Amended IN Assembly June 14, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1048Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 08, 2018An act to repeal Section 60605 of the Education Code, relating to pupil assessment. An act to repeal Section 14035.55 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1048, as amended, Allen. Pupil assessment: academic achievement. Intercity rail services: feeder buses. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to serve as the basis for assessing the academic achievement of individual pupils and of schools, school districts, and the California educational system. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2011.Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak to provide intercity rail passenger services. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.This bill would repeal these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14035.55 of the Government Code is repealed.14035.55.(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1)Intercity passenger bus service provided by intercity bus companies on a regular-route basis is the only public mass transportation service in the state to provide surface transportation without public subsidy.(2)The long-term maintenance of private sector intercity passenger service is of vital importance to the state.(3)Intercity bus companies serve many communities throughout California, providing a network of connection points without equal by any other mode of public or private transportation.(b)To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers to do both of the following:(1)Combine or package their respective services and facilities to the public as a means of improving services to the public.(2)Coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations, and ticketing to provide for enhanced intermodal surface transportation.(c)Except as authorized under subdivisions (e) and (f), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following conditions are met:(1)The motor carrier is not a public recipient of governmental assistance, as defined in Section 13902(b)(8)(A) of Title 49 of the United States Code, other than a recipient of funds under Section 5311(f) of that title and code. This paragraph does not apply if a local public motor carrier proposes to serve passengers only within its service area.(2)Service is provided only for passengers on trips where the passengers have had prior movement by rail or will have subsequent movement by rail, evidenced by a combination rail and bus one-way or roundtrip ticket, or service is also provided on State Highway Route 50 between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points or on State Highway Route 5 between the community of Lebec in Kern County and the City of Santa Clarita for passengers solely by bus if no other bus service is provided by a private intercity bus company.(3)Vehicles of the motor carrier, when used to transport passengers pursuant to paragraph (2), are used exclusively for that purpose.(4)The motor carrier is registered with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and operates in compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and provides service that is accessible to persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable DOT regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).(d)The department shall incorporate the conditions specified in subdivision (c) into state-supported passenger rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for termination of the agreements.(e)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers to transport Amtrak passengers on buses operated on a route, if the buses are operated by the motor carrier as part of a regularly scheduled, daily bus service that has been operating consecutively without an Amtrak contract for 12 months immediately prior to contracting with Amtrak.(f)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), or any other provision of law, the department may enter into a contract, either directly with a public motor carrier in the County of Monterey, or indirectly with that carrier through a contract with Amtrak, to provide mixed-mode feeder bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. The contract with a public motor carrier may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. However, the contract shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to the public motor carrier, if a private motor carrier again operates a scheduled service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route.(g)Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the department may amend its contract with Amtrak to add a term to provide bus service to passengers traveling solely by bus on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route and between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route. A contract amendment with Amtrak may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the route that is the subject of the contract amendment. However, the applicable contract amendment shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route, or within 60 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route.(h)The department shall undertake a two-year study of patronage on the bus service operated between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points pursuant to subdivision (g), identifying the number of passengers who are transferring to an Amtrak rail service and those who are traveling solely on the bus service. The study shall identify the revenue from each category of passengers and include other pertinent ridership information. The report shall be submitted to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature no later than March 1, 2010.(i)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.(2)Department means the Department of Transportation or the departments successor with respect to providing funds to subsidize Amtrak service.(3)Motor carrier of passengers means a person or entity providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for compensation.(4)Mixed-mode feeder bus service means bus service carrying both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and passengers only using the bus service.SECTION 1.Section 60605 of the Education Code is repealed.
Amended IN Assembly June 14, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1048Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 08, 2018An act to repeal Section 60605 of the Education Code, relating to pupil assessment. An act to repeal Section 14035.55 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1048, as amended, Allen. Pupil assessment: academic achievement. Intercity rail services: feeder buses. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to serve as the basis for assessing the academic achievement of individual pupils and of schools, school districts, and the California educational system. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2011.Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak to provide intercity rail passenger services. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.This bill would repeal these provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly June 14, 2018 Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018
Amended IN Assembly June 14, 2018
Amended IN Senate March 22, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 1048
Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 08, 2018
Introduced by Senator Allen
February 08, 2018
An act to repeal Section 60605 of the Education Code, relating to pupil assessment. An act to repeal Section 14035.55 of the Government Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1048, as amended, Allen. Pupil assessment: academic achievement. Intercity rail services: feeder buses.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to serve as the basis for assessing the academic achievement of individual pupils and of schools, school districts, and the California educational system. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2011.Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak to provide intercity rail passenger services. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.This bill would repeal these provisions.
Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in the core curriculum areas of reading, writing, and mathematics to serve as the basis for assessing the academic achievement of individual pupils and of schools, school districts, and the California educational system. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2011.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak to provide intercity rail passenger services. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.
This bill would repeal these provisions.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14035.55 of the Government Code is repealed.14035.55.(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1)Intercity passenger bus service provided by intercity bus companies on a regular-route basis is the only public mass transportation service in the state to provide surface transportation without public subsidy.(2)The long-term maintenance of private sector intercity passenger service is of vital importance to the state.(3)Intercity bus companies serve many communities throughout California, providing a network of connection points without equal by any other mode of public or private transportation.(b)To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers to do both of the following:(1)Combine or package their respective services and facilities to the public as a means of improving services to the public.(2)Coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations, and ticketing to provide for enhanced intermodal surface transportation.(c)Except as authorized under subdivisions (e) and (f), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following conditions are met:(1)The motor carrier is not a public recipient of governmental assistance, as defined in Section 13902(b)(8)(A) of Title 49 of the United States Code, other than a recipient of funds under Section 5311(f) of that title and code. This paragraph does not apply if a local public motor carrier proposes to serve passengers only within its service area.(2)Service is provided only for passengers on trips where the passengers have had prior movement by rail or will have subsequent movement by rail, evidenced by a combination rail and bus one-way or roundtrip ticket, or service is also provided on State Highway Route 50 between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points or on State Highway Route 5 between the community of Lebec in Kern County and the City of Santa Clarita for passengers solely by bus if no other bus service is provided by a private intercity bus company.(3)Vehicles of the motor carrier, when used to transport passengers pursuant to paragraph (2), are used exclusively for that purpose.(4)The motor carrier is registered with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and operates in compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and provides service that is accessible to persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable DOT regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).(d)The department shall incorporate the conditions specified in subdivision (c) into state-supported passenger rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for termination of the agreements.(e)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers to transport Amtrak passengers on buses operated on a route, if the buses are operated by the motor carrier as part of a regularly scheduled, daily bus service that has been operating consecutively without an Amtrak contract for 12 months immediately prior to contracting with Amtrak.(f)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), or any other provision of law, the department may enter into a contract, either directly with a public motor carrier in the County of Monterey, or indirectly with that carrier through a contract with Amtrak, to provide mixed-mode feeder bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. The contract with a public motor carrier may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. However, the contract shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to the public motor carrier, if a private motor carrier again operates a scheduled service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route.(g)Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the department may amend its contract with Amtrak to add a term to provide bus service to passengers traveling solely by bus on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route and between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route. A contract amendment with Amtrak may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the route that is the subject of the contract amendment. However, the applicable contract amendment shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route, or within 60 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route.(h)The department shall undertake a two-year study of patronage on the bus service operated between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points pursuant to subdivision (g), identifying the number of passengers who are transferring to an Amtrak rail service and those who are traveling solely on the bus service. The study shall identify the revenue from each category of passengers and include other pertinent ridership information. The report shall be submitted to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature no later than March 1, 2010.(i)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.(2)Department means the Department of Transportation or the departments successor with respect to providing funds to subsidize Amtrak service.(3)Motor carrier of passengers means a person or entity providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for compensation.(4)Mixed-mode feeder bus service means bus service carrying both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and passengers only using the bus service.SECTION 1.Section 60605 of the Education Code is repealed.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 14035.55 of the Government Code is repealed.14035.55.(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1)Intercity passenger bus service provided by intercity bus companies on a regular-route basis is the only public mass transportation service in the state to provide surface transportation without public subsidy.(2)The long-term maintenance of private sector intercity passenger service is of vital importance to the state.(3)Intercity bus companies serve many communities throughout California, providing a network of connection points without equal by any other mode of public or private transportation.(b)To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers to do both of the following:(1)Combine or package their respective services and facilities to the public as a means of improving services to the public.(2)Coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations, and ticketing to provide for enhanced intermodal surface transportation.(c)Except as authorized under subdivisions (e) and (f), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following conditions are met:(1)The motor carrier is not a public recipient of governmental assistance, as defined in Section 13902(b)(8)(A) of Title 49 of the United States Code, other than a recipient of funds under Section 5311(f) of that title and code. This paragraph does not apply if a local public motor carrier proposes to serve passengers only within its service area.(2)Service is provided only for passengers on trips where the passengers have had prior movement by rail or will have subsequent movement by rail, evidenced by a combination rail and bus one-way or roundtrip ticket, or service is also provided on State Highway Route 50 between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points or on State Highway Route 5 between the community of Lebec in Kern County and the City of Santa Clarita for passengers solely by bus if no other bus service is provided by a private intercity bus company.(3)Vehicles of the motor carrier, when used to transport passengers pursuant to paragraph (2), are used exclusively for that purpose.(4)The motor carrier is registered with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and operates in compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and provides service that is accessible to persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable DOT regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).(d)The department shall incorporate the conditions specified in subdivision (c) into state-supported passenger rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for termination of the agreements.(e)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers to transport Amtrak passengers on buses operated on a route, if the buses are operated by the motor carrier as part of a regularly scheduled, daily bus service that has been operating consecutively without an Amtrak contract for 12 months immediately prior to contracting with Amtrak.(f)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), or any other provision of law, the department may enter into a contract, either directly with a public motor carrier in the County of Monterey, or indirectly with that carrier through a contract with Amtrak, to provide mixed-mode feeder bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. The contract with a public motor carrier may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. However, the contract shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to the public motor carrier, if a private motor carrier again operates a scheduled service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route.(g)Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the department may amend its contract with Amtrak to add a term to provide bus service to passengers traveling solely by bus on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route and between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route. A contract amendment with Amtrak may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the route that is the subject of the contract amendment. However, the applicable contract amendment shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route, or within 60 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route.(h)The department shall undertake a two-year study of patronage on the bus service operated between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points pursuant to subdivision (g), identifying the number of passengers who are transferring to an Amtrak rail service and those who are traveling solely on the bus service. The study shall identify the revenue from each category of passengers and include other pertinent ridership information. The report shall be submitted to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature no later than March 1, 2010.(i)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.(2)Department means the Department of Transportation or the departments successor with respect to providing funds to subsidize Amtrak service.(3)Motor carrier of passengers means a person or entity providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for compensation.(4)Mixed-mode feeder bus service means bus service carrying both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and passengers only using the bus service.
SECTION 1. Section 14035.55 of the Government Code is repealed.
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14035.55.(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1)Intercity passenger bus service provided by intercity bus companies on a regular-route basis is the only public mass transportation service in the state to provide surface transportation without public subsidy.(2)The long-term maintenance of private sector intercity passenger service is of vital importance to the state.(3)Intercity bus companies serve many communities throughout California, providing a network of connection points without equal by any other mode of public or private transportation.(b)To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers to do both of the following:(1)Combine or package their respective services and facilities to the public as a means of improving services to the public.(2)Coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations, and ticketing to provide for enhanced intermodal surface transportation.(c)Except as authorized under subdivisions (e) and (f), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following conditions are met:(1)The motor carrier is not a public recipient of governmental assistance, as defined in Section 13902(b)(8)(A) of Title 49 of the United States Code, other than a recipient of funds under Section 5311(f) of that title and code. This paragraph does not apply if a local public motor carrier proposes to serve passengers only within its service area.(2)Service is provided only for passengers on trips where the passengers have had prior movement by rail or will have subsequent movement by rail, evidenced by a combination rail and bus one-way or roundtrip ticket, or service is also provided on State Highway Route 50 between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points or on State Highway Route 5 between the community of Lebec in Kern County and the City of Santa Clarita for passengers solely by bus if no other bus service is provided by a private intercity bus company.(3)Vehicles of the motor carrier, when used to transport passengers pursuant to paragraph (2), are used exclusively for that purpose.(4)The motor carrier is registered with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and operates in compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and provides service that is accessible to persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable DOT regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).(d)The department shall incorporate the conditions specified in subdivision (c) into state-supported passenger rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for termination of the agreements.(e)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers to transport Amtrak passengers on buses operated on a route, if the buses are operated by the motor carrier as part of a regularly scheduled, daily bus service that has been operating consecutively without an Amtrak contract for 12 months immediately prior to contracting with Amtrak.(f)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), or any other provision of law, the department may enter into a contract, either directly with a public motor carrier in the County of Monterey, or indirectly with that carrier through a contract with Amtrak, to provide mixed-mode feeder bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. The contract with a public motor carrier may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. However, the contract shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to the public motor carrier, if a private motor carrier again operates a scheduled service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route.(g)Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the department may amend its contract with Amtrak to add a term to provide bus service to passengers traveling solely by bus on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route and between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route. A contract amendment with Amtrak may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the route that is the subject of the contract amendment. However, the applicable contract amendment shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route, or within 60 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route.(h)The department shall undertake a two-year study of patronage on the bus service operated between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points pursuant to subdivision (g), identifying the number of passengers who are transferring to an Amtrak rail service and those who are traveling solely on the bus service. The study shall identify the revenue from each category of passengers and include other pertinent ridership information. The report shall be submitted to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature no later than March 1, 2010.(i)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1)Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.(2)Department means the Department of Transportation or the departments successor with respect to providing funds to subsidize Amtrak service.(3)Motor carrier of passengers means a person or entity providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for compensation.(4)Mixed-mode feeder bus service means bus service carrying both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and passengers only using the bus service.
(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1)Intercity passenger bus service provided by intercity bus companies on a regular-route basis is the only public mass transportation service in the state to provide surface transportation without public subsidy.
(2)The long-term maintenance of private sector intercity passenger service is of vital importance to the state.
(3)Intercity bus companies serve many communities throughout California, providing a network of connection points without equal by any other mode of public or private transportation.
(b)To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers to do both of the following:
(1)Combine or package their respective services and facilities to the public as a means of improving services to the public.
(2)Coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations, and ticketing to provide for enhanced intermodal surface transportation.
(c)Except as authorized under subdivisions (e) and (f), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following conditions are met:
(1)The motor carrier is not a public recipient of governmental assistance, as defined in Section 13902(b)(8)(A) of Title 49 of the United States Code, other than a recipient of funds under Section 5311(f) of that title and code. This paragraph does not apply if a local public motor carrier proposes to serve passengers only within its service area.
(2)Service is provided only for passengers on trips where the passengers have had prior movement by rail or will have subsequent movement by rail, evidenced by a combination rail and bus one-way or roundtrip ticket, or service is also provided on State Highway Route 50 between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points or on State Highway Route 5 between the community of Lebec in Kern County and the City of Santa Clarita for passengers solely by bus if no other bus service is provided by a private intercity bus company.
(3)Vehicles of the motor carrier, when used to transport passengers pursuant to paragraph (2), are used exclusively for that purpose.
(4)The motor carrier is registered with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and operates in compliance with the federal motor carrier safety regulations, and provides service that is accessible to persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable DOT regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336).
(d)The department shall incorporate the conditions specified in subdivision (c) into state-supported passenger rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for termination of the agreements.
(e)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), the department may provide funding to Amtrak for the purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of passengers to transport Amtrak passengers on buses operated on a route, if the buses are operated by the motor carrier as part of a regularly scheduled, daily bus service that has been operating consecutively without an Amtrak contract for 12 months immediately prior to contracting with Amtrak.
(f)Notwithstanding subdivisions (c) and (d), or any other provision of law, the department may enter into a contract, either directly with a public motor carrier in the County of Monterey, or indirectly with that carrier through a contract with Amtrak, to provide mixed-mode feeder bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. The contract with a public motor carrier may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route. However, the contract shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to the public motor carrier, if a private motor carrier again operates a scheduled service on the San Jose-Gilroy-Monterey route.
(g)Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), the department may amend its contract with Amtrak to add a term to provide bus service to passengers traveling solely by bus on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route and between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route. A contract amendment with Amtrak may only be entered into if the department determines that there is no private motor carrier providing scheduled bus service on the route that is the subject of the contract amendment. However, the applicable contract amendment shall be terminated, within 120 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service on the Sacramento-South Lake Tahoe route, or within 60 days notice to Amtrak, if a private carrier again operates a scheduled bus service between Lebec and Santa Clarita on the Bakersfield-Santa Clarita route.
(h)The department shall undertake a two-year study of patronage on the bus service operated between the City of Sacramento and the City of South Lake Tahoe and intermediate points pursuant to subdivision (g), identifying the number of passengers who are transferring to an Amtrak rail service and those who are traveling solely on the bus service. The study shall identify the revenue from each category of passengers and include other pertinent ridership information. The report shall be submitted to the transportation policy committees of the Legislature no later than March 1, 2010.
(i)For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1)Amtrak means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.
(2)Department means the Department of Transportation or the departments successor with respect to providing funds to subsidize Amtrak service.
(3)Motor carrier of passengers means a person or entity providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for compensation.
(4)Mixed-mode feeder bus service means bus service carrying both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and passengers only using the bus service.