Bill Text: CA SB1253 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 1253 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Infrastructure plan: flood control: delta levees.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 195, Statutes of 2022. [SB1253 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1253-Chaptered.html

Senate Bill No. 1253

CHAPTER 195

An act to amend Section 13102 of the Government Code, relating to state government.

[ Approved by Governor August 26, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State August 26, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1253, Melendez. Infrastructure plan: flood control: delta levees.

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.

This bill would additionally require the plan to set out infrastructure priorities relating to specified flood prevention and maintenance projects.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 13102 of the Government Code is amended to read:

13102.

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 submitted.

The infrastructure plan shall contain the following information for the five years that it covers:

(a) (1) Identification of new, rehabilitated, modernized, improved, or renovated infrastructure requested by state agencies.

(2) Aggregate funding for transportation as identified in the four-year State Transportation Improvement Program Fund Estimate prepared pursuant to Sections 14524 and 14525.

(3) Infrastructure needs for Kindergarten through grade 12 public schools necessary to accommodate increased enrollment, class size reduction, and school modernization.

(4) The instructional and instructional support facilities needs for the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges.

(5) Construction, operation, and maintenance for facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control, support for infrastructure needs pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980) of Division 6 of the Water Code, support for infrastructure needs pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) of Part 4.8 of Division 6 of the Water Code, and aggregate funding for the state share of nonfederal capital costs for flood control projects located outside of the Central Valley.

(b) The estimated cost of providing the infrastructure identified in subdivision (a).

(1) 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 with the state planning priorities specified pursuant to Section 65041.1 for infrastructure requested by state agencies pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(2) 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) 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) 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) 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.