California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB1459 Amended / Bill

Filed 07/27/2020

                    Amended IN  Assembly  July 27, 2020 Amended IN  Senate  March 26, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1459Introduced by Senator CaballeroFebruary 21, 2020An act to amend Section 99270.8 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. An act to amend Section 483 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1459, as amended, Caballero. Transportation Development Act: Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus. State highways: relinquishment: State Route 183.Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Salinas a segment of State Highway Route 183, under specific conditions.(1)Existing law authorizes transportation planning agencies to administer transit funding made available under the Transportation Development Act. Existing law imposes certain financial requirements on transit operators making claims for transit funds, including requirements that fare revenue collected by the operator cover a specified percentage of operating costs. In certain cases, transit operators are required to meet a higher percentage if they met that standard in the 197879 fiscal year. Existing law authorizes, until July 1, 2020, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, when determining if specified operators have met the requirements for claims for transit funds, to reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for specified operators by up to 5 percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.This bill would extend this authorization for the Stanislaus Council of Governments by 3 years, and would similarly authorize the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, with respect to operators within its jurisdiction.(2)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.(3)This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.Digest Key Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 483 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.SECTION 1.Section 99270.8 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:99270.8.(a)This section shall only apply to an individual operator that meets both of the following requirements:(1)The operator has its primary service area in the jurisdiction of the Stanislaus Council of Governments or the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.(2)The operator files claims with the Stanislaus Council of Governments or the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments pursuant to Section 99260.(b)(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, in determining if an individual operator complies with Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, or 99268.9, the Stanislaus Council of Governments and San Luis Obispo Council of Governments may reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for an individual operator in its respective jurisdiction by up to five percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.(2)The Stanislaus Council of Governments and the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments may use the calculation method described in this section for calculations beginning with the 201920 fiscal year.(c)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2023, and, as of January 1, 2024, is repealed.SEC. 2.The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique transit circumstances in the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.SEC. 3.This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:In order to ensure that the transit needs of individuals in the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus continue to be met and to preserve the transit system in those counties, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.

 Amended IN  Assembly  July 27, 2020 Amended IN  Senate  March 26, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1459Introduced by Senator CaballeroFebruary 21, 2020An act to amend Section 99270.8 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. An act to amend Section 483 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1459, as amended, Caballero. Transportation Development Act: Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus. State highways: relinquishment: State Route 183.Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Salinas a segment of State Highway Route 183, under specific conditions.(1)Existing law authorizes transportation planning agencies to administer transit funding made available under the Transportation Development Act. Existing law imposes certain financial requirements on transit operators making claims for transit funds, including requirements that fare revenue collected by the operator cover a specified percentage of operating costs. In certain cases, transit operators are required to meet a higher percentage if they met that standard in the 197879 fiscal year. Existing law authorizes, until July 1, 2020, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, when determining if specified operators have met the requirements for claims for transit funds, to reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for specified operators by up to 5 percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.This bill would extend this authorization for the Stanislaus Council of Governments by 3 years, and would similarly authorize the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, with respect to operators within its jurisdiction.(2)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.(3)This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.Digest Key Vote: TWO_THIRDSMAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  July 27, 2020 Amended IN  Senate  March 26, 2020

Amended IN  Assembly  July 27, 2020
Amended IN  Senate  March 26, 2020

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill 

No. 1459

Introduced by Senator CaballeroFebruary 21, 2020

Introduced by Senator Caballero
February 21, 2020

An act to amend Section 99270.8 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. An act to amend Section 483 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1459, as amended, Caballero. Transportation Development Act: Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus. State highways: relinquishment: State Route 183.

Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Salinas a segment of State Highway Route 183, under specific conditions.(1)Existing law authorizes transportation planning agencies to administer transit funding made available under the Transportation Development Act. Existing law imposes certain financial requirements on transit operators making claims for transit funds, including requirements that fare revenue collected by the operator cover a specified percentage of operating costs. In certain cases, transit operators are required to meet a higher percentage if they met that standard in the 197879 fiscal year. Existing law authorizes, until July 1, 2020, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, when determining if specified operators have met the requirements for claims for transit funds, to reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for specified operators by up to 5 percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.This bill would extend this authorization for the Stanislaus Council of Governments by 3 years, and would similarly authorize the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, with respect to operators within its jurisdiction.(2)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.(3)This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.

This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Salinas a segment of State Highway Route 183, under specific conditions.

(1)Existing law authorizes transportation planning agencies to administer transit funding made available under the Transportation Development Act. Existing law imposes certain financial requirements on transit operators making claims for transit funds, including requirements that fare revenue collected by the operator cover a specified percentage of operating costs. In certain cases, transit operators are required to meet a higher percentage if they met that standard in the 197879 fiscal year. Existing law authorizes, until July 1, 2020, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, when determining if specified operators have met the requirements for claims for transit funds, to reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for specified operators by up to 5 percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.



This bill would extend this authorization for the Stanislaus Council of Governments by 3 years, and would similarly authorize the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, a transportation planning agency, with respect to operators within its jurisdiction.



(2)This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.



(3)This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.



## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 483 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.SECTION 1.Section 99270.8 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:99270.8.(a)This section shall only apply to an individual operator that meets both of the following requirements:(1)The operator has its primary service area in the jurisdiction of the Stanislaus Council of Governments or the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.(2)The operator files claims with the Stanislaus Council of Governments or the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments pursuant to Section 99260.(b)(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, in determining if an individual operator complies with Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, or 99268.9, the Stanislaus Council of Governments and San Luis Obispo Council of Governments may reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for an individual operator in its respective jurisdiction by up to five percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.(2)The Stanislaus Council of Governments and the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments may use the calculation method described in this section for calculations beginning with the 201920 fiscal year.(c)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2023, and, as of January 1, 2024, is repealed.SEC. 2.The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique transit circumstances in the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.SEC. 3.This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:In order to ensure that the transit needs of individuals in the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus continue to be met and to preserve the transit system in those counties, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.

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 483 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.

SECTION 1. Section 483 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.

483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.

483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.



483. (a) Route 183 is from Route 101 in the City of Salinas to Route 1 near Castroville.

(b) Upon a determination by the commission that it is in the best interests of the state to do so, the commission may, upon terms and conditions approved by it, relinquish to the City of Salinas the portion of Route 183 within its jurisdiction, if the department and the city enter into an agreement providing for that relinquishment.

(c) The following conditions apply upon relinquishment:

(1) The relinquishment shall become effective on the date following the county recorders recordation of the relinquishment resolution containing the commissions approval of the terms and conditions of the relinquishment.

(2) On and after the effective date of the relinquishment, the relinquished portion of Route 183 shall cease to be a state highway.

(3) The entirety of Route 183 relinquished under this section shall be ineligible for future adoption under Section 81.





(a)This section shall only apply to an individual operator that meets both of the following requirements:



(1)The operator has its primary service area in the jurisdiction of the Stanislaus Council of Governments or the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.



(2)The operator files claims with the Stanislaus Council of Governments or the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments pursuant to Section 99260.



(b)(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, in determining if an individual operator complies with Section 99268.1, 99268.2, 99268.3, 99268.4, 99268.5, or 99268.9, the Stanislaus Council of Governments and San Luis Obispo Council of Governments may reduce the applicable ratio of fare revenues to operating cost for an individual operator in its respective jurisdiction by up to five percentage points from the ratio that was effective during the 201516 fiscal year.



(2)The Stanislaus Council of Governments and the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments may use the calculation method described in this section for calculations beginning with the 201920 fiscal year.



(c)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2023, and, as of January 1, 2024, is repealed.





The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique transit circumstances in the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus.





This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:



In order to ensure that the transit needs of individuals in the Counties of San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus continue to be met and to preserve the transit system in those counties, it is necessary for this act to take effect immediately.