California Assembly Bill AB2398 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2398AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 18, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chau FEBRUARY 18, 2016 An act  to amend Section 75 of the Streets and Highways Code,  relating to transportation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2398, as amended, Chau. Transportation:  private funding.   state highways.   Existing law establishes in state government the Transportation Agency, which includes various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission. Existing law vests the commission with specified powers, duties, and functions relative to transportation matters. Existing law authorizes the commission to select, adopt, and determine the location for state highways, and to allocate available moneys for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highways.   This bill would require the commission, every 5 years, to report to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of specified committees the number of selections, adoptions, and location determinations for state highways undertaken and the amount of moneys allocated for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of the highways.   Existing law, until January 1, 2017, authorizes the Department of Transportation and regional transportation agencies, as defined, to enter into comprehensive development lease agreements with public and private entities, or consortia of those entities, for certain transportation projects that may charge certain users of those projects tolls and user fees, subject to various terms and requirements. These arrangements are commonly known as public-private partnerships.   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to private funding for transportation projects.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 75 of the   Streets and Highways Code   is amended to read:  75.  (a)    Except as otherwise provided by law, the commission at any time and from time to time may:  (a)   (1)  Select, adopt, and determine the location for  State   state  highways on routes authorized by law.  (b)   (2)  Allocate, from the funds available therefor, moneys for the construction,  improvement   improvement,  or maintenance of the various highways or portions thereof under the jurisdiction of the department. The commission may determine in each case the maximum sum of money that shall be made available therefor.  (c)   (3)  Authorize preliminary surveys to determine the advisability of including in or excluding from the  State   state  highway system any highway or portion thereof.  (b) Every five years, the commission shall report to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, or the successor committees with jurisdiction over transportation, both of the following:   (1) The number of selections, adoptions, and location determinations for state highways that were undertaken pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).   (2) The amount of moneys, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), allocated for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of the various highways or portions thereof under the jurisdiction of the department.   SECTION 1.   It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to private funding for transportation projects.