BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: June 16, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
SB 1312 (Steinberg) - As Introduced: February 21, 2014
SENATE VOTE : 32-0
SUBJECT : California Transportation Commission: annual reports
SUMMARY : Deletes obsolete provisions related to the California
Transportation Commission's (CTC's) annual report.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Establishes the CTC and vests it with the responsibility to
advise and assist the Secretary of Transportation and the
Legislature in formulating and evaluating state policies and
plans for transportation programs in the state.
2)Requires the CTC to adopt and submit to the Legislature by
December 15 of each year an annual report that includes:
a) A summary of its prior-year decisions in allocating
transportation capital outlay appropriations and a
discussion of timely and relevant transportation issues
facing the State of California;
b) An explanation and summary of major policies and
decisions adopted by the CTC during the previously
completed state and federal fiscal year, with an
explanation of any changes in policy associated with the
performance of its duties and responsibilities over the
past year; and,
c) For the years 2001 to 2008, inclusive:,
i) A summary and discussion of short-term loans and
transfers authorized as part of the now obsolete Traffic
Congestion Relief Act of 2000;
ii) A summary and discussion on the cash-flow and
project delivery impact of those loans and transfers;
and,
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iii) A summary of any guidance provided to the department
relative to those loans and transfers.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : The CTC is responsible for advising and assisting the
Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency and the
Legislature in formulating and evaluating state policies and
plans for California's transportation programs. It carries out
these responsibilities, in part, by reporting annually to the
Legislature on a number of general and specific items related to
transportation policies and programs.
In 2000, the Legislature enacted the Traffic Congestion Relief
Act (AB 2928 (Torlakson) Chapter 91, Statutes of 2000) and
created the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund (TCRF) to provide
financing for traffic congestion relief, local streets and roads
improvements, and mass transit operations using revenue from
sales tax on gasoline.
The following year, the Legislature passed AB 438 (Committee on
Budget), Chapter 113, Statutes of 2001) to restructure the
financing mechanism and other provisions to preserve the use of
gasoline sales tax revenues in 2001-02 and 2002-03 for budgetary
purposes. AB 438 included provisions temporarily authorizing
short-term loans and transfer between the State Highway Account
and the TCRF. AB 438 also required the CTC to include in its
annual report a discussion regarding the impacts of those loans
and transfers.
Provisions authorizing the short-term loans and transfers become
inoperative on July 1, 2014, and are repealed as of January 1,
2015. This bill repeals CTC's related reporting requirements.
Related legislation : SB 486 (DeSaulnier) modifies processes and
procedures related to adoption of the Interregional
Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Program and the State
Highway Operation and Protection Program. SB 486 also includes
provisions identical to the provisions of this bill. SB 486 is
scheduled to be heard in this committee on June 23, 2014.
Previous legislation : AB 2928 (Torlakson), Chapter 91, Statutes
of 2000, enacted the Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000 and
created the TCRF.
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AB 438 (Committee on Budget), Chapter 113, Statutes of 2001,
authorized short-term loans and transfers between the TCRF and
the State Highway Account, until July 1, 2008, and added the
requirement that the CTC include in its annual report the
provisions that this bill repeals.
AB 105 (Committee on Budget), Chapter 6, Statutes of 2011, was
the budget trailer bill for 2011 and included provisions to
extend, until July 1, 2014, the authority for short-term loans
and transfers between the TCRF and the State Highway Account.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Janet Dawson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093