Bill Text: CA AB2012 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Free senior transit passes: eligibility for state funding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - Referred to Com. on TRANS. [AB2012 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2012-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2012
| Introduced by Assembly Member Chu (Coauthor: Assembly Member Nazarian) |
January 28, 2020 |
An act to add Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 99125) to Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2012, as introduced, Chu.
Free senior transit passes: eligibility for state funding.
Existing law declares that the fostering, continuance, and development of public transportation systems are a matter of state concern. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to administer various programs and allocates moneys for various public transportation purposes.
This bill would require transit agencies to offer free senior transit passes to persons over 65 years of age in order to be eligible for state funding under the Mills-Deddeh Transit Development Act, the State Transit Assistance Program, and the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. The bill would require those free senior transit passes to count as full price fares for purposes of calculating the ratio of fare revenues to operating costs.
