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HomeMy Public PortalAbout05 May 6, 1998 Legislative041738 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (COMMISSIONERS BOB BUSTER, TOM MULLEN, DICK KELLY) RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 3560 University Avenue, Ste. 100 Riverside, California Conference Room A WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1998 3:00 P.M. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - May 6, 1998 4. STATE LEGISLATION AND POSITIONS Staff recommends that the Committee review current legislation and develop recommendations for approval by the Commission at their meeting on May 11, 1998. 5. FEDERAL LEGISLATION UPDATE Receive and file. 6. ADJOURNMENT MINUTES (will be distributed at Legislative Committee Meeting) 000 i... L' AGENDA ITEM #4 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION DATE: May 6, 1998 TO: RCTC Legislative Committee FROM: Eric Haley, Executive Director Paul Blackwelder, Deputy Executive Director SUBJECT: State Legislation and Positions There are several bills currently in the Legislature which are of importance to the Riverside County Transportation Commission and are identified below and will be discussed at the meeting. A matrix of the bills discussed at previous meetings for which positions have been approved by the Commission is attached. SB 1851 (Kelley) RCTC Membership The Senate Transportation Committee has approved SB 1851 thanks to the efforts of Senator Kelley. The bill has been amended to define a quorum of the Commission as a majority of its "voting" members, and to clarify that the alternate for a County Supervisor must be one of the other County Supervisors. The Senate Transportation Committee hearing went very well with testimony in support provided by Commissioner Marge Tandy, RCTC staff, and representatives from WRCOG and CVAG. SB 1758 (Kelley) State Transportation Account Loans The RCTC Executive Director has been working with legislative staff from throughout Southern California in an effort to propose legislation which would allow the Commissions to make loans from the State Highway Account to advance additional highway improvement projects. The cash balance in the State Highway Account is expected to reach an estimated $2.2 billion within the next two years. While these funds are programmed in the STIP for specific projects, the projects are spread over a 6 year period. Senator Ayala has decided not to carry this legislation and fortunately Senator David Kelley has volunteered to carry this bill. The importance of this bill is that RCTC would be in a position to borrow funds from the state to advance construction of projects identified in the Measure A Strategic Plan such as Rtes 60 and Rte 74. SB 837 ( Kopp) Transportation Funding This is the SB 45 clean up bill currently proposed by Senator Kopp. While most of the amendments are technical in nature, language has been added to deal with the handling of Demonstration Projects proposed under ISTEA II. Staff is reviewing this 0".�0 03 Page 2 language and will make a recommendation at the Committee meeting. Copies of these bills are attached. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. That the Committee recommend that the Commission continue its support for SB 1851 as amended. 2. That the Committee recommend support for SB 1758. 3. That the Committee develop a recommendation on SB 837 following its discussion at the meeting. RIVERSIDE C OUNTY TR ANSP ORTATI ON C OMMISSI ON LE GISL ATIVE POSITI ONS Legislation/Author Descriptio n Bill Status Current Position • Recommended Position Oppose Support Watch AB 263 (Baca) PVEA Funds For CECERT Support AB 1623 (Figueroa) Income Ta x Credit: Telecomm uting Support AB 1657 (Murray) Enviro nmental E nhancement and Mitigatio n Progam Support AB 1686 (Mu rray) Retrofit So undwall Fundi ng - STIP Priority Watch Seek Amendme nts AB 2035 (Cardena s) Retrofit Sound Walls F undi ng Watch Seek Ame ndments AB 2137 (Machado) SA FE Call Boxes Oppose unless amended AB 2194 (Washin gton) SCA QMD Registration Fees Support AB 2454 (Mu rray, others) Welfare to Work Watch Seek Amendments AB 2718 (Mazzon i) Loca l Gov't. Finance Support SB459(Kelley) In dio Intermodal Transportation A uthority Watch Seek amendments SB 837 (K opp) Transportation - Fun ding - SB 45 Clean Up Bill Watch SB 950 (Johnso n) Highway Main tenance Costs Comparison ( Private vs Public) Support SB 1857 (Brulte) Heav y Du ty V ehicle Emission s Reduction s Sen ate Committee Appropriations Support SB 1758 (Kelley) State Highway Accoun t Loans Support SB 1851 (Kelley) RCTC Membership Support ACA 30 Requires Repayment Of General Fun d Loans From The State Tran sportation Fun d TP& D A ccount Support if amended HR 4 (Shuster) Trust Fund Off Budget House Floor Support HR 205 (Kim) Trust Fu nd Off Bu dget Hou se Comm. on Bu dget, Trans. and Infrastructure Su pport HR 204 (Kim) NAFTA Infrastru cture Fundin g H ouse Comm. on Budget, Trans. and In frastructure Su pport HR 255 (Rahall) Transfer of Deficit Gas Tax Fun ds to Tru st Fund Ho use Ways and Means Su pport S 265 (Reid) Trust Fu nd Off Budget House Committees on Budget Gov ernmen t Affairs Support RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION April 29, 1998 CA AB 66 CA AB 87 AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: COMMITTEE: HEARING: Baca Sales/use tax: place of sales/revenues: jet fuel 12/09/1996 03/26/1998 Senate Local Government Committee 06/03/1998 9:30 am SUMMARY: Specifies, for the purposes of applying a local sales tax imposed under the Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law to any sale of jet fuel, that the point of sale of that fuel is the point of delivery of that fuel to the aircraft, if the principal negotiations for that sale are conducted in this state and the retailer of that fuel has more than one place of business in the state. STATUS: 04/16/1998 04/16/1998 VOTES: 08/26/1997 01/26/1998 01/28/1998 04/01/1998 Withdrawn from SENATE Committee on RULES. Re -referred to SENATE Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Floor Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: P 8- 0 P 17- 2 P 67- 8 P 5- 1 Escutia California Transportation Finance Bank Program 12/30/1996 08/25/1997 Senate Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Requires the California Economic Development Financing Authority to establish and operate the California Transportation Finance Bank program for the purposes of providing financial assistance to public entities that are carrying out, or proposing to carry out, transportation projects that are eligible for assistance under Section 350 of Public Law 104-59. STATUS: 09/04/1997 VOTES: 04/07/1997 04/23/1997 05/08/1997 07/15/1997 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Assembly Transportation Assembly Appropriations Assembly Floor Senate Transportation Committee CLIENT: ROTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 1 Committee Committee Not heard. P 16- 0 P 14- 6 P 42-29 P 6- 2 0000',i6 CA AB 263 AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: Baca Energy Resources: Federal Oil Overcharge Funds 02/12/1997 01/14/1998 ASSEMBLY SUMMARY: Appropriates unspecified amounts from Petroleum Violation Escrow Account, to extents permitted by federal law, without regard to fiscal year, to Regents of University of California for allocation to University of California, Riverside, College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research, for purposes of conducting a public education program to train high school students and teachers about technologies pertaining to reduction of mobile emissions. STATUS: 02/02/1998 From Committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to JR 56. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. VOTES: 04/21/1997 Assembly Transportation Committee 01/12/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP P 20- 0 P 17- 1 CA AB 376 AUTHOR: Baca TITLE: Public contracts: Department of Transportation INTRODUCED: 02/19/1997 -LAST AMEND: 05/30/1997 LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee SUMMARY: Requires contracts, for engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, surveying, environmental, or engineering geology services that exceed $50,000, and contract amendments that exceed S50,000 adjusted annually, awarded by the Department of Transportation be awarded through a publicized competitive bidding process to the lowest qualified bidder. STATUS: 03/03/1998 In SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Not heard. VOTES: 04/22/1997 05/28/1997 06/03/1997 Assembly Consumer Protection, Governmental Efficiency & Economic Development Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Floor CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-OPP 2 P 7- 3 P 11- 8 P 41-35 0 CA AB 466 CA AB 836 AUTHOR: Campbell TITLE: Orange County: Preferential Vehicle Lanes INTRODUCED: 02/24/1997 LAST AMEND: 03/30/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Authorizes the Orange County Transportation Authority to conduct, administer, and operate a congestion pricing and transit development demonstration program on one designated and approved section of state highway within Orange County, including the use for a toll of high -occupancy vehicle lanes by vehicles with less than the minimum number of passengers otherwise required to lawfully use the lanes. STATUS: 03/30/1998 03/30/1998 VOTES: 04/21/1997 05/21/1997 05/29/1997 07/15/1997 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS with author's amendments. In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Assembly Transportation Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Floor Senate Transportation Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: FILE: LOCATION: Sweeney Transactions and use taxes: cost recovery 02/27/1997 09/09/1997 51 Senate Inactive File P 14- 2 P 15- 2 P 58-15 P 5- 1 SUMMARY: Limits the amount that may be charged by the State Board of Equalization to a district, as defined, for the administration of a local transactions and use tax for any fiscal year to a specified percentage of the total amount of revenue collected by the board pursuant to that transactions and use tax for that fiscal year. Requires report to the Legislature by 03/01/1998. STATUS: 09/11/1997 VOTES: 04/21/1997 05/30/1997 06/05/1997 07/02/1997 09/04/1997 In SENATE. To Inactive File. Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Floor Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Senate Appropriations Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP 3 P 6- 0 P 13- 8 P 59-12 P 9- 0 P 8- 4 0C 8 CA AB 1136 CA AB 1368 AUTHOR: Wildman TITLE: Public Contracts: Public Works: Design -Build INTRODUCED: 02/28/1997 LAST AMEND: 01/16/1998 LOCATION: Senate Governmental Organization Committee SUMMARY: Requires each public entity granted authority to utilize design -build for public works projects by the Legislature or any other responsible body to prepare and deliver to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, a report containing specified information regarding each project procured through the design -build process. STATUS: 02/12/1998 VOTES: 01/13/1998 01/26/1998 01/28/1998 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. Assembly Consumer Protection, Governmental Efficiency & Economic Development Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Floor CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: COMMITTEE: HEARING: Villaraigosa Calif. Air Standards Attainment• Program 02/28/1997 04/28/1998 Senate Transportation Committee 05/05/1998 1:30 pm P 9- 0 P 13- 7 P 43-33 URGENCY SUMMARY: Creates the California Air Quality Standards Attainment Program, to be administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission in consultation with the State Air Resources Board. Permits the administration of the program to be delegated to air pollution control districts, air quality management districts, and port authorities that apply to administer funds. STATUS: 04/28/1998 04/28/1998 VOTES: 04/21/1997 05/21/1997 05/29/1997 From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION with author's amendments. In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. Assembly Transportation Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee Assembly Floor CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP 4 P 11- 5 P 12- 6 P 43-26 000009 CA AB 1623 AUTHOR: Figueroa TITLE: Income Tax: Bank/Corporation: Telecommuting Credit INTRODUCED: 01/05/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Authorizes a credit against the Personal Income Tax Law and the Bank and Corporation Tax Law for each taxable and income year beginning on or after January 1, 1998, and before January 1, 2005, in specified amounts for each new qualified residential teleworking position and each new teleworking center position, as provided, created during the taxable or income year by an employer. STATUS: 04/01/1998 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: To Suspense File. VOTES: 03/02/1998 Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee P 8- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP CA AB 1657 AUTHOR: Murray TITLE: Transportation: Environmental Enhancement INTRODUCED: 01/12/1998 LAST AMEND: 03/16/1998 COMMITTEE: Senate Transportation Committee HEARING: 06/02/1998 1:30 pm SUMMARY: Relates to allocation of a specified amount annually for 10 years to the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Demonstration Program Fund; deletes the 10 -year limitation of the existing law and would specify that it is the intent of the Legislature to allocate a specified amount annually until June 30, 2004, to the fund which would be renamed the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program Fund. STATUS: 04/20/1998 To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION. VOTES: 03/02/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 18- 2 04/01/1998 Assembly Appropriations Committee P 16- 5 04/13/1998 Assembly Floor P 58-15 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP 5 0OC 0 CA AB 1664 AUTHOR: Murray TITLE: State Contracts: Participation Goals INTRODUCED: 01/12/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/13/1998 COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee HEARING: 04/29/1998 9:30 am SUMMARY: Provides for statewide participation goals of not less than 30% for small business enterprises with respect to professional bond services and state contracts, generally. Defines "Small Business Enterprise" as having the same meaning as "small-business concern" under specified federal law. Authorizes a local agency to establish incentive programs to encourage participation in the contracting process by small business enterprises. STATUS: 04/20/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on UTILITIES AND COMMERCE: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/13/1998 Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee F 7- 3 04/20/1998 Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee P 11- 1 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA AB 1686 AUTHOR: Murray TITLE: Highway Soundwalls INTRODUCED: 01/16/1998 LAST AMEND: 03/12/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Requires that expenditures for retrofitting the soundwalls on a specified priority list established by the Department of Transportation on May 3, 1989, be funded prior to making state transportation funds available for interregional and regional capital improvement projects in the state transportation improvement program; provides that soundwall retrofit projects on the department's priority list would not be funded as regional soundwall projects. STATUS: 04/22/1998 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: To Suspense File. VOTES: 03/02/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 11- 2 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 6 CA AB 1702 AUTHOR: Figueroa TITLE: Income/Bank/Corporation Taxes: Transit Passes INTRODUCED: 01/26/1998 LAST AMEND: 03/23/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Reinstates the operation of substantially similar tax credits to employers in specified amounts for the cost paid or incurred by them for providing subsidized public transit passes to employees for taxable and income years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, and before January 1, 2003. Requires the California Research Bureau to report to the Legislature on the credit created by this bill. STATUS: 04/01/1998 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: To Suspense File. VOTES: 03/02/1998 Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee P 10- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP CA AB 1759 AUTHOR: Runner TITLE: Transportation: Funding INTRODUCED: 02/04/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/27/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Requires that prior to the preparation and adoption of the 2000 State Transportation Improvement Program, a regional transportation planning agency or a county transportation commission in a county with populations of over 8,000,000 persons review and revise the process, as specified, by which it allocates funds for regional improvement programs identified by the California Transportation Commission. STATUS: 04/27/1998 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/20/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 12- 3 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 7 000012 CA AB 1776 CA AB 2035 AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: McClintock Taxation: Vehicle License Fee 02/05/1998 04/13/1998 Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee SUMMARY: Abolishes the vehicle license fee on all vehicles subject to registration under the Vehicle Code over a 5 -year period. Transfers sales and use tax revenues transferred to the Sales and use Tax Account of the Motor Vehicle License Fee fund, which this bill would create, for any loss of money by local governments from the reduction or abolishment of the vehicle license fee on noncommercial vehicles. STATUS: 04/13/1998 04/13/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION with author's amendments. In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: Cardenas Transportation: funding 02/18/1998 04/23/1998 Assembly Appropriations Committee URGENCY SUMMARY: Requires that federal funds that are only available to local government for demonstration projects not be included in the revenue estimates of funds expected to be available for transportation capital improvement projects, and that federal funds available to the state, or to the state and local governments, for demonstration projects be included in those estimates. Requires certain funds to fund public transit capital improvement projects that maintain public transit service. STATUS: 04/23/1998 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/13/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 15- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 8 0U ,013 CA AB 2132 AUTHOR: Committee on Transportation TITLE: Transportation INTRODUCED: 02/18/1998 FILE: 17 LOCATION: Assembly Second Reading File SUMMARY: Requires local transit providers to give priority in the use of transportation monies available for purposes of assisting recipients of aid under specified provisions of law to the enhancement of public transportation services for welfare -to -work purposes, as specified; deletes certain obsolete provisions relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles. STATUS: 04/20/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass as amended to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/20/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 19- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA AB 2137 AUTHOR: Machado TITLE: Highways: Emergencies: Call Boxes INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/21/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Requires all call boxes installed by an authority on or after January 1, 1999, to be equipped with functioning TDD/TTY devices for use by hearing impaired motorists, and all call bozes installed before that date to be so equipped not later than December 31, 2008, to be funded by the existing funding sources. STATUS: 04/21/1998 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/13/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 15- 1 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-OPP 9 00C r :z4 CA AB 2140 AUTHOR: McClintock TITLE: Vehicles Exclusive Or Preferential Use Lanes INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/13/1998 FILE: 15 LOCATION: Assembly Second Reading File SUMMARY: Requires that the specified engineering estimates for the establishment of preferential use traffic lanes on highways include a traffic model study comparing the alternatives of establishing an exclusive or preferential -use lane for high -occupancy vehicles, establishing a mixed -flow lane, or not establishing additional lanes. STATUS: 04/20/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass as amended to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/20/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 16- 1 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA AB 2194 AUTHOR: Washington TITLE: Vehicle Fees: Air Pollution INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/27/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Extends a specified amount on the renewal of registration of motor vehicles in the South Coast Air Quality Management District motor vehicle registration fee authority until August 1,. 2004. STATUS: 04/27/1998 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/20/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 11- 4 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP 10 CA AB 2272 AUTHOR: Baca TITLE: The Alameda Corridor Project: joint study INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee HEARING: 04/29/1998 9:30 am SUMMARY: Requires, rather than requests, the review of existing studies on the feasibility of developing a distribution center in the Inland Empire in order to supplement existing centers within the Alameda Corridor Project, except that the bill would not require the recommendations to focus on the feasibility of developing a distribution center specifically in the vicinity of the east San Bernardino Valley. STATUS: 04/20/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA AB 2395 AUTHOR: Margett TITLE: Highways: Soundwalls INTRODUCED: 02/20/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Transportation Committee SUMMARY: Appropriates a specified sum from the General Fund to the Soundwall Project Account, which the bill would create in the State Transportation Fund, as a loan for the retrofitting of these soundwalls. STATUS: 04/20/1998 In ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Not heard. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA AB 2454 AUTHOR: Murray TITLE: Public Transit: Ca1WORKs Recipients INTRODUCED: 02/20/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/16/1998 COMMITTEE: Assembly Appropriations Committee HEARING: 04/29/1998 9:30 am URGENCY SUMMARY: Creates the Welfare -To -Work Account in the State Transportation Fund and provides that money in the account is continuously appropriated to the Department of Transportation for allocation to certain regional transportation entities for the purpose of developing transportation projects to aid persons who are receiving aid under the CalWORKs program, as specified, and for transfer to a specified subaccount. STATUS: 04/21/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on HUMAN SERVICES: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 03/30/1998 Assembly Transportation Committee P 19- 1 04/21/1998 Assembly Human Services Committee P 9- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 11 000016 CA AB 2718 CA ACA 30 AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: Mazzoni Limitation of Actions 02/23/1998 04/22/1998 Assembly Local Government Committee SUMMARY: Specifies that the decision in the case of McBrearty v. City of Brawley, 59 Cal. App. 4th 1441, which extends the 3 year statute of limitations applicable to civil actions under specified circumstances, shall not be applicable to extend any statute of limitations that has expired prior to February 15, 1998, the date the court decision became final. STATUS: 04/23/1998 In ASSEMBLY. Joint Rule 61 suspended. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP AUTHOR: Murray TITLE: Transportation Funding INTRODUCED: 02/04/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/28/1998 FILE: 2 LOCATION: Assembly Second Reading File SUMMARY: Relates to a California Constitution authorization for specified revenue from taxes on motor vehicle fuels to be temporarily loaned to the State General Fund upon specified conditions. Authorizes the loan or transfer of the specified revenues only if a certain conditions are imposed, including the requirement that repayment of any loan or transfer be made in full to the fund from which it was borrowed during the same fiscal year in which the revenues were loaned, STATUS: 04/28/1998 VOTES: 03/16/1998 03/30/1998 04/22/1998 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time second reading. and amended. To Assembly. Transportation Committee Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee Assembly Appropriations Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP 12 P 19- 0 P 7- 0 P 19- 0 000017 CA SB 432 CA SB 459 AUTHOR: Lewis TITLE: Air quality: rideshare programs INTRODUCED: 02/18/1997 LAST AMEND: 04/20/1998 COMMITTEE: Assembly Transportation Committee HEARING: 05/04/1998 1:30 pm SUMMARY: Deletes the provisions requiring the reduction or raising of the worksite employee threshold on or before June 1, 1998, as specified, pursuant to a specified determination to be made by the State Air Resources Board, relative to the effectiveness of voluntary rideshare and other emission reduction replacement measures. STATUS: 04/27/1998 04/27/1998 VOTES: 04/01/1997 05/29/1997 06/04/1997 07/07/1997 Withdrawn from ASSEMBLY Committee Re -referred to ASSEMBLY Committee Senate Transportation Committee Senate Appropriations Committee Senate Floor Assembly. Transportation Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: on APPROPRIATIONS. on TRANSPORTATION. Kelley Transportation: Indio Intermodal Authority 02/19/1997 01/05/1998 Assembly Appropriations Committee P 7- 0 P 12- 0 P 36- 0 P 11- 4 SUMMARY: Creates the Indio Intermodal Transportation Authority and prescribes the powers and duties of the authority. Requires the board of directors of the authority to be appointed by the City council of the City of Indio. STATUS: 01/05/1998 01/05/1998 VOTES: 04/01/1997 05/23/1997 06/23/1997 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS with author's amendments. In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Senate Transportation Committee Senate Floor Assembly Transportation Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 13 P 8- 0 P 37- 0 P 16- 1 CA SB 479 CA SB 837 AUTHOR: Alpert TITLE: Public contracts INTRODUCED: 02/20/1997 LAST AMEND: 05/23/1997 LOCATION: Assembly Transportation Committee SUMMARY: Requires the Controller, with respect to contracts for engineering, architectural, landscape architectural, surveying, environmental, or engineering geology services to prepare and verify an analysis of the cost of performing the work using state civil service employees and the cost of the contract to be awarded by the Department of Transportation. Requires the Controller to prepare and verify a revised analysis under certain circumstances. STATUS: 06/19/1997 To ASSEMBLY Committee on TRANSPORTATION. VOTES: 04/15/1997 05/29/1997 06/03/1997 Senate Senate Senate CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-OPP Governmental Organization Committee P 6- 3 Appropriations Committee P 8- 1 Floor P 21-15 AUTHOR: Kopp TITLE: Transportation: Funding: Traffic Systems INTRODUCED: 02/26/1997 LAST AMEND: 04/28/1998 LOCATION: Assembly Appropriations Committee URGENCY SUMMARY: Repeals an authorization in existing law regarding state highway projects which have been funded by state allocations to be additionally funded by federal funds appropriated by the Legislature or reimbursed, as determined by the California Transportation Committee. STATUS: 04/28/1998 04/28/1998 VOTES: 01/15/1998 01/29/1998 04/13/1998 From ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS with author's amendments. In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. Senate Transportation Committee Senate Floor Assembly Transportation Committee CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 14 P 8- 0 P 35- 0 P 15- 0 00019 CA SB 1366 AUTHOR: Monteith TITLE: Transported Air Pollutants: Vehicles INTRODUCED: 01/05/1998 LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee SUMMARY: Requires the state board to modify mitigation requirements to require upwind districts that contribute an overwhelming or significant level of transported air pollutants to revise those plans to reduce emissions, make mitigation payments, or both; subjects upwind districts to the enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program; deletes the prohibition that Department of Consumer Affairs implement elements of the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program. STATUS: 01/13/1998 To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA SB 1643 AUTHOR: Hayden TITLE: South Coast Air Quality Management District INTRODUCED: 02/13/1998 COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee HEARING: 05/04/1998 8:00 am SUMMARY: Requires the South Coast Air Quality Management District to establish a compliance and enforcement program, as specified, thereby imposing a state -mandated local program; creates the South Coast Air Quality Management District Compliance and Enforcement Account; requires any funds received by the district from the state for the purposes of this bill to be deposited in the account and used solely for those purposes. STATUS: 04/20/1998 From SENATE Committee on ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/20/1998 Senate Environmental Quality Committee P 6- 3 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH CA SB 1684 AUTHOR: Rainey TITLE: Highways: Seismic Retrofit INTRODUCED: 02/17/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/28/1998 COMMITTEE: Senate Transportation Committee HEARING: 05/05/1998 1:30 pm SUMMARY: Sets forth legislative findings relating to seismic retrofit and the contracting out of seismic retrofit projects and urges the Department of Transportation and the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency to continue to expedite the delivery of seismic retrofit projects with the use of private consultants. STATUS: 04/28/1998 From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION with author's amendments. 04/28/1998 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 15 0000 CA SB 1723 CA SB 1742 AUTHOR: TITLE: INTRODUCED: LAST AMEND: LOCATION: Haynes Taxation: Vehicle License Fee 02/17/1998 04/13/1998 Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee SUMMARY: Abolishes the vehicle license fee on all vehicles subject to registration under the Vehicle Code. Transfers sales and use tax revenues to the Sales and Use Tax Account of the Local Government Independence Fund, which this bill would create, in an amount based upon the reduction or abolishment of the vehicle license fee on those vehicles. STATUS: 04/13/1998 04/13/1998 From SENATE Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION with author's amendments. In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH AUTHOR: Karnette TITLE: Alameda Corridor Cities Economic Act INTRODUCED: 02/18/1998 COMMITTEE: Senate Appropriations Committee HEARING: 05/04/1998 8:00 am SUMMARY: Enacts until January 1, 2002, the Alameda Corridor Cities Economic and Community Development Act of 1998, to require the Trade and Commerce Agency to initiate and coordinate a strategic planning collaborative effort that includes specified entities, and that develops a strategic plan including specified components. STATUS: 04/21/1998 From SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION: Do pass to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/21/1998 Senate Governmental Organization Committee P 11- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH 16 000021 CA SB 1758 AUTHOR: Ayala TITLE: Transportation INTRODUCED: 02/18/1998 LOCATION: Senate Transportation Committee SUMMARY: Authorizes the California Transportation Commission to advance unallocated funds in the State Highway Account to transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and local transportation authorities for the advancement of projects eligible under the state transportation improvement program that are included within an adopted regional transportation plan. STATUS: 03/02/1998 To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP CA SB 1851 AUTHOR: Kelley TITLE: Riverside County Transportation Commission INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/28/1998 LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Revises the membership of the Riverside County Transportation Commission to include 5 members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, one member from each incorporated city in Riverside County, to be either a mayor or city council member, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Governor; repeals those provisions relating to the appointment of alternate members. STATUS: 04/28/1998 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/21/1998 Senate Transportation Committee P 9- 0 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP CA SB 1857 AUTHOR: Brulte TITLE: Air Pollution Control INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/28/1998 COMMITTEE: Senate Transportation Committee HEARING: 05/05/1998 1:30 pm URGENCY SUMMARY: Creates the California Air Quality Standards Attainment Trust Fund in the State Treasury to provide funds to carry out the California Air Standards Attainment Program which would be created by AB 1368 of the 1997-98 Regular Session. STATUS: 04/28/1998 From SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION with author's amendments. 04/28/1998 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-SUPP 000022 CA SB 1962 AUTHOR: Kelley TITLE: CA Infrastructure And Economic Development Bank INTRODUCED: 02/19/1998 LAST AMEND: 04/28/1998 LOCATION: Senate Appropriations Committee SUMMARY: Repeals the requirement that the board of directors of the bank adopt an official seal and makes technical changes to the provisions creating the fund. Authorizes the bank to establish reserve funds or enter into guaranty or insurance arrangements that secure or insure a greater principal amount of bank obligations than the amount of reserves on hand, but would prohibit any requirement that the bank make any payment under the security arrangements. STATUS: 04/28/1998 In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re -referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS. VOTES: 04/21/1998 Senate Transportation Committee P 8- 1 CLIENT: RCTC POSITION: RCTC-WATCH END OF REPORT 18 0 0 3 LEGISLATION SB 837 (Kopp) SB 45 Clean Up Bill 000024 SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bill_980428_amended asm BILL NUMBER: SB 837 AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 1998 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 23, 1998 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 1, 1998 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 3, 1998 AMENDED IN SENATE JANUARY 6, 1998 INTRODUCED BY Senator Kopp FEBRUARY 26, 1997 An act to amend Sections 14524, 14525, 14526, 14529, 14529.8, 14530.1, 65082, and 65086.5 of, and to repeal Section 14550 and Article 2 (commencing with Section 14555.1) of Chapter 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 99317 of the Public Utilities Code, and to amend Sections 188.5 and 188.10 of, and to repeal Section 164.1 of, the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 837, as amended, Kopp. Transportation: funding. (1) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to submit to the California Transportation Commission, as specified, a 4 -year estimate in annual increments of all federal and state funds reasonably expected to be available for transportation capital improvement projects.. Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission, as specified, to adopt a 4 -year estimate in annual increments of all state and federal funds reasonably expected to be available for transportation capital improvement projects. This bill would require that federal funds that are only available to local government for demonstration projects not be included in the revenue estimates, and that federal funds available to the state, or to the state and local governments, for demonstration projects be included in the revenue estimates. (2) Existing law authorizes state highway projects which have been funded by state allocations to be additionally funded by federal funds appropriated by the Legislature or reimbursed, as determined by the California Transportation Commission. This bill would repeal that authorization. (3) Existing law requires the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) to include a listing of all capital improvement projects that are expected to receive an allocation of state transportation funds, including specifically the allocation and expenditure amount and year of certain components. Among the components, is the acquisition of rights -of -way. This bill would specify that the acquisition of rights -of -way include, but is not limited to, support activities. (4) Under existing law, guidelines developed by the Department of Transportation , in cooperation with specified state and local agencies , for the development of the STIP are required to be submitted to the California Transportation Commission by September 15, 1998, and adopted by the commission by December 31, 1998. This bill would revise these dates to Novcmbcr 1, 1998 February 1, 1999 , rather than September 15, 1998, and March May 1, 1999, rather than December 31, 1998. C •LU 3 J 1of10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bi11_980428_amended_asm (5) Existing law requires certain public transit capital improvement funds to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for allocation as directed by the California Transportation Commission to fund specified types of transit capital improvement projects. This provision may not be amended except by a 2/3 vote of the Legislature. This bill would require those funds to fund public transit capital improvement projects that maintain or improve public transit service. (6) Existing law requires a 4 -year regional transportation improvement program to be prepared, adopted, and submitted to the California Transportation Commission. This billwould authorize that program to include a reserve of county shares for providing funds in order to match federal funds. (7) Existing law requires the department to prepare a project studies report for each capacity -increasing state highway project that is listed on the submitted regional list under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the department to seek assistance from specified agencies for the preparation for these reports under specified conditions. This bill would authorize, rather than require, the report, delete the application of the provision to each project, and would apply the report to those projects not included in the STIP, rather than those listed on the submitted regional list. This bill would delete the requirement that the department seek assistance under the specified circumstances. (8) Existing law requires the department, in cooperation with local transportation officials, to develop, and submit to the commission for approval, guidelines to implement the Traffic Systems Management Program in the major urbanized areas of the state, as prescribed, including a list of projects to be eligible for funding under the program. Existing law authorizes the commission to allocate funds for projects on that list. This bill would delete those provisions. (9) The bill would make technical changes to provisions of existing law. (10) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State -mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14524 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14524. (a) Not later than January 5, 1998, and July 15 of each odd -numbered year thereafter, the department shall submit to the commission a four-year estimate pursuant to Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code, in annual increments, of all federal and state funds reasonably expected to be available during the following four fiscal years. (b) The estimate shall specify the amount that may be programmed in each county for regional improvement programs pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code and shall identify any statutory restriction on the use of particular funds. (c) For the purpose of estimating revenues, the department shall assume that there will be no changes in existing state and federal statutes. Federal funds that are only available to local government for demonstration projects shall not be included in the revenue estimate. Federal funds for demonstration projects available to the state, or to the state and local governments, shall be included in the revenue estimate. 00006 2 of 10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bill 980428 amended asm (d) The method by which the estimate is determined shall be determined by the commission, in consultation with the department, transportation planning agencies, and county transportation commissions. SEC. 2. Section 14525 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14525. (a) Not later than January 5, 1998, and August 15 of each odd -numbered year thereafter, the commission shall adopt a four-year estimate pursuant to Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code, in annual increments, of all state and federal funds reasonably expected to be available during the following four fiscal years. (b) The estimate shall specify the amount that may be programmed in each county for regional improvement programs under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code and shall identify any statutory restriction on the use of particular funds. (c) For the purpose of estimating revenues, the commission shall assume that there will be no change in existing state and federal statutes. Federal funds that are only available to local government for demonstration projects shall not be included in the revenue estimate. Federal funds for demonstration projects available to the state, or to the state and local governments, shall be included in the revenue estimate. .(d) If the commission finds that legislation pending before the Legislature or the United States Congress may have a significant impact on the fund estimate, the commission may postpone the adoption of the fund estimate for no more than 90 days. Prior to March 1 of each even -numbered year, the commission may amend the estimate following consultation with the department, transportation planning agencies, and county transportation commissions to account for unexpected revenues or other unforeseen circumstances. In the event the fund estimate is amended, the commission shall extend the dates for the submittal of improvement programs as specified in Sections 14526 and 14527 and for the adoption of the state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14529. SEC. 3. Section 14526 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14526. (a) Not later than March 1, 1998, and December 15 of each odd -numbered year thereafter, and after consulting with the transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and transportation authorities, the department shall submit to the commission its interregional transportation improvement program consisting of all of the following: (1) Projects to improve state highways, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code. (2) Projects to improve the intercity passenger rail system. (3) Projects to improve interregional movement of people, vehicles, and goods. (b) Projects may not be included in the interregional transportation improvement program without a project study report or major investment study. (c) Major projects shall include current costs updated as of November 1 of the year of submittal and escalated to the appropriate year, and shall be consistent with, and provide the information required in, subdivision (b) of Section 14529. (d) Projects included in the interregional transportation improvement program shall be consistent with the adopted regional transportation plan. SEC. 4. Section 14529 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14529. (a) The state transportation improvement program shall include a listing of all capital improvement projects that are expected to receive an allocation of state transportation funds under Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code, including revenues from transportation bond acts, from the commission during the following four fiscal years. It shall include, and be limited to, the projects to be funded with the following: (1) Interregional improvement funds. 0:000 27 3 of10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837 bill_980428_amended_asm (2) Regional improvement funds. (b) For each project, the program shall specify the allocation or expenditure amount and the allocation or expenditure year for each of the following project components: (1) Completion of all permits and environmental studies. (2) Preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates. (3) The acquisition of rights -of -way, including, but not limited to, support activities. (4) Construction and construction management and engineering, including surveys and inspection. (c) Funding for right-of-way acquisition and construction for a project may be included in the program only if the commission makes a finding that the sponsoring agency will complete the environmental process and can proceed with right-of-way acquisition or construction within the four-year period. No allocation for right-of-way acquisition or construction shall be made until the completion of the environmental studies and the selection of a preferred alternative. (d) The commission shall adopt and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, not later than June 1, 1998, and April 1 of each even -numbered year thereafter, a state transportation improvement program. The program shall cover a period of four years, beginning July 1 of the year it is adopted, and shall be a statement of intent by the commission for the allocation or expenditure of funds during those four years. The program shall include projects which are expected to receive funds prior to July 1 of the year of adoption, but for which the commission has not yet allocated funds. (e) The projects included in the adopted state transportation improvement program shall be limited to those projects submitted or recommended pursuant to Sections 14526 and 14527. The total amount programmed in each fiscal year for each program category shall, not exceed the amount specified in the fund estimate adopted under Section 14525. (f) The state transportation improvement program is a resource management document to assist the state and local entities to plan and implement transportation improvements and to utilize available resources in a cost-effective manner. It is a document for each county and each region to declare their intent to use available state and federal funds in a timely and cost-effective manner. (g) Prior to the adoption of the state transportation improvement program, the commission shall hold not less than one hearing in northern California and one hearing in southern California to reconcile any objections by any county or regional agency to the department's program or the department's objections to any regional program. (h) The commission shall incorporate projects that are included in the regional transportation improvement program and are to be funded with regional improvement funds, unless the commission finds that the regional transportation improvement program is not consistent with the guidelines adopted by the commission or is not a cost-effective expenditure of state funds, in which case the commission may reject the regional transportation improvement program in its entirety. The finding shall be based on an objective analysis, including, but not limited to, travel forecast, cost, and air quality. The commission shall hold a public hearing in the affected county or region prior to rejecting the program, or not later than 60 days after rejecting the program. When a regional transportation improvement program is rejected, the regional entity may submit a new regional transportation improvement program for inclusion in the state transportation improvement program. The commission shall not reject a regional transportation improvement program unless, not later than 60 days after the date it received the program, it provided notice to the affected agency that specified the factual basis for its proposed action. (i) A project may be funded with more than one of the program 0 LO 28 4 of 10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bill_980428_amended_asm categories listed in Section 164 of the Streets and Highways Code. (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no local or regional matching funds shall be required for projects that are included in the state transportation improvement program. (k) The commission may include a project recommended by a regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14527, if the commission makes a finding, based on an objective analysis, that the recommended project is more cost-effective than a project submitted by the department pursuant to Section 14526. SEC. 5. Section 14529.8 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14529.8. (a) Funds may be allocated by the commission for each project element during the fiscal year that is identified in the state transportation improvement program and the funds shall be available for expenditure during that fiscal year and the following two fiscal years. Any funds not allocated, or allocated but not encumbered, during the period specified in this section, shall remain in the State Highway Account or Public Transportation Account, or be returned to that particular account, as the case may be. (b) Upon a finding that an unforeseen and extraordinary circumstance beyond the control of the responsible agency has ocdurred that justifies an extension, the commission may extend the deadlines specified in subdivision (a). .The deadline extensions shall not exceed the period of delay directly attributed to the extraordinary circumstance and in no event be more than 20 months. The commission shall not grant more than one extension. SEC. 6. Section 14530.1 of the Government Code is amended to read: 14530.1. (a) The department, in cooperation with the commission, transportation planning agencies, and county transportation commissions and local governments, shall develop guidelines for the development of the state transportation improvement program and the incorporation of projects into the state transportation improvement program. (b) The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Standards for project deliverability. (2) Standards for identifying projects and project components. (3) Standards for cost estimating. (4) Programming methods for increases and schedule changes. (5) Objective criteria for measuring system performance and cost-effectiveness of candidate projects. (c) The guidelines shall be submitted to the commission by November 1, 1998 February 1, 1999 . After conducting at least one hearing in northern California and one in southern California, the commission shall adopt the guidelines by March May 1, 1999. (d) The guidelines shall be the complete and full statement of the policy, standards, and criteria that the commission intends to use in selecting projects to be included in the state transportation improvement program. (e) The commission may amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing. The commission shall make a reasonable effort to adopt the amended guidelines prior to its adoption of the fund estimate pursuant to Section 14525. In no event shall the adopted guidelines be amended, or otherwise revised, modified, or altered during the period commencing 30 days after the adoption of the fund estimate pursuant to Section 14525 and before the adoption of the state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14529. SEC. 7. Section 14550 of the Government Code is repealed. SEC. 8. Article 2 (commencing with Section 14555.1) of Chapter 4 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code is repealed. SEC. 9. Section 65082 of the Government Code is amended to read: 000O29 5 of10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bi11_980428_amended_asm 65082. (a) (1) A four-year regional transportation improvement program shall be prepared, adopted, and submitted to the California Transportation Commission on or before January 5, 1998, and December 15 of each odd -numbered year thereafter, updated every two years, pursuant to Sections 65080 and 65080.5 and the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 14530.1, to include regional transportation improvement projects and programs proposed to be funded, in whole or in part, in the state transportation improvement program. (2) Major projects shall include current costs updated as of November 1 of the year of submittaland escalated to the appropriate year, and be listed by relative priority, taking into account need, delivery milestone dates, as defined in Section 14525.5, and the availability of funding. (b) Except for those counties that do not prepare a congestion management program pursuant to Section 65088.3, congestion management programs adopted pursuant to Section 65089 shall be incorporated into the regional transportation improvement program submitted to the commission by December 15 of each odd -numbered year. (c) Local projects not included in a congestion management program shall not be included in the regional transportation improvement program. Projects and programs adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be consistent with the capital improvement program adopted pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 65089, and the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 14530.1. (d) Other projects may be included in the regional transportation improvement program if listed separately. (e) Unless a county not containing urbanized areas of over 50,000 population notifies the Department of Transportation by July 1.that it intends to prepare a regional transportation improvement program for that county, the department shall, in consultation with the affected local agencies, prepare the program for all counties for which it prepares a regional transportation plan. (f) The requirements for incorporating a congestion management program into a regional transportation improvement program specified in this section do not apply in those counties that do not prepare a congestion management program in accordance with Section 65088.3. (g) The regional transportation improvement program may include a reserve of county shares for providing funds in order to match federal funds. SEC. 10. Section 65086.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 65086.5. (a) To the extent that the work does not jeopardize the delivery of the projects in the adopted state transportation improvement program, the Department of Transportation may prepare a project studies report for capacity -increasing state highway projects that are not included in the state transportation improvement program. The project studies report shall include the project -related factors of limits, description, scope, costs, and the amount of time needed for initiating construction. (b) Whenever project studies reports are performed by an entity other than the Department of Transportation, the department shall review and approve the report. (c) The Department of Transportation may be requested to prepare a project studies report for a capacity -increasing state highway project which is being proposed for inclusion in a future state transportation improvement program. The department shall have 30 days to determine whether it can complete the requested report in a timely fashion. If the department determines that it cannot complete the report in a timely fashion, the requesting entity may prepare the report. Upon submission of a project studies report to the department by the entity, the department shall complete its review and provide its comments to that entity within 60 days from the date of submission. The department shall complete its review and final determination of a report which has been revised to address the department's comments within 30 days following submission of the 00 C J ib 6 of 10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bill_980428_amended_asm revised report. (d) The Department of Transportation, in consultation with representatives of cities, counties, and regional transportation planning agencies, shall prepare draft guidelines for the preparation of project studies reports by all entities. The guidelines shall address the development of reliable cost estimates. The department shall submit the draft guidelines to the California Transportation Commission not later than July 1, 1991. The commission shall adopt the final guidelines not later than October 1, 1991. Guidelines adopted by the commission shall apply only to project studies reports commenced after October 1, 1991. SEC. 11. Section 99317 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 99317. (a) Funds made available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 99315 shall be appropriated to the department for allocation, as directed by the commission, to fund public transit capital improvement projects that maintain or improve public transit service. (b) Funds made available for capital outlay pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14031.6 of the Government Code and subdivision (a) of Section 99315 shall be appropriated to the department, as directed by the commission, solely for capital outlay improvements and rolling stock on intercity rail passenger routes. (c) The Legislature may amend this section, by statute passed in each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, if the statute is consistent with, and furthers the purposes of, this section. SEC. 12. Section 164.1 of the Streets and Highways Code is repealed. SEC. 13. Section 188.5 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read: 188.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The department has determined that in order to provide maximum safety for the traveling public and to ensure continuous and unimpeded operation of the state's transportation network, six state-owned toll bridges are in need of a seismic safety retrofit, and one state-owned toll bridge is in need of a partial retrofit and a partial replacement. (2) The bridges identified by the department as needing seismic retrofit are the Benicia -Martinez Bridge, the Carquinez Bridge, the Richmond -San Rafael Bridge, the San Mateo -Hayward Bridge, the San Pedro -Terminal Island Bridge (also known as the Vincent Thomas Bridge), the San Diego -Coronado Bridge, and the west span of the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge. The department has also identified the east span of the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge as needing to be replaced. That replacement span will be safer, stronger, longer lasting, and more cost efficient to maintain than completing a seismic retrofit for the current east span. (3) The south span of the Carquinez Bridge is to be replaced pursuant to Regional Measure 1, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 30917. (4) The cost estimate to retrofit the state-owned toll bridges and to replace the east span of the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge is two billion six hundred twenty million dollars ($2,620,000,000), eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) of which is for cable suspension pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 31000, as follows: (A) The Benicia -Martinez Bridge retrofit is one hundred one million dollars ($101,000,000). (B) The north span of the Carquinez retrofit is eighty-three million dollars ($83,000,000). (C) The Richmond -San Rafael Bridge retrofit is three hundred twenty-nine million dollars ($329,000,000). ,(D) The San Mateo -Hayward Bridge retrofit is one hundred 000031 7 of 10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837_bill_980428_amended_asm twenty-seven million dollars ($127,000,000). (E) The San Pedro -Terminal Island Bridge retrofit is forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000). (F) The San Diego -Coronado Bridge retrofit is ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000). (G) The west span of the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge retrofit, as a lifeline bridge, is five hundred fifty-three million dollars ($553,000,000). • (H) Replacement of the east span of the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge is one billion two hundred eighty-five million dollars ($1,285,000,000), which includes eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) for cable suspension. (b) It isthe intent of the Legislature that the following amounts from the following funds shall be allocated through the 2004-05 fiscal year, for the seismic retrofit or replacement of state-owned toll bridges: (1) Six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000) from the 1996 Seismic Retrofit Account in the Seismic Retrofit Bond Fund of 1996 for the seven state-owned toll bridges identified by the department as requiring seismic safety retrofit or replacement. (2) One hundred forty million dollars ($140,000,000) in surplus revenues generated under the Seismic Retrofit Bond Act of 1996 that are in excess of the amount actually necessary to complete Phase Two of the state's seismic retrofit program. These excess funds shall be reallocated to assist in financing seismic retrofit of the state-owned toll bridges. (3) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) from the Vincent Thomas Toll Bridge Revenue Account. (4.) Eight hundred twenty-seven million dollars ($827,000,000) from the seismic retrofit surcharge imposed pursuant to Section 31010 (5) Thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000) from the San Diego -Coronado Toll Bridge Revenue Fund. (6) Not less than seven hundred forty-five million dollars ($745,000,000) from the State Highway Account to be used toward the eight hundred seventy-five million dollars ($875,000,000) state contribution, to be achieved as follows: (A) (i) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) to be appropriated for the state -local transportation partnership program described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (d) of Section 164 for the 1998-99 fiscal year. (ii) The remaining funds intended for that program and any program savings to be made available for toll bridge seismic retrofit. (B) A reduction of not more than seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) in the funding level specified in paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 164 for traffic system management. (C) Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) in accumulated savings by the department achieved from better efficiency and lower costs. (7) Not more than one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) from the Transit Capital Improvement Program funded by the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund to be used toward the eight hundred seventy-five million dollars ($875,000,000) state contribution. If the contribution in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6) exceeds three hundred seventy million dollars ($370,000,000), it is the intent that the amount from the Transit Capital Improvement Program shall be reduced by an amount that is equal to that excess. (8) The estimated cost of replacing the San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge listed in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) is based on the following assumptions: (A) The new bridge will be located north adjacent to the existing bridge. (B) The main span of the bridge will be in the form of a single tower cable suspension design. (C) The roadway in each direction will consist of five lanes, each 00003'. 8of10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb 837 bill 980428 amended asm lane will be 12 feet wide, and there will be 10 -foot shoulders as an emergency lane for public safety purposes on each side of the main -traveled way. (c) (1) If the actual cost of retrofit or replacement, or both retrofit and replacement, of toll bridges is less than the cost estimate of two billion six hundred twenty million dollars ($2,620,000,000), there shall be a proportional reduction in the amount provided in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subdivision (b) equal to one-half of the difference between the cost estimate and the actual cost, and there shall be an equal reduction in the amount specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b). (2) If the department determines that the actual cost of retrofit or replacement, or both retrofit and replacement, of toll bridges exceeds two billion six hundred twenty million dollars ($2,620,000,000), which includes eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) for cable suspension, the department shall report to the Legislature within 60 days from the date of that determination as to the reason for the increase in cost and shall propose a financial plan to pay for that increase and the Legislature shall thereby adopt a financial plan therefor. (d) Annually and upon completion of the seismic retrofit of the state-owned toll bridges, the department shall report to the Legislature and the Governor as to the amount of funds used for that purpose from each source specified in subdivision (b) and submit an updated cost estimate. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall adopt fund estimates consistent with subdivision (b) and provide flexibility so that state funds can be made available to match federal funds made available to regional transportation planning agencies. SEC. 14. Section 188.10 of the Streets and Highways Code, as added by Section 62 of Chapter 622 of the Statutes of 1997, is amended to read: 188.10. (a) The commission, with assistance from the department and regional agencies, shall maintain a long-term balance of shares, shortfalls, and surpluses for regional improvement programs. (b) The balance shall include all of the following: (1) Shares from the fund estimate for each state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14525 of the Government Code. (2) Amounts programmed in each state transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14529 of the Government Code. (3) Surpluses or shortfalls due to reservations or advancements pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 188.8. (4) Amounts deducted or added because of changes in project development costs or a cost increase or savings in the final engineering estimate or the final right-of-way certification estimate at the time of allocation for construction, pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 188.8. (5) Any supplemental project allocations during or following construction. (6) Amounts deducted or added because of amendments to the state transportation improvement program that add, delete, or change the scope and cost of regional improvement projects, pursuant to Section 14531 of the Government Code. (c) The balance through the preceding fiscal year shall be made available for review by all regional agencies at the time of each fund estimate, and by not later than August 15 of each year. (d) The commission, through the fund estimate, shall restore for the next state transportation improvement program the interregional improvement program level specified in subdivision (a) of Section 164 SEC. 15. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within 000033 9 of 10 4/29/98 4:21 PM SB 837 Senate Bill - AMENDED gopher://leginfo.public.ca.gov:70/...850/sb_837 bill_980428 amended_asm the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order that the 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program may be adopted as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately. 000034 10 of 10 4/29/98 4:21 PM sb 837 str 980114 SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SENATOR QUENTIN L. KOPP, CHAIRMAN Analysis by: Mehdi Morshed SUBJECT: Transportation funding. DESCRIPTION: BILL NO: SB 837 AUTHOR: KOPP AMENDED: 01/06/98 FISCAL: Yes This bill, an urgency measure, is a follow-up to SB 45 (Kopp) of last year which was enacted and is being implemented. The provisions of this bill arc intended to complete and/or clarify the provisions of SB 45 and to make technical corrections. Specifically, the bill would: 1) Remove specific items from the list of eligible expenditure categories for public transit and provide a single broad purpose, mainly public transportation services. 2) Delete reference to Traffic System Management in the codes, given that SB 45 eliminated the program and funding for it. COMMENTS: 1. Senate Bill 45 was a comprehensive revision of transportation funding and programming policies and procedures. As the bill is being implemented, certain provisions of existing law are being discovered that need to be amended or eliminated to avoid conflicts or confusion. The author is using this bill as a vehicle for SB 45 "clean up". The 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program is scheduled to be adopted in June of this year. Therefore, it is desirable to have this bill chaptered by June 1, 1998. 2. This bill originally related to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Therefore, positions transmitted to the Committee and members prior to January 6, 1998 do not relate to the bill as amended. POSITIONS: (Communicated to the Committee before noon on Friday, January 9, 1998) SUPPORT: OPPOSED: sb 837 sfl 980128 THIRD READING Bill No: SB 837 Author: Kopp (I), et al Amended: 1/6/98 Vote:27 - Urgency SUBJECT : Transportation SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill, which contains an urgency clause, is a clean-up bill to SB 45 (Kopp) which went into effect on January 1, 1998. ANALYSIS : SB 45 was a comprehensive revision of transportation funding and programming policies and procedures. As the bill is being implemented, certain provisions of existing law are being discovered that need to be amended or eliminated to avoid conflicts or confusion. The author is using this bill as a vehicle for SB 45 "clean up". The 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program is scheduled to be adopted in June of this year. Therefore, it is desirable to have this bill chaptered by June 1, 1998. This bill is a follow-up to SB 45 (Kopp) of last year which was enacted and is being implemented. The provisions of this bill are intended to complete and/or clarify the provisions of SB 45 and to make technical corrections. Specifically, the bill would: 1. Remove specific items from the list of eligible expenditure categories for public transit and provide a single broad purpose, mainly public transportation services. Delete reference to Traffic System Management in the codes, given that SB 45 eliminated the program and funding for it. Prior Legislation SB 45 (Kopp); Chapter 622 of 1997; Senate vote 34-0. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED sb 837 atr 980413 BILL ANALYSIS Date of Hearing: April 13, 1998 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION Kevin Murray, Chairman SB 837(Kopp) - As Amended: April 1, 1998 SENATE VOTE: 35-0 SUBJECT: Transportation: funding SUMMARY: This measure would institute follow-up revisions to the transportation funding reform legislation enacted last year (SB 45, Kopp Chapter 622, Statutes of 1997). Specifically, this bill: 1) Redesignates the Interregional Improvement Program (IIP) as the Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP). 2) Requires that the cost of support activities associated with right-of-way acquisition be included when submitting a project to be included in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). 3) Provides that any funds that are not allocated, or allocated, but not "encumbered" (rather than reimbursed), during the specified STIP period, shall remain in the State Highway Account (SHA) and/or the Public OtJCO36 Transportation Account (PTA). 4) Makes the following revisions regarding the deadlines for the submittal of guidelines for the development of the STIP: a) The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) must submit the guidelines to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) by November 1, 1998, instead of September 15, 1998. b) The CTC is required to adopt these guidelines by March 1, 1999, rather than December 31, 1998. 5) Repeals the list of projects in statute which were originally proposed for inclusion in the 1988 STIP. 6) Authorizes counties to propose a yearly reserve from its county share of state highway funds for the purposes of qualifying for federal funds. 7) Authorizes Caltrans to prepare a project studies report for each state highway project being developed for inclusion in a future STIP. Preparation of the reports shall be limited by the available resources within Caltrans 'for such work. 8) Allows funds in the PTA to be spent on any public transit capital improvement projects that maintain or improve public transit service. 9) Makes other technical and corrective changes. 10) Declares an urgency to take effect immediately. EXISTING LAW: Provides for the development and funding of statewide transportation projects through the state transportation improvement program (STIP). Provisions enacted in 1997 (Chapter 622, Kopp) instituted the following revisions to the STIP process and transportation funding in general: 1) Consolidated nine categorical programs from the 1989 Transportation Blueprint into essentially two programs. 2) Shorted from seven to four years, the time horizon for programming commitments as expressed through the STIP. The 1998 STIP, which will be enacted in June, will be for six years. 3) Expanded the list of costs (now includes project development and design in addition to right-of-way and construction) that must be listed before a project can be fully programmed in the STIP. 4) Established a new schedule of dates for the promulgation (by Caltrans on or before September 15, 1998) and adoption (by the CTC on or before December 31, 1998) of guidelines for the development of a new STIP process. 5) Required that 25 percent of the STIP funds be available for interregional improvements, and that the remaining 75 percent be available for a regional choice program for regional transportation improvements. 6) Authorized local transportation agencies, county transportation commissions and regional transportation planning agencies, as specified, to develop, adopt and submit to the CTC a regional transportation improvement program (RTIP). The CTC is required to either reject or adopt the RTIP (in its entirety) after reviewing it for adoption into the STIP. 7) Required that all projects which are to be programmed into the STIP must have a project study report, a major investment study or the equivalent. STIP funds shall not be programmed for right-of-way acquisition or construction until the completion of the environmental studies and the 000037 selection of a preferred alternative. 8) Authorized a county to pool its share of regional improvement funds with another county. Multi -county transportation planning agencies with a population of three million or less are authorized to adopt a resolution to pool the shares of their member counties. 9) Authorized Caltrans to develop the interregional improvement program. Caltrans is required develop the interregional program to the CTC. Urban and rural counties may submit projects to Caltrans for inclusion in the interregional program. 10) Instituted several other technical and policy changes not mentioned here. FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown COMMENTS: This measure, along with AB 2035 (Cardenas) which is also set to be heard on April 13, contains changes recommended to the Legislature by the CTC in a letter dated January 30, 1998. The most recent amendments to AB 2035 make the measure largely identical to SB 837 (Kopp), with a few exceptions. The following is a section -by section description of the changes that would "be instituted by SB 837 in comparison to AB 2035: Changes contained in both bills: Government Code Section 14526--Redesignation of IIP as Interregional Transportation Improvement Program (ITIP). This change was suggested by the CTC with the goal of avoiding confusion between the inter -regional improvement program which Caltrans is required to conduct and the document that Caltrans must submit to the CTC. Government Code Section 14529 --Adds right-of-way support costs to components expressly programmed in the STIP. The CTC urges that support costs are a necessary component that should not have been left out when SB 45 was enacted. Government Code Section 14529.8 --Specifies that unused funds are to be returned to the Public Transportation Account and/or the State Highway Account. Government Code Section 14530.1 --Changes the deadline for Caltrans to submit their final STIP guidelines to the CTC from September 15, 1998 to November 1, 1998. Also postpones the deadline for the CTC to adopt these guidelines from December 31, 1998, to March 1, 1999. The CTC, under the provisions of Chapter 622, 1997, must report on or before February 1, 1999, on the relative success of the changes instituted by SB 45. The CTC indicates that the later deadline for adoption of the guidelines would allow them to incorporate feedback from the Legislature. Government Code Sections 14550 -145555.57 --Repeals obsolete subsections which, as part of the now obsolete Transportation Blueprint of 1988, listed projects to be programmed in the STIP. Government Code Section 65082 --Adds language that would authorize counties to propose a yearly reserve from its county share for the purposes of setting aside matching funds in order to receive federal Regional Surface Transportation Program (RSTP) or Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ) funds. The CTC indicates that SB 45 did not define whether matching the task of setting aside matching funds should be handled through the STIP or off the top. Public Utilities Code Section 99317 --Deletes provisions which define county minimums for the Transit Capital Improvement (TCI) projects. This change is necessary, according to the CTC, since SB 45 repealed the TCI program and its other requirements. 000038 Streets and Highway Code Section 188.10 --Revises an incorrect cross-reference to subdivision (i) of Section 188.8. The correct reference is to subdivision (j) of Section 188.8. Streets and Highways Code Section 164.1-- Repeals references to the Traffic Systems Management (TSM) program which was deleted by SB 45. Changes contained only in SB 837: Government Code Section 65086.5 --Authorizes (rather than requires) Caltrans to prepare project studies reports for each state highway project that is included on a list for development and programming into the STIP. The requirement to prepare the reports is limited by the availability of resources within Caltrans for such purposes. Streets and Highways Code Section 188.5 --Directs the CTC to adopt fund estimates and provide flexibility in order to allow state funds to be made available to match any federal funds that may become available to regional transportation planning agencies. Streets and Highways Code Section 188.8 --Provides that the CTC must obtain the consent of Caltrans before acting to facilitate a regional entity's effort to "build-up" a larger share in a future STIP. Clarifies that supplemental project allocations by the CTC shall count against a county's share as a change in construction expenditure. Suggested Committee Amendments: Local and regional transportation planning agencies have expressed concern regarding federal demonstration projects and how allocations from the federal government for such projects may be counted against their county share when they are not programmed in the STIP. In order to address this concern, the bill should be amended to add the following language to Government Code Section 14525: "(e) The fund estimate shall not include federal demonstration project funds unless those demonstration project funds are provided in a way that uses federal funding authority that would otherwise be available to the state." REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION: Support Metropolitan Transportation Commission Opposition Unknown Analysis prepared by: Andrew K. Antwih/ atrans / (916) 319-2093 END OF REPORT Enter Bill # for the Analysis (or END to exit) => 000039 LEGISLATION SB 1758 (Kelley) State Highway Account Loans 000040 SENATE BILL Senator Kelley As Amended No. 1758 MMr=m=============_==_= THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14529.6 is added to the Government Code, to read: 14529.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may advance unallocated funds in the State Highway Account, in the form of loans to transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and local transportation authorities for the advancement of projects eligible under the state transportation improvement program that are included within an adopted regional transportation plan. (b) ss SIi[YLCit.c 11 • ..pt •gu�Jell r����au�C LL when considering loan applications, all of the following shall apply: (1) Projects shall comply with the environmental impact report certification requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000), of the Public Resources Code). (2) Projects shall constitute regionally significant projects. (3) A fiscal assessment of the applicant's ability to repay a loan shall be made by an independent party chosen by the commission with the approval of the applicant. (4) Preferences shall be given to requests for loans that will have cash -repayment and early -loan -retirement provisions. (5) Positive consideration shall be given to loan requests where State Highway Account funds constitute partial project payment and are supplemented by regional -choice funding and nonstate funding. (c) The following apply to loans awarded pursuant to this section: (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (9), the maximum loan shall be 50 percent of the most recent regional -choice funding entitlement, in an amount not to exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). (H) A short-term loan, as defined by the commission, not to exceed two billion dollars (S2,000,000,000), may be awarded to an applicant if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission that revenues will be available to repay the loan within 000041 8S:2T 86: 6 ?MU E0d TS6 20439 04/24/98 3:58 PM RN9809144 PAGE 2 Substantive the specified short-term loan timeframe. (2) Loan repayments shall be made in cash or in the form of a reduction of future regional -choice funding for the county where the project is located. (3) With the exception of short-term loans as described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), loans shall be repaid within six years or less. (4) In the event of cash -repayment default, 100 percent repayment shall be required in the form of a reduction in future regional -choice funding for the county whenever the project is selected for the next state transportation improvement program cycle. rest applied to locallyeadvancedesprojects,16suchlasbethehe statee as those transportation improvement program escalation rate as adopted by the commission. The interest rate shall be a fixed rate for the life of the .loan. (6) When approved, the money for the loan shall be transmitted directly to the applicant; that is, to the county transportation commission, the county transportation authority, or the local transportation commission. (d) The loan program created by this section shall automatically commence and end whenever the commission determines that moneys in the State Highway Account have reached a prudent cash balance based on historical experience. (e) The commission shall develop a standard loan agreement for all counties in order to implement and expedite the loan program described in this section. (f) Amendment 4 On page 2, below line 12, insert: (g) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Regional -choice funding" means . (2) "Regionally significant projects means . - 0 - 0000 42 c,Z .0N 8S:2T 86, 6E Ndd 20d TS6 AF i?a}I_ '9 GIOG HZVN3S NOE:E 65E1 V 1dY LEGISLATION SB 1851 (Kelley) RCTC Membership 00 043 In bill text, brackets have special meaning: [A> <A) contains added text, and [D> <D] contains deleted text. California 1997-98 Regular Session 1997 CA SB 1851 Amended 980428 Kelley SENATE BILL - No. 1851 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 28, 1998 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 13, 1998 INTRODUCED BY Senator Kelley FEBRUARY 19, 1998 An act to amend Section 130053 of, to add ID> Sections <D) [A> Section <A] 130053.7 [D> and 130053.9 <D] to, and to repeal and add Section 130053.5 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE, COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1851, as amended, Kelley. Riverside County Transportation Commission: members: voting. (1) Existing law creates the Riverside County Transportation Commission, comprised of 8 members appointed by specified entities, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes the appointment of an alternate member to represent, on a temporary basis, a regular member of the commission, but only in those cases where the regular member cannot attend the meeting. Under existing law, a majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. This bill would revise the membership of the commission to include 5 members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, one member from each incorporated city in Riverside County, to be either a mayor or city council member, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Governor. The bill would repeal those provisions relating to the appointment of alternate members and would, instead, authorize the board of supervisors to establish a procedure by which a member of the board of supervisors may appoint an alternate [D> �� ilcy1c�crtl, �, n tctRpvzc�Y V2 J, lttal �CgulGa tite . .c Ciida:tc.c oa aiccL iaty, a3 opeci£.6ed <D] [A> member of the board to represent him or her for a meeting <A] . The bill would authorize each incorporated city in the county to appoint either the mayor or a city council member as the alternate member to represent the regular member of the commission that serves on behalf of the city, if the regular member is not in attendance at a meeting. By changing the composition of the commission, thereby adding to the duties of certain local government officers, the bill would impose a state -mandated local program. The bill a weighted vote wonlanaitem before mthecommiss on, tonbetoweightedcall foras prescribed. The bill would require a quorum of the commission to be a majority of the total [A> voting <A] membership of the commission. 00 C 044 6S:2T 66. 6E Ndd held TS6 (D> ro vquia.e LvaaycoLivA auana9cmcTlt agQaa�2 ." LO vvntin.xe as i\ f 2or ac . <D) (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000. This bill would provide that no reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund for costs mandated by the state pursuant to this act, but would recognize that local agencies and school districts may pursue any available remedies to seek reimbursement for these costs. vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State -mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 130053 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 130053. The Riverside County Transportation Commission shall consist of the following regular members: (a) Five members of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. (b) One member from each incorporated city in Riverside County, each of whom shall be a mayor or city council member. (c) One nonvoting member appointed by the Governor. SEC. 2. Section 130053.5 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed. SEC. 3. Section 130053.5 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read: 130053.5. (a) [D> (1) <D] The Riverside County Board of Supervisors [D> may —<D] [A> shall <A] establish a procedure by which a member of that board may appoint an alternate [A> member of the board of supervisors <A] to represent the member [D> , 1.," a talhyva aly Lama, aL a <D] [A> for one <A] meeting of the Riverside County Transportation Commission [D> , .LE Lha .,,..n1..a .:.4 zrvL 1“ .tle..da.=�= aL LLat a«acLi=ay <D] [A> . Notice of the alternate appointment shall be made in writing to the clerk of the commission 24 hours prior to the meeting <A] . [D> (2) The proced6E7.e ::es. piovie Chat a aawi«b= J. yr ti Lva , �Y that .<<caiLai i' aLac, £ivan all vz vi v' a accci.i-Eg c� )rc GOi+uL C .I. A/ a1i Ne"4-,.n t, aAv Llaca. melt 7e}. OL ttie ).maid, Oi[ a Le,�+poa. IIa.y Laai�, Lv vaa e rotc vl Llac aL-McaaL auca<iJQ.. <D] (b) Each incorporated city in Riverside County [D> may <D] [A> shall <A] appoint one alternate member to the commission who shall represent [D> , on a taaipoiazy La,is, <0] the regular member of the commission who serves on behalf of the city, if the regular member is not in attendance at a meeting. [A> Notice of the alternate appointment shall be made in writing to the clerk of the commission 24 hours prior to the meeting. <A) If an incorporated city appoints an alternate member, the alternate member shall either be the mayor or a city council member of that incorporated city. SEC. 4. Section 130053.7 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to 6S:ET 86. 6E NdU Sod TS6 read: 130053.7. (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), each regular member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, or an alternate member acting in the place of a regular member pursuant to Section 130053.5, shall have one vote at meetings of the commission. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any member of the commission, immediately after a vote of the commission in accordance with subdivision (a), may call for a weighted vote. For an item to be passed by weighted vote, all of the following requirements shall be met: (1) The item shall be approved by a majority of the commission members present at the meeting who represent the board of supervisors, who shall each have one vote. (2) The item shall be approved by a majority of the commission members present at the meeting who represent cities in Riverside County, who shall each have one vote. (3) The item shall be approved by commission members present at the meeting who represent cities in Riverside County representing a majority of the population of the county living in incorporated areas. For the purpose of this paragraph, each regular commission member at the meeting who represents a city in Riverside County shall be assigned votes based on the percentage of the population of incorporated areas of Riverside County represented by that member in relation to the total population of incorporated areas of Riverside County represented at the meeting. Population data shall be determined through Department of Finance estimates, adjusted annually. (c) Notwithstanding Section 130102, a quorum of the Riverside County Transportation Commission shall be a majority of the total [A> voting <A] membership of the commission. (D> 3EC. 5. 3cGL4v[i 1JU0,3.� micas. <0] (D> 13A6:,3. po1..LaLson �..y.,ysiVi• aLo \.011L.i 11uC Du Ll+.. 1.S.."l .1.JH '5 Luc= «v++ 1. <D) . [D> SEC. 6. <0] [A> SEC. 5. <A] No reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code for costs mandated by the state pursuant to this act. It is recognized, however, that a local agency or school district may pursue any remedies to obtain reimbursement available to it under Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) and any other provisions of law. Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this act shall become operative on the same date that the act takes effect pursuant to the California Constitution. END OF REPORT 0000 b 00:b1 86. 6Z Zidd 90d IS6 AGENDA ITEM #5 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTA TION COMMISSION DATE: May 6,1998 TO: RCTC Legislative Committee FROM: Eric Haley, Executive Director Paul Blackwelder, Deputy Executive Director SUBJECT: Federal Legislation Update ISTEA Reauthorization legislation is currently in the House/Senate Conference Committee. Both the House and Senate versions of ISTEA II contained the increased authorization levels for funding the STP, CMAQ, and National Highway System (STIP) programs reported last month. The area of most debate is the demonstration projects proposed by the House. We expect there will be some reduction in the demonstration projects when the bill passes out of the Conference Committee. Staff will be in Washington D. C. on Monday and Tuesday and will update the Committee at the meeting. A list of the Demonstration projects is attached. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Receive and File. 000047 RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PROPOSED IN ISTEA II - HOUSE VERSION GALENA INTERCHANGE @ I-15 Requested $8.5 million Proposed $8.5 million 43 rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ken Calvert Funding to supplement Measure A and local funds to construct a new interchange on I-15 to open up adjacent land for commercial industrial development and create jobs for Riverside County residents. Includes construction of an extension of Edison Avenue creating a new connection between Route 71 and I-15. ROUTE 71 - Route 91 to San Bernardino County Line Requested $ 13 million Proposed $13 million 43rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ken Calvert Funding needed to supplement $7 million in state safety project funding to widen highway to 4 lanes and improve the Rte 91 on ramp. GREEN RIVER ROAD INTERCHANGE @ ROUTE 91 Requested $ 8 million Proposed $6.5 million 43rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ken Calvert Funding needed to widen structure and ramps connecting to Route 91. PERRIS BUS MAINTENANCE FACILITY Requested $4.668 million Proposed $ 2.5 million 43rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ken Calvert Additional funding needed to supplement $1.432 million local funds and 41 million previously earmarked federal funds. 00i 04o NEW STARTS - RAIL - SAN JACINTO BRANCH LINE Requested $49 million Proposed Identified As Eligible 43rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ken Calvert Funds are needed to implement commuter service along the San Jacinto Branch Line between Riverside and Perris as mitigation for the construction of the improvements to the 60/91/1-215 Interchange and I-215 easterly to the 60/1-215 east Junction. Actual funding for individual new start projects is not identified in ISTEA II. We will have to seek approval of funding for the project on a competitive basis after ISTEA II is passed and the total amount of funding for new starts is known. ROUTE 79 REALIGNMENT Requested $13 million Proposed $6 million 44th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congresswoman Mary Bono Funding needed to conduct preliminary engineering, environmental and major investment studies and right of way protection for realignment and construction of a 4 lane the highway from the Ramona Expressway southerly to Newport Road and the gap south of Keller Road. NASON STREET INTERCHANGE @ ROUTE 60 Requested $ 6 million Proposed $6 million 44th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congresswoman Mary Bono Funds needed for construction of Phase I interchange improvements including: a new ramps exit ramp from Rte 60 on the south; a new entrance ramp to Rte 60 on the north; acceleration lane on Rte 60 eastbound; and street widening southerly from Rte 60 to Fir Avenue. The need for these improvements is to provide adequate access for emergency medical units to the new Regional County Medical Center located in Moreno Valley. 0100049 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS ON I-10 Requested $31.6 million Proposed $ 3 million Funds are needed to supplement Measure A '/2 cent sales tax funds and State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funds to upgrade several interchanges, including: Ramon Road; Palm Drive/ Gene Autry Trail; and the Tahquitz - Indian Corridor which connect the Coachella Valley Area cities to I-10. FUEL CELL BUSES (BALLARD BUSES) Requested $ 2 million Proposed $2 million 44th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congresswoman Bono Funds needed to test the viability of hydrogen fuel cell engines for transit service. Project will be operated by the Sunline Transit Agency, the most aggressive agency in the area of development and testing of clean fuels technology in the transit industry. OVERLAND DRIVE OVERCROSSING @ 1-15 Requested $ 5 million Proposed $ 5 million 48th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ron Packard Funding is needed to construct a new overcrossing along I-15 in the City of Temecula to serve local traffic and relieve severe congestion at adjacent interchanges serving regional traffic on I- 15. ITS INTEGRATED DEPLOYMENT PROJECT Requested $2 million Proposed $2 million 43`d CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ken Calvert 44th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congresswoman Mary Bono 48th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - Congressman Ron Packard Phase II funding to integrate various transportation fixed route technologies into the fixed route services of the Riverside Transit Agency, the Sunline Transit Agency and coordination with those of public transit operators of fixed route and paratransit services in adjacent counties. SCAG is the sponsor for this project. Phase I was funded by a previous federal earmark of $ 1 million 000!lJi.t -- .- o r r. -. A. r r 1'a r -r i! a , . V It L. U V% A I - rl . i !J J 1 NEWS Committee on . , Transportation and Infrastructure .U.S. House -of Representatives Congressman Bud Shutter; Pennsylvania Chairmart For Immediate Release • April 2, 1998 Shuster Releases Names of T&I Conferees for Highway Bill Congressman Bud Shuster, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today released the names of the members who will represent the Committee on the upcoming Highway bill conference. Republicans Bud Shuster, PA Don Young, AK Thomas Petri, WI Sherwood Boehlert, NY Jay Kim, CA Stephen Horn, CA Tillie Fowler, FL Richard Baker, LA Robert Ney, OH Jack Metcalf, WA -30- Democrats James Oberstar, MN Nick Rahall, WV Robert Borski, PA :William Lipinski, IL Robert Wise, WV James Clyburn, SC Bob Filner, CA James McGovern, MA • Contact: Scott Brenner, Director of Commuhications 2165, Raybum House Office Building - Washington, D.C. 20515 - (202)225-9446., CLIFF MADISON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, INC. 521 Fourth Street, S.E. Washington, DC 20003 (202) 543-9395 Facsimile (202) 543-0684 TO: Paul Blackwelder FROM: Cliff Madison DATE: April 3, 1998 SUBJECT: Senate Conferees on H. R. 2400, BESTEA The Senate Banking Committee which has jurisdiction over the Transit Title of H. R. 2400 named the following Conferees: Senator Al D'Amato Senator Paul Sarbanes Senator Phil Gramm Senator Dick Shelby The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee which jurisdiction over the Highway Title of H. R. 2400 has named following. Senators as Conferees: Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator John Chafee John Warner Bob Smith Dirk Kempthorne Jim Inholfe Craig Thomas Kit Bond Tim Hutchison Wayne Allard Jeff Sessions Senator Chris Dodd Senator Max Baucus Senator Pat Moynihan Senator Frank Lautenberg Senator Harry Reid . Senator Bob Graham Senator Joe Lieberman Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Ron Wyden has the