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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 286
Author: Bill Berryhill (R)
Amended: 8/30/11 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 8-0, 06/14/11
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Rubio
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-0, 08/25/11
AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Emmerson, Lieu, Pavley,
Price, Runner, Steinberg
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 05/19/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State highways: Routes 108 and 120
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Transportation
Commission to program funds received from the sale of
excess properties in the State Route (SR) 120, less any
reimbursements due to the federal government and all costs
incurred in the sale of those excess properties, corridor
for improvements to the SR 108 corridor.
ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to acquire properties for
transportation projects or operational needs such as a
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maintenance station. Occasionally a property becomes
"excess;" for example, when Caltrans determines that the
property is no longer necessary for a project or
operational need or when an anticipated funding source
fails to materialize. In such cases, Caltrans sells the
excess properties, either at auction or to an adjoining
owner or other public agency.
Existing law requires Caltrans, upon selling excess
properties, to deposit the proceeds into the State Highway
Account. Customarily, these funds would be available for
allocation by the California Transportation Commission
(CTC) to highway programs and projects throughout the
state. Budget trailer legislation enacted in March,
however, altered this practice. AB 105 (Committee on
Budget, Chapter 6, Statutes of 2011) requires the State
Controller temporarily to transfer all funds not protected
by Article X1X of the State Constitution, from the State
Highway Account to the Transportation Debt Service Fund in
the State Transportation Fund. This legislation provides
relief to the General Fund, from which the state has
historically paid debt service on transportation-related
general obligation bonds. Thus, until July 1, 2013,
proceeds from all sales of Caltrans excess properties are
now statutorily directed to repayment of bonds rather than
being available for allocation to future projects.
Existing law designates the CTC as the entity responsible
for programming and allocating funds for highway, passenger
rail, and transit improvement projects throughout the
state. This is done primarily through the State
Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and State Highway
Operations and Protection Program. The CTC also allocates
funds from general obligation bonds, such as Proposition
1B, the Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port
Security Bond Act of 2006. The regional transportation
planning agencies program 75 percent of the STIP revenues
that fund projects to increase highway capacity within
their regions, and Caltrans programs the remaining 25
percent for interregional projects. Both the regional
agencies and Caltrans submit their respective programs to
the CTC for inclusion in the STIP; the CTC distributes STIP
funds to the counties based on a set of statutory formulas.
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This bill:
1.Requires Caltrans to deposit proceeds from the sale, on
or after July 1, 2013, of excess properties it acquired
for improvements to the SR 120, less any reimbursements
due to the federal government and all costs incurred in
the sale of those excess properties, corridor in
Stanislaus County into a special account created by the
bill.
2.Requires interest earnings from funds in the special
account to accrue to the account.
3.Requires the CTC to program the funds in the special
account to any phase of the North County Corridor of SR
108 in Stanislaus County.
4.Allows the CTC to allocate the funds, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, to the Stanislaus Council of
Governments (Stan COG) or any agency designated by Stan
COG to deliver the North County Corridor.
Comments
According to the author's office, Caltrans purchased large
amounts of property in northern Stanislaus County to
construct the SR 120 bypass around the City of Oakdale but
never built the facilities. Caltrans expects to declare
this property surplus and is currently working with Stan
COG, Stanislaus County, and the City of Oakdale to plan for
the sale of these properties. An alternative to the
defunct Oakdale bypass project, known as North County
Corridor, is being pursued by Caltrans and a joint powers
authority comprised of the City of Modesto, City of
Oakdale, City of Riverbank, County of Stanislaus, Stan COG,
and Caltrans. This bill would ensure that funding is
provided for this alternative project by directing the
proceeds from the sale of SR 120 lands to the North County
Corridor.
Related Legislation
AB 1386 (Hayashi), Chapter 291, Statutes of 2009, requires
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Caltrans to deposit proceeds from the sale of excess
properties in the SR 238 and SB 84 corridors in Alameda
County into a special account. AB 1386 requires the CTC to
allocate funds from this special account to the SR 238 and
SB 84 local alternative transportation improvement
programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13
2013-14 Fund
Redirection of funds unknown amount (likely several
million) Special*
redirected for specified alternative
project.
Absent the bill, these funds would be
available
or general allocation to other highway
projects.
* State Highway Account
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/30/11)
Stanislaus County
City of Riverbank
City of Oakdale
Tuolumne County Transportation Council
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 05/19/11
AYES: Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
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Bonnie Lowenthal, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner,
Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Donnelly, Gorell, Hueso, Ma
JJA:nl 8/30/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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