BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: July 2, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
SB 415 (Price) - As Amended: June 26, 2012
SENATE VOTE : Not relevant
SUBJECT : Park-and-ride lots: relinquishments
SUMMARY : Provides for the relinquishment of park-and-ride lots.
Specifically, this bill grants permission to the California
Transportation Commission (CTC) to relinquish to a county
transportation commission or to a regional transportation
planning agency (RTPA) park-and-ride lots within their
respective jurisdictions, on terms and conditions that the CTC
finds to be within the best interests of the state, under the
following conditions:
1)The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the
county transportation commission or RTPA enter into an
agreement providing for the relinquishment; and,
2)The relinquishment becomes effective on the date following the
county recorder's recordation of the relinquishment resolution
containing the CTC's approval of the terms and conditions of
the relinquishment.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Statutorily identifies state highway system routes; defines
"state highway" as any roadway that is acquired, laid out,
constructed, improved, or maintained as a state highway
pursuant to constitutional or legislative authorization.
2)Provides for the expansion or deletion of the state highway
system through a process whereby CTC makes a finding that it
is in the best interest of the state to include or delete a
specified portion of roadway to the system.
3)Provides for the relinquishment of a portion of state highway
to a city or county under an agreement between the local
jurisdiction and Caltrans when an act of the Legislature has
deleted the portion of highway from the state highway system.
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FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Each session, numerous bills authorizing CTC to
relinquish segments of the state highway segments to local
jurisdictions are passed by the Legislature and signed by the
Governor. Relinquishment transactions are generally preceded by
a negotiation of terms and conditions between the local
jurisdiction and Caltrans. Once an agreement has been
established, CTC typically approves the relinquishment and
verifies its approval via a resolution. The final step is for
the Legislature to delete these segments from current law.
State highway relinquishments provide recipient agencies with
greater control over a local transportation segment and relieve
Caltrans of any further responsibility to improve, maintain, or
repair it.
This bill, unlike typical relinquishment bills, will allow the
state to transfer to county transportation commissions or to an
RTPA, park-and-ride lots.
This bill is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (Metro). SB 415 will allow Metro to
enter into agreements with Caltrans to take ownership of
selected state-owned park-and-ride lots, under terms set forth
in the bill. As planned, Metro will assume ownership, as well
as maintenance and operations, of the lots as part of its
efforts to promote public transit ridership. Some of its
planned improvements include leasing spaces to increase activity
in the lots, better advertising and signage to manage parking
amongst different lots, and increased security and improved
maintenance to encourage greater utilization of the lots.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
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Analysis Prepared by : Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093