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Bill No: SB 853
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 6/12/14
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2014: Transportation
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides for statutory changes necessary to
enact the transportation provisions of the Budget Act of 2014.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill, which
expressed legislative intent to enact statutory changes relating
to the Budget Act, and instead add the current language.
ANALYSIS : As part of the 2014-15 Budget package, AB 1458
makes statutory changes to implement the Budget Act.
This bill makes all of the following statutory changes:
Funding for the California Aid to Airports Program (CAAP) .
Authorizes the Department of Transportation to transfer funds
from the Local Airport Loan Account (LALA) to the Aeronautics
Account to fund the CAAP if funds in the LALA exceed projected
needs and the transfers do not reduce the fund balance below $5
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million. The LALA provides discretionary state loans to
eligible airports. The CAAP provides grants to fund operational
safety and airport improvement projects within California's air
transportation system of 245 public-use airports and leverages
about $275 million in federal funds annually. This proposal
would retain a healthy fund balance so that loans could still be
provided to airports and, at the same time, increase the funding
available for projects at public-use airports.
Right-of-Way Costs for Transportation Projects . Closes a
loophole in the state transportation improvement program (STIP)
process that programs and allocates funds for transportation
capital projects over a multi-year period. This change would
help to better ensure that project costs shown in the STIP
better reflect actual right-of-way purchase costs and thereby
improve the process for allocating transportation funds.
Date of Program Adoption for the Active Transportation Program
(ATP ). Changes the date of adoption for the 2015 program of
projects for the ATP from April 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, so
that the adoption of the initial program of projects does not
overlap with the call for projects for the second round of
funding. This is a one-time change. Beyond this date, programs
of projects would be adopted by April 1 of each odd-numbered
year, or alternatively, on an annual basis. The ATP is intended
to encourage use of active modes of transportation such as
biking and walking.
AB 60 (Alejo, Chapter 524, Statutes of 2013), Affidavit-Related
Language . Allows an applicant to use the Department of Motor
Vehicle's (DMV's) driver's license application to declare that
he/she has never been issued a social security number or is not
presently eligible for one. Existing law requires an applicant
to submit an affidavit attesting that he/she is both ineligible
for a social security account number and unable to submit proof
of authorized presence in the United States.
Study of Advertising on Electronic Changeable Message Signs .
Requires the Department of Transportation (CalTrans) to report
by January 10, 2015, to the budget and appropriate policy
committees of both houses of the Legislature, on the subject of
advertising on electronic changeable message signs on the state
highway system. The report will assess the feasibility of a
pilot project and include estimates of revenue.
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Fresno County Proposition 42 Maintenance of Effort Extension
(MOE). Extends until June 30, 2020, Fresno County's requirement
that it meet its MOE currently owed to its local Transportation
Investment Fund for the 2009-10 fiscal year. The extension of
the MOE is conditioned on the County of Fresno continuing to
provide medical services to the indigent and undocumented
persons consistent with the eligibility and benefit provisions
that were in effect in the 2013-14 fiscal year.
Cap on Clean Air Vehicle Program . Increases the cap on the
"green sticker" Clean Air Vehicle program from 40,000 to 55,000.
This program allows certain low-emission and energy-efficient
vehicles with a single occupant to use high-occupancy vehicle
lanes.
Study of Funding for the Off-Highway-Vehicle (OHV) Trust Fund .
Requires CalTrans in cooperation with the Department of Parks
and Recreation and the DMV to conduct an updated study of OHV
utilization to determine the appropriate transfer of gas taxes
to the OHV trust fund. The study is due to the Legislature by
January 1, 2016.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
JA:e 6/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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