Amended in Senate June 26, 2014

Amended in Assembly April 24, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 24, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2250

Introduced by Assembly Member Daly

February 21, 2014

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2250, as amended, Daly. Toll facilities: revenues.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law authorizes tolls to be imposed on certain facilities that are part of the state highway system, including toll roads, toll bridges, and high-occupancy toll lanes. Existing law, in certain cases, provides for the toll facilities to be administered by local agencies.

This bill would require begin delete the department, when entering into a cooperative agreement with a local agency for a managed lane, as defined, on the state highway system, to ensure that end delete any toll revenues generated from begin delete the end delete begin insert a end insert managed lane begin delete that is administered by the local agency remain available for expenditure end delete begin insert on the state highway system that is administered by a local agency to be expended only end insert within the respective corridor in which the managed lane is located. begin insert The bill would define “managed lane” for these purposes. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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)  begin delete The department, when entering into a cooperative
agreement with a local agency for a managed lane on the state
highway system, shall ensure that any end delete begin insert Any end insert toll revenues generated
from begin delete the end delete begin insert a end insert managed lane begin insert on the state highway system end insert that is
administered by begin delete the end delete begin insert a end insert local agency begin delete remain available for expenditure end delete
begin insert shall be expended only end insert within the respective corridor in which the
managed lane is located.

(b) “Managed lane” means begin delete any end delete begin insert either end insert of the following:

begin delete

(1) A high-occupancy vehicle lane, which is a dedicated lane
for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants.

end delete begin delete

(2)

end delete

begin insert (1) end insert  A high-occupancy toll lane, which is a dedicated lane that
is free for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants, but
which allows vehicles containing less than the minimum number
of occupants to use the lane upon payment of a toll.

begin delete

(3)

end delete

begin insert (2) end insert  An express toll lane, which is a dedicated lane that requires
all vehicles to pay a toll in order to use the lane, but may provide
for vehicles carrying a minimum number of occupants to pay a
discounted toll.