BILL NUMBER: AB 2355INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dababneh FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act to add Section 14035.6 to the Government Code, relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2355, as introduced, Dababneh. Intercity rail services: mitigation. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak for intercity rail passenger services and provides funding for these services from the Public Transportation Account. This bill would require the department to develop a program for the reasonable mitigation of noise and vibration levels in residential neighborhoods along railroad lines where the department contracts for state-funded intercity rail passenger service. The bill would require the department to determine what constitutes a reasonable level of mitigation. The bill would provide that funding for the mitigation program shall be made available from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 14035.6 is added to the Government Code, to read: 14035.6. The department shall develop a program for the reasonable mitigation of noise and vibration levels in residential neighborhoods along railroad lines where the department contracts for state-funded intercity rail passenger service pursuant to Section 14035. The department shall determine what constitutes a reasonable level of mitigation. Funding for the mitigation program shall be made available from funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose.