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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 822
Author: Evans (D)
Amended: 3/24/11
Vote: 21
SENATE BUDGET & FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE : 12-0, 5/12/11
AYES: Leno, Anderson, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Hancock,
La Malfa, Liu, Lowenthal, Rubio, Wolk, Wright
NO VOTE RECORDED: Huff, Alquist, Emmerson, Simitian
SUBJECT : Infrastructure plan
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires that the Governor annually
submit to the Treasurer a copy of the five-year
infrastructure plan.
ANALYSIS : As part of the annual state budget proposal,
the Governor must submit a five-year infrastructure plan to
the Legislature. This annual, five-year plan must
identify:
Infrastructure projects requested by state
agencies.
Transportation projects identified in the State
Transportation Improvement Program.
K-12 school infrastructure needs.
Higher education facility needs.
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The plan must estimate the costs of those infrastructure
projects. The plan must also identify the criteria and
priorities for funding infrastructure, funding sources, the
effect on the state government's debt position, and
recommend specific projects for funding and capital outlay
appropriations (AB 1473 �Hertzberg], Chapter 606, Statutes
of 1999). The criteria for selecting state agencies'
infrastructure projects must be consistent with the state
planning priorities adopted in 2002. The State Department
of Finance issued the California Five-Year Infrastructure
Plan in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008. The Department
intends to issue a new five-year plan in January 2012.
This bill requires that the annual five-year infrastructure
plan, which statute requires to be submitted to the
Legislature, also be submitted to the Treasurer. The
five-year infrastructure report is publicly available and
posted on the Department of Finance website at the
following link:
http://www.dof.ca.gov/capital_outlay/reports/. Since the
report is already publicly available, this would merely
provide a formal delivery to the Treasurer.
Comments
According to the author's office, it is appropriate that
the infrastructure report also be delivered to the
Treasurer since that office manages the sale of
voter-approved general obligation (GO) bonds and public
lease-revenue bonds to fund a variety of infrastructure
projects throughout the state. The author's office notes
that the Treasurer's office is currently sponsoring SB 907
(Evans), a companion bill that creates the Master Plan for
Infrastructure Financing and Development Commission to
provide the state with independent and comprehensive
information to assist policymakers in analyzing and
prioritizing California's infrastructure needs. The
Commission will include the Treasurer and be charged also
with assessing the viability of various financing
mechanisms to meet the state's infrastructure development
needs into the long-term future.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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DLW:do 5/13/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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