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          Date of Hearing:   May 11, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                AB 286 (Bill Berryhill) - As Amended:  April 27, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              
          TransportationVote:14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill directs the proceeds from any sale, after July 1, 
          2013, of excess properties acquired by Caltrans for one highway 
          corridor (State Highway Route 120) to instead be used by the 
          Stanislaus Council of Government for improvements to State 
          Highway Route 108 in Stanislaus County (North County Corridor 
          (NCC) Project).

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact. The California Transportation 
          Commission, pursuant to current law, has already approved the 
          use of the property sales proceeds for the alternative project. 

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . According to the author, Caltrans purchased large 
          amounts of property in northern Stanislaus County, with the 
          intent of constructing a bypass for SR 120 around the City of 
          Oakdale. This project was never undertaken, the properties are 
          now deemed to be surplus, and Caltrans is working with 
          Stanislaus Council of Governments to plan for their sale.  The 
          NCC, an interregional alternative to the dropped Oakdale bypass 
          project, is currently being pursued together by Caltrans and a 
          local joint powers authority. In adopting the 2008 State 
          Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), the California 
          Transportation Commission supported the substitution of the NCC 
          project for the abandoned Oakdale Bypass project.

          AB 105 (Budget Committee)/Chapter 6 of 2011, a trailer bill to 
          the 2011-12 Budget Bill, requires that, for the next two fiscal 








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          years, proceeds from excess property sales be used to help make 
          transportation-related debt payments. AB 286 conforms by 
          directing the proceeds of property sales after July 1, 2013 to 
          the NCC. 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081