BILL NUMBER: SB 1279	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 30, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 14525.3 to the Government Code, relating to
transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1279, as amended, Hancock. California Transportation
Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment.
   Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission,
with various duties and responsibilities relative to the programming
and allocation of funds for transportation capital projects.
   This bill would prohibit the commission from programming or
allocating any public funds for any project at a port facility that
is located at, or adjacent to, a disadvantaged community and that
exports or proposes to export coal from the state.
   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 14525.3 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   14525.3.   The   To the extent consistent
with federal law, the  commission shall not program or allocate
any public funds, including proceeds from the sale of general
obligation bonds, under its jurisdiction for any project at a port
facility that is located in, or adjacent to, one or more
disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Chapter 4.1
(commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2 of Division 26 of the
Health and Safety Code and that exports or proposes to export coal
from the state.