Bill Text: CA AB981 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: State highways: pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB981 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB981-Amended.html

---

Amended  IN  Assembly  March 09, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 981

---

Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman

February 15, 2023

---

An act to add Section 91.7 to the Streets and Highways and repeal Article 3 (commencing with Section 42710) of Chapter 14 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to state highways.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 981, as amended, Friedman. State highways: pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration projects.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law requires the department to improve and maintain the state highways.

This bill would require the department to complete 10 pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration projects that result in significantly reduced emissions of greenhouse gases. The bill would require that the projects use end-to-end recycled concrete and materials and close the sections of highway impacted by the projects to through traffic in order to promote safety and increase efficiency. The bill would authorize the department to provide free transit passes to travelers who cannot use a section of a highway that is closed as a result of a project. The bill would require the department, upon completing the projects, to submit a report to the Legislature on the effectiveness, and the total emissions of greenhouse gases reduced as a result, of the projects.

This bill would require the department, beginning in 2025 and ending in 2032, to use cold in-place recycling or partial depth recycling, as defined, on at least 12 projects each year. The bill would require the department, beginning in 2027 and ending in 2032, to use full depth recycling, as defined, on at least 2 projects each year. The bill would require the department to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding these projects. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2034.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

---

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(a) It is the policy of the State of California to reduce carbon emissions in the state’s transportation infrastructure and to use the urban quarry, which reduces the transportation of construction materials and increases the safety of construction sites by mitigating the impacts of construction vehicles in neighborhoods and communities.

(b) The increased use of partial depth recycling, full depth recycling, full depth reclamation, and cold in-place recycling methods on appropriate transportation projects will reduce carbon emissions, increase safety, and reduce costs for California’s infrastructure.

SEC. 2.

 Article 3 (commencing with Section 42710) is added to Chapter 14 of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:

Article  3. Recycled Pavement Pilot

42710.

 For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Cold in-place recycling” means an on-grade method of pavement rehabilitation that consists of milling the existing asphalt concrete pavement to a depth between two and four inches, mixing the cold milled material with emulsified recycling agent and other additives as needed, spreading and compacting the recycled mixture, and overlaying the recycled surface with a new layer of hot mix asphalt.

(b) “Department” means the Department of Transportation.

(c) “Full depth recycling” means a pavement rehabilitation technique in which the full thickness of the asphalt pavement and a portion of the underlying layers, along with a small percentage of added cement, are pulverized to provide a homogeneous pavement material.

(d) “Partial depth recycling” means a pavement preservation and corrective maintenance technique that recycles asphalt pavement without the application of heat.

42711.

 (a) The department shall, beginning in 2025 and ending in 2032, use cold in-place recycling or partial depth recycling on at least 12 projects each year.

(b) The department shall, beginning in 2027 and ending in 2032, use full depth recycling on at least two projects each year.

(c) The department shall consider all highway functional classifications, as classified by the Federal Highway Administration, when choosing projects for the projects described in subdivisions (a) and (b).

42712.

 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter, regarding compliance with this article.

(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

42713.

 This article shall remain in effect until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed.

SECTION 1.Section 91.7 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

91.7.

(a)The department shall complete 10 pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration projects that result in significantly reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.

(b)Each pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration project shall, at minimum, do both of the following to significantly reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases associated with the project:

(1)Use end-to-end recycled concrete and materials.

(2)Close the section of highway impacted by the pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration project to through traffic in order to promote safety and increase efficiency.

(c)As part of each pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration project, the department may provide free transit passes to travelers who cannot use a section of a highway that is closed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b).

(d)(1)Upon completing the pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration projects, the department shall submit a report to the Legislature on the effectiveness, and the total emissions of greenhouse gases reduced as a result, of the projects.

(2)A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.