Bill Text: CA AB2289 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Department of Transportation: capital improvement projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2016. [AB2289 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2289-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2289 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 76
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 22, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 22, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 30, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Frazier
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to amend Section 14526.5 of the Government Code, relating
to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2289, Frazier. Department of Transportation: capital
improvement projects.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare
a state highway operation and protection program for the expenditure
of transportation funds for major capital improvements that are
necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system and that
include capital projects relative to maintenance, safety, and
rehabilitation of state highways and bridges that do not add a new
traffic lane to the system.
This bill would add to the program capital projects relative to
the operation of those state highways and bridges.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 14526.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
14526.5. (a) Based on the asset management plan prepared and
approved pursuant to Section 14526.4, the department shall prepare a
state highway operation and protection program for the expenditure of
transportation funds for major capital improvements that are
necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system. Projects
included in the program shall be limited to capital improvements
relative to the maintenance, safety, operation, and rehabilitation of
state highways and bridges that do not add a new traffic lane to the
system.
(b) The program shall include projects that are expected to be
advertised prior to July 1 of the year following submission of the
program, but which have not yet been funded. The program shall
include those projects for which construction is to begin within four
fiscal years, starting July 1 of the year following the year the
program is submitted.
(c) The department, at a minimum, shall specify, for each project
in the state highway operation and protection program, the capital
and support budget, as well as a projected delivery date, for each of
the following project components:
(1) Completion of project approval and environmental documents.
(2) Preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates.
(3) Acquisition of rights-of-way, including, but not limited to,
support activities.
(4) Start of construction.
(d) The program shall be submitted to the commission not later
than January 31 of each even-numbered year. Prior to submitting the
plan, the department shall make a draft of its proposed program
available to transportation planning agencies for review and comment
and shall include the comments in its submittal to the commission.
(e) The commission may review the program relative to its overall
adequacy, consistency with the asset management plan prepared and
approved pursuant to Section 14526.4 and funding priorities
established in Section 167 of the Streets and Highways Code, the
level of annual funding needed to implement the program, and the
impact of those expenditures on the state transportation improvement
program. The commission shall adopt the program and submit it to the
Legislature and the Governor not later than April 1 of each
even-numbered year. The commission may decline to adopt the program
if the commission determines that the program is not sufficiently
consistent with the asset management plan prepared and approved
pursuant to Section 14526.4.
(f) Expenditures for these projects shall not be subject to
Sections 188 and 188.8 of the Streets and Highways Code.
