BILL ANALYSIS �
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SB 853 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
As Amended June 12, 2014
Majority vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect
Immediately
SENATE VOTE :Vote not relevant
SUMMARY : Contains statutory provisions related to
transportation programs necessary to implement the 2014-15
budget. Specifically, this bill :
1)Allows for future transfers from the Local Airport Loan
Account to the Aeronautics Account upon the approval of the
Department of Finance and the California Transportation
Commission (CTC).
2)Closes a loophole that currently exists for right-of-way
support and capital expenditures that exceed their allocation
after the CTC vote.
3)Modifies existing affidavit-related language to allow the use
of the existing Department of Motor Vehicle Form 44 to under
penalty of perjury declare a social security number has not
been issued to the applicant and they are not presently
eligible for a social security number.
4)Requires the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) to provide a report to the budget and policy
committees on the use of advertising on electronic signage on
the state's highway system and the feasibility of a pilot
project including estimates of revenue.
5)Makes technical change to the Active Transportation Program
that prevents a situation where the adoption of the initial
program of projects would overlap with the call for projects
for the second round of funding.
6)Extends, by five years, a requirement that Fresno County
expend $5.5 million of county funds on local transportation
projects to satisfy a historic maintenance of efforts for
Proposition 42 of 2002. These provisions require the county
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to continue funding indigent health programs in order to
receive this extension.
7)Requires Caltrans, in consultation with the Department of
Parks and Recreation and the Department of Motor Vehicles, to
conduct a study to determine the appropriate level of state
fuels tax revenues that are derived from the use of off-road
highway vehicles.
8)Increase, by 15,000, the cap on "green stickers" which allow
electric vehicles to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
9)Appropriates $4,934,000 from the Motor Vehicle Account to the
California Highway Patrol to conduct a pilot project to
replace 12 dispatch radio consoles at two California Highway
Patrol communication centers.
FISCAL EFFECT : This bill contains an appropriation of $4.9
million in Motor Vehicle Account funding for a pilot project for
radio consoles at the California Highway Patrol.
COMMENTS : This bill makes technical changes necessary for the
fiscal plan outlined in the main budget bill, SB 852 (Leno) of
the current legislative session, to be successfully implemented
for transportation programs.
Analysis Prepared by : Christian Griffith / BUDGET / (916)
319-2099
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