BILL NUMBER: AB 2382	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 14106 to the Government Code, relating to
transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2382, as introduced, Gordon. Department of Transportation:
Innovation District Demonstration Project.
   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has
full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority with various
transportation responsibilities in the County of Santa Clara.
   This bill would, by July 1, 2014, require the department, working
in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,
to establish the Innovation District Demonstration Project, designed
to provide a new and innovative business model delivering
transportation projects and services in the County of Santa Clara in
a more responsive, cost-effective, and efficient manner and to serve
as a mechanism for trying out new approaches for project delivery,
local assistance, and transportation operations through streamlined
processes, improved management techniques, and advanced technologies,
with the goal of expediting project delivery and increasing the
efficiency of the department. The bill would require the department
and the authority to evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration
project and to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2018, on
specified matters. By requiring the authority to participate in this
demonstration project, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14106 is added to the Government Code, to read:

   14106.  (a) On or before July 1, 2014, the department, working in
partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,
shall establish the Innovation District Demonstration Project.
   (b) The Innovation District Demonstration Project shall be
designed to do both of the following:
   (1) Operate under a new and innovative business model for
delivering transportation projects and services in the County of
Santa Clara in a more responsive, cost-effective, and efficient
manner.
   (2) Serve as a mechanism for trying out new approaches for project
delivery, local assistance, and transportation operations through
streamlined processes, improved management techniques, and advanced
technologies, with the goal of expediting project delivery and
increasing the efficiency of the department.
   (c) The department and the authority shall jointly conduct an
evaluation of the demonstration project in order to determine its
effectiveness. On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall
submit a report containing the results of this evaluation to the
Legislature, together with recommendations as to whether the project
should be continued. The report shall be submitted in accordance with
Section 9795 of the Government Code. The report shall also identify
those elements of the demonstration project business model that are
suitable for application by the department throughout its operations.

  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.