Bill Text: CA SB1173 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Transportation funds: De Luz Community Services District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-21 - Referred to Com. on TRANS. [SB1173 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB1173-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1173

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Introduced by Senator Seyarto

February 14, 2024

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An act to add Part 5 (commencing with Section 61251) to Division 3 of Title 6 of the Government Code, relating to transportation finance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1173, as introduced, Seyarto. Transportation funds: De Luz Community Services District.

Existing law provides for a portion of gasoline and diesel excise tax revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account to be distributed by formula by the Controller to cities based on their population and to counties based on their number of registered vehicles and maintained miles of county highways. Existing law requires various funds, including a portion of gasoline and diesel excise tax revenues and revenues from certain vehicle fees, to be deposited in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account. Existing law, after certain allocations from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account are made, requires 50% of the remaining funds in the account to be annually apportioned to cities and counties by the Controller pursuant to a specified formula, which, for counties, includes the number of registered vehicles and maintained miles of county highways. Existing law requires the funds distributed to local governments from these accounts to be used for certain transportation purposes. Existing law requires each county to annually submit to the Department of Transportation any additions or exclusions from its mileage of maintained county highways. Existing law requires the department to certify county mileage figures to the Controller.

Existing law, the Community Services District Law, authorizes the formation of community services districts for various specified purposes including acquiring, constructing, improving, and maintaining streets, roads, and any incidental works. Existing law grants a district that acquires, constructs, improves, and maintains streets, roads, and any incidental works the powers, duties, and authority of a county for those works.

This bill would require the County of Riverside to report the mileage of the highways maintained by the De Luz Community Services District to the Department of Transportation as maintained county highways. The bill would require the Controller to deem those highways reported by a county, and certified by the department, to be maintained county highways for purposes of apportioning funds from the Highway Users Tax Account and the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account. The bill would authorize the county to allocate funds to the district to maintain county highways in the district.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the De Luz Community Services District in the County of Riverside.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Part 5 (commencing with Section 61251) is added to Division 3 of Title 6 of the Government Code, to read:

PART 5. De Luz Community Services District

61251.

 (a) The County of Riverside shall report the mileage of the highways maintained by the De Luz Community Services District to the Department of Transportation as maintained county highways pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2121 of the Streets and Highways Code. The Controller shall deem the highways reported to the Department of Transportation pursuant to this section and certified by the Department of Transportation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2121 of the Streets and Highways Code to be maintained county highways for purposes of apportioning funds from the Highway Users Tax Account and the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account.

(b) The County of Riverside is authorized to allocate funds to the De Luz Community Services District to maintain county highways within the district.

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 costs incurred by the De Luz Community Services District, which is the only community services district in the state that operates and maintains public access roadways.