Bill Text: CA AB716 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Infrastructure: state planning and funding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-08-30 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB716 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB716-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 716	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Sections  13100 and   13100,
 13101  , and 13102  of the Government Code, relating
to  capital financing   infrastructure planning
.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 716, as amended, Quirk-Silva. Infrastructure plan: state
planning and funding.
   The California Infrastructure Planning Act requires the Governor
to submit annually to the Legislature, in conjunction with the
Governor's Budget, a proposed 5-year infrastructure plan containing
prescribed information. Existing law requires the plan to identify
state infrastructure needs and set out priorities for funding. The
plan defines the term "infrastructure" to mean real property,
including land and improvements to the land, structures, and
equipment integral to the operation of structures, easements,
rights-of-way, and other forms of interest in property, roadways, and
water conveyances.
   This bill would additionally require the plan to set out
priorities for coordination of investment. The bill would expand the
definition of infrastructure to include housing. 
   Existing law creates the Strategic Growth Council consisting of
various state agencies, with certain powers and duties relative to
the identification and review of activities and funding programs of
those agencies in order to improve air and water quality, improve
natural resource protection, increase the availability of affordable
housing, improve transportation, meet the goals of the California
Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, encourage sustainable land use
planning, and revitalize urban and community centers in a sustainable
manner. Existing law requires the council to review and comment on
the infrastructure plan submitted by the Governor.  
   This bill would require the council to hold a public hearing and
submit its comments on the plan to the Legislature prior to
submission of the plan by the Governor. The bill would require the
council to identify how the plan components improve air and water
quality, improve natural resource protection, increase the
availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet the
goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,
encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize urban and
community centers in a sustainable manner. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13100 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   13100.  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
article that the state shall establish and annually update a
five-year plan for funding infrastructure. The plan shall include
input by the Legislature as provided in Section 13104. The plan shall
identify state infrastructure needs and set out priorities for
funding and coordination of investment. The plan need not identify
specific infrastructure projects to be funded, but it shall be
sufficiently detailed to provide a clear understanding of the type
and amount of infrastructure to be funded and the programmatic
objectives to be achieved by this funding. The plan is intended to
complement the existing state budget process for appropriating funds
for infrastructure by providing a comprehensive guideline for the
types of projects to be funded through that process.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13101 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   13101.  As used in this article, "infrastructure" means real
property, including land and improvements to the land, structures and
equipment integral to the operation of structures, easements,
rights-of-way and other forms of interest in property, roadways,
housing, and water conveyances.
   SEC. 3.    Section 13102 of the   Government
Code   is amended to read: 
   13102.   (a)    In conjunction with the Governor'
s Budget submitted pursuant to Section 13337, the Governor shall
submit annually a proposed five-year infrastructure plan to the
Legislature. This plan shall cover a five-fiscal-year period
beginning with the fiscal year that is the same as that covered by
the Governor's Budget with which it is being submitted.
   The infrastructure plan shall contain the following information
for the five years that it covers: 
   (a) (1) 
    (1)     (A)  Identification of new,
rehabilitated, modernized, improved, or renovated infrastructure
requested by state agencies. 
   (2) 
    (B)  Aggregate funding for transportation as identified
in the four-year State Transportation Improvement Program Fund
Estimate prepared pursuant to Sections 14524 and 14525. 
   (3) 
    (C)  Infrastructure needs for Kindergarten through grade
12 public schools necessary to accommodate increased enrollment,
class size reduction, and school modernization. 
   (4) 
    (D)  The instructional and instructional support
facilities needs for the University of California, the California
State University, and the California Community Colleges. 
   (b)
    (2)  The estimated cost of providing the infrastructure
identified in  subdivision (a)   paragraph (1)
 . 
   (c) 
    (3)  A proposal for funding the infrastructure
identified in  subdivision (a)   paragraph (1)
 , that includes all of the following: 
   (1) 
    (A)  Criteria and priorities used to identify and select
the infrastructure it does propose to fund, including criteria used
to identify and select infrastructure that by January 1, 2005, shall
 be consistent   demonstrate consistency 
with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to Section
65041.1 for infrastructure requested by state agencies pursuant to
 paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)   subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (1)  . 
   (2) 
    (B)  Sources of funding, including, but not limited to,
General Fund, state special funds, federal funds, general obligation
bonds, lease revenue bonds, and installment purchases. 
   (3) 
    (   C)  An evaluation of the impact of the new
state debt on the state's existing overall debt position if the plan
proposes the issuance of new state debt. 
   (4) (A) 
    (D)     (i)  Recommended specific
projects for funding or the recommended type and amount of
infrastructure to be funded in order to meet programmatic objectives
that shall be identified in the proposal. 
   (B) 
    (ii)  Any capital outlay or local assistance
appropriations intended to fund infrastructure included in the
Governor's Budget shall derive from, and be encompassed by, the
funding proposal contained in the plan. 
   (b) Prior to the Governor's submitting the plan, the Strategic
Growth Council shall hold a public hearing on the plan and submit to
the Legislature any comments pursuant to its duty to review and
comment under Section 75125 of the Public Resources Code. In its
comments, the council shall identify how the plan components improve
air and water quality, improve natural resource protection, increase
the availability of affordable housing, improve transportation, meet
the goals of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
(Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and
Safety Code), encourage sustainable land use planning, and revitalize
urban and community centers in a sustainable manner.