CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 337Introduced by Senators Bates and NguyenFebruary 13, 2017 An act to add and repeal Section 16342 of, and to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) of Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 337, as introduced, Bates. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund.Existing law provides various sources of funding for transportation purposes, including funding for the state highway system, the local street and road system, and public transportation.This bill, until July 1, 2025, would require the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, to estimate, on an annual basis by November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States.The bill, until July 1, 2025, after reservation of appropriate amounts required to be allocated by the California Constitution for Proposition 98 education funding requirements and the Budget Stabilization Account, would require the remaining repatriation revenues to be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would continuously appropriate the revenues in the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund to the California Transportation Commission. The bill would require 65% of available revenues to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects, and would require the Controller to apportion 30% of available revenues to cities and counties for local street and roads and 5% of available revenues to public transportation, as specified.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) is added to Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund.14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows:(a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects.(b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code.(c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code.14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.SEC. 2. Section 16342 is added to the Government Code, to read:16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018.(b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 337Introduced by Senators Bates and NguyenFebruary 13, 2017 An act to add and repeal Section 16342 of, and to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) of Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 337, as introduced, Bates. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund.Existing law provides various sources of funding for transportation purposes, including funding for the state highway system, the local street and road system, and public transportation.This bill, until July 1, 2025, would require the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, to estimate, on an annual basis by November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States.The bill, until July 1, 2025, after reservation of appropriate amounts required to be allocated by the California Constitution for Proposition 98 education funding requirements and the Budget Stabilization Account, would require the remaining repatriation revenues to be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would continuously appropriate the revenues in the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund to the California Transportation Commission. The bill would require 65% of available revenues to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects, and would require the Controller to apportion 30% of available revenues to cities and counties for local street and roads and 5% of available revenues to public transportation, as specified.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 337 Introduced by Senators Bates and NguyenFebruary 13, 2017 Introduced by Senators Bates and Nguyen February 13, 2017 An act to add and repeal Section 16342 of, and to add and repeal Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) of Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, the Government Code, relating to transportation, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 337, as introduced, Bates. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund. Existing law provides various sources of funding for transportation purposes, including funding for the state highway system, the local street and road system, and public transportation.This bill, until July 1, 2025, would require the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, to estimate, on an annual basis by November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States.The bill, until July 1, 2025, after reservation of appropriate amounts required to be allocated by the California Constitution for Proposition 98 education funding requirements and the Budget Stabilization Account, would require the remaining repatriation revenues to be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would continuously appropriate the revenues in the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund to the California Transportation Commission. The bill would require 65% of available revenues to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects, and would require the Controller to apportion 30% of available revenues to cities and counties for local street and roads and 5% of available revenues to public transportation, as specified. Existing law provides various sources of funding for transportation purposes, including funding for the state highway system, the local street and road system, and public transportation. This bill, until July 1, 2025, would require the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, to estimate, on an annual basis by November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. The bill, until July 1, 2025, after reservation of appropriate amounts required to be allocated by the California Constitution for Proposition 98 education funding requirements and the Budget Stabilization Account, would require the remaining repatriation revenues to be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would continuously appropriate the revenues in the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund to the California Transportation Commission. The bill would require 65% of available revenues to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects, and would require the Controller to apportion 30% of available revenues to cities and counties for local street and roads and 5% of available revenues to public transportation, as specified. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) is added to Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund.14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows:(a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects.(b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code.(c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code.14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.SEC. 2. Section 16342 is added to the Government Code, to read:16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018.(b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, 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. Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) is added to Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund.14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows:(a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects.(b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code.(c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code.14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. SECTION 1. Chapter 4.6 (commencing with Section 14560) is added to Part 5.3 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: ### SECTION 1. CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund.14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows:(a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects.(b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code.(c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code.14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund.14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows:(a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects.(b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code.(c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code.14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund CHAPTER 4.6. Repatriation Infrastructure Fund 14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. 14560. The Repatriation Infrastructure Fund is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. 14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows:(a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects.(b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code.(c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code. 14561. The moneys in the fund, notwithstanding Section 13340, are hereby continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the California Transportation Commission for the purposes of this chapter, and shall be allocated annually as follows: (a) Sixty-five percent to be allocated by the commission to trade corridor improvement projects. (b) Thirty percent for apportionment by the Controller to cities and counties for local streets and roads, pursuant to the formulas in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code. (c) Five percent for apportionment by the Controller to transportation planning agencies for allocation to transit operators for public transportation, pursuant to the formulas in Section 99312.1 of the Public Utilities Code. 14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. 14562. This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. SEC. 2. Section 16342 is added to the Government Code, to read:16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018.(b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. SEC. 2. Section 16342 is added to the Government Code, to read: ### SEC. 2. 16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018.(b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. 16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018.(b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. 16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018.(b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year.(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed. 16342. (a) The Department of Finance, in consultation with the Franchise Tax Board, shall estimate, on an annual basis on or before November 1 of each year, the amount of revenue to be received from state taxes in the next fiscal year as a consequence of enactment of a federal corporate repatriation statute pursuant to which foreign earnings of United States-based corporations that are currently invested abroad are moved to the United States. For the 201819 fiscal year, the estimate shall be completed as soon as practicable after January 1, 2018. (b) In each fiscal year beginning with the 201819 fiscal year, after reservation of appropriate amounts from the total revenues available pursuant to subdivision (a) for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Proposition 98) and Section 20 of Article XVI of the California Constitution (Budget Stabilization Account), the remaining revenues, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall be transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund in the State Transportation Fund created pursuant to Section 14560. The amounts reserved for purposes of Proposition 98 and the Budget Stabilization Account in each fiscal year and included in each Budget Act, and the amounts transferred to the Repatriation Infrastructure Fund, shall be based on the revenue estimates made by the Department of Finance pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall be subject to adjustment in future fiscal years based on actual revenues received during the budget year. (c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.