BILL NUMBER: SB 1061	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
    (   Coauthor:   Senator  
DeSaulnier   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section 30915 of, and to add Section 30914.2 to,
the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1061, as amended, Hancock. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge:
capital projects.
   Existing law specifies the respective powers and duties of the
Department of Transportation, the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, and the Bay Area Toll Authority relative to the
state-owned toll bridges in the Bay Area. Existing law specifies the
major capital projects on the bridges that may be funded from toll
revenues. Existing law provides that the authority may increase the
toll rates to provide funds for various purposes, including the
planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair,
replacement, rehabilitation, and seismic retrofit of these bridges.
   This bill would include, among the projects that may be funded
from state-owned toll bridge revenues, a major project on the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge consisting of a
bicycle-pedestrian-maintenance pathway linking the pathway on the
replacement eastern span with San Francisco  ,   subject
to certain conditions  . The bill would provide that the
project may be sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission.  The bill would prohibit the Bay Area Toll Authority
from increasing tolls to fund this project. 
   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.  Section 30914.2 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   30914.2.  In addition to any other authorized expenditures of toll
bridge revenues, a major project on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge consisting of a bicycle-pedestrian-maintenance pathway linking
the pathway on the replacement eastern span with San Francisco may
be funded from toll revenues under the jurisdiction of the Bay Area
Toll Authority  , provided that the project is included in the
adopted regional transportation plan. The pathway may include the
capacity for maintenance vehicles if it does not lower the bridge's
height above the shipping channel. Prior to approving the project and
authorizing construction, the authority shall make a finding that
the pathway does not fundamentally alter the profile of  
the bridge  . The project may be sponsored by the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission.  The authority may not increase tolls
to fund this project, and subdivision (b) of Section 30918 shall not
apply to this project. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 30915 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended
to read:
   30915.  With respect to all construction and improvement projects
specified in Sections 30913, 30914, and 30914.2, project sponsors and
the department shall seek funding from all other potential sources,
including, but not limited to, the State Highway Account and federal
matching funds. The project sponsors and department shall report to
the authority concerning the funds obtained under this section.