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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 957
Author: Assembly Transportation Committee
Amended: 8/31/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 9-0, 07/05/11
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Rubio, Simitian
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-0, 08/25/11
AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Emmerson, Lieu, Pavley,
Price, Runner, Steinberg
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 05/12/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Transportation omnibus bill
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill makes non-controversial changes to
section of law relating to transportation.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/31/11 provide for the
relinquishment of a segment of Highway 39 to the City of
Buena Park.
ANALYSIS : According to the Legislative Analyst, the cost
of producing a bill in 2001-02 was $17,890. By combining
multiple matters into one bill, the Legislature can make
minor changes to law in a cost-effective manner.
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This bill makes non-controversial changes to sections of
law relating to transportation. Specifically, the bill
includes the following provisions. The requestor of each
provision is noted in brackets:
1.Expands the Sacramento Regional Transit District
(District) to include the cities of Citrus Heights, Elk
Grove, Rancho Cordova, and West Sacramento. �District]
2.Deletes obsolete provisions relating to the transition
from the Sacramento Transit Authority to the District.
�District]
3.Conforms the Sacramento Regional Transit District Act to
the State Constitution by prohibiting the District from
levying a property tax unless it has been approved by a
two-thirds vote of the electorate. �District]
4.Authorizes the District to establish trust accounts for
its retirement system. �District]
5.Deletes an obsolete provision relating to District
authority to borrow funds to cover expenses prior to its
first tax levy. �District]
6.Deletes the requirement that the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) provide quarterly reports to
the Legislature until completion of seismic retrofit of
specified state-owned toll bridges. �Assembly
Transportation Committee]
7.Deletes the requirement that Caltrans provide quarterly
seismic reports to the California Transportation
Commission (CTC) for other seismic retrofit programs.
�Assembly Transportation Committee]
8.Provides for the state to relinquish to the City of Santa
Barbara, upon approval of the CTC, a specified section of
State Highway Route 225. �Assemblymember Williams]
9.Requires an impounding agency to release a vehicle that
is impounded for operating as a taxicab or other
passenger vehicle for hire in violation of the licensing
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requirements adopted by a local authority, if the vehicle
is a rental car. �Enterprise Rent-a-Car]
10. Provides for the state to relinquish to the City of
Buena Park upon approval of the CTC, a specified
section of State Highway Route 39.
Comments
The Assembly Transportation Committee is authoring this
bill as a means of combining multiple, non-controversial
changes to statutes in one bill, so that the Legislature
can make minor amendments in a cost-effective manner.
There is no known opposition to any item in the bill, and
if concerns arise that cannot be resolved, the provision of
concern will be deleted from the bill.
Caltrans reporting requirements . State statute requires
Caltrans to submit quarterly reports to the CTC and/or the
Legislature on several seismic retrofit programs: Phase 2
Seismic Retrofit, which covers state-owned, non-toll
bridges; the Local Agency Bridges Seismic Retrofit, which
covers local-owned and Department of Water Resources
Bridges; and Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit, which covers
state-owned toll bridges. AB 1717 (Assembly Transportation
Committee), Chapter 525, Statutes of 2003, modified
reporting requirements for the then-existing seismic toll
bridges report. AB 1717 also added provisions to cover all
other seismic programs, including Phase 1 and Phase 2 of
the non-toll bridge program and the local bridge program.
Subsequently, AB 144 (Hancock), Chapter 71, Statutes of
2005, created an entirely new reporting requirement for the
toll bridge program under a different section of the
Streets and Highways Code. This bill eliminates the
original, now obsolete, reporting requirement on the Toll
Bridge Seismic Retrofit, because Caltrans now files its
report pursuant to the code section cited in AB 144. This
bill also eliminates the reporting requirements on Phase 2
Seismic Retrofit and Local Bridge Seismic Retrofit, as they
are effectively complete. (Phase 1 was completed in 2000.)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
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According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13
2013-14 Fund
SR 225, improvements
unknown one-time cost (minor to millions)
Special*
prior to relinquishment
SR 225, maintenance
unknown long-term savings following
Special*
relinquishment
Seismic reports
annual savings of approximately $20
Special*
* State Highway Account
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 05/12/11
AYES: Achadjian, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Chesbro, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada,
John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Cedillo, Conway, Garrick, Gorell,
Roger Hern�ndez, Bonnie Lowenthal, Mitchell, Portantino,
Torres
JJA:nl 9/1/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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