operator may file claims with the transportation planning agency for
vanpool service operation expenditures and capital improvement
expenditures, including for vanpool services for purposes of
farmworker transportation to and from work.