Bill Text: CA SB1197 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1197 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Intercity rail corridors: extensions.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [SB1197 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1197-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1197	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella
   (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian and Alejo)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Mark Stone)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to add Section 14070.5 to the Government Code, relating to
transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1197, as introduced, Cannella. Intercity rail corridors:
extensions.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to
contract with Amtrak for intercity rail passenger services and
provides funding for these services from the Public Transportation
Account. Existing law authorizes the department, subject to approval
of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency
transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes
responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail
service in a particular corridor and associated feeder bus services.
Existing law defines the boundaries of 3 intercity rail corridors,
and requires the preparation of an annual business plan for the
corridor by each participating joint powers board.
   This bill, at any time after an interagency transfer agreement
between the department and a joint powers board has been entered
into, would authorize the amendment of the agreement to provide for
the extension of the affected rail corridor to provide intercity rail
service beyond the defined boundaries of the corridor. The bill
would require a proposed extension to first be recommended and
justified in the business plan adopted by the joint powers board, and
then would require the approval of the Secretary of Transportation.

   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 14070.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   14070.5.  At any time after an interagency transfer agreement
between the department and a joint powers board has been entered
into, the agreement may be amended to provide for the extension of
the affected rail corridor to provide intercity rail service beyond
the defined boundaries of a corridor as described in subdivision (b)
of Section 14072, subdivision (c) of Section 14074, or subdivision
(c) of Section 14076. A proposed extension of a rail corridor shall
first be recommended and justified in the business plan adopted by
the joint powers board, and then shall be subject to the approval of
the Secretary of Transportation.