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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 791
Author: Steinberg (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 9-0, 5/3/11
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal,
Pavley, Rubio, Simitian
SUBJECT : California Transportation Commission: annual
report
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill deletes an obsolete requirement that
the California Transportation Commission include specified
information the Traffic Congestion Relief Program in its
annual report to the Legislature.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law :
1. Creates the California Transportation Commission (CTC)
to provide a single venue for addressing transportation
development and funding issues in the state. The CTC
consists of eleven voting members and two non-voting
ex-officio members of whom the Governor appoints nine,
the Senate Rules Committee appoints one, and the Speaker
of the Assembly appoints one. The two ex-officio
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non-voting members come from the State Senate and
Assembly and are usually (and currently) the respective
chairs of the transportation policy committee in each
house. Among its duties, the CTC programs and allocates
funds for the construction of highway, passenger rail,
and transit improvements throughout California.
2. Requires that each year by December 15 the CTC adopt and
submit its annual report to the Legislature. This
report must include:
A summary of the CTC's prior year decisions in
allocating transportation capital outlay
appropriations;
An identification of timely and relevant
transportation issues facing the State of California.
An explanation and summary of major policies and
decisions that the CTC adopted during the previous
state and federal fiscal years, with an explanation of
any changes in policy associated with the performance
of its duties and responsibilities over the past year.
For the reports from 2001 through 2008, information
on loans and transfers made under two programs: 1)
the Traffic Congestion Relief Program (TCRP), which
committed $6.4 billion to specific projects designated
in state law and 2) the cash-flow loan program, which
allows various transportation funds to be loaned to
provide adequate cash for transportation projects.
The annual report for those years was also required to
provide information on the cash flow and project
delivery implications of the these two programs as
well as guidance that CTC provided to the Department
of Transportation the cash-flow loan program.
This bill deletes obsolete statutory language that required
the CTC to include in its annual report information on the
TCRP and cash-flow loan program as outlined in the last
bullet above.
Comments
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The author's office introduced this bill to clarify the
reporting requirements that the CTC must fulfill each year
in its report to the Legislature, a significant document in
the state's program of transportation planning and funding.
The author's office notes that this change in law, while
minor, will provide clarity to the CTC's reporting
requirements and help to focus the CTC statutory
responsibility to advise and assist the Legislature in
formulating and evaluating state policies and plans for
California's transportation programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
JJA:do 5/5/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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