BILL NUMBER: SB 716INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to add Section 99233.6 to the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 716, as introduced, Wolk. Local transportation funds. Existing law requires that 1/4% of the local sales and use tax be transferred to the local transportation fund of the county and be allocated, as directed by the transportation planning agency, for various transportation purposes. This bill would authorize a county, city, county transportation commission, or transit operator to file a claim for an allocation of funds for vanpool service operation expenditures and capital improvement expenditures, including for vanpool services for purposes of farmworker transportation to and from work. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 99233.6 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read: 99233.6. Any county, city, county transportation commission, or operator may file claims with the transportation planning agency for vanpool service operation expenditures and capital improvement expenditures, including for vanpool services for purposes of farmworker transportation to and from work.