Bill Text: CA SB557 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: High-speed rail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2013. [SB557 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB557-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 557	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  216
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 24, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gordon and Mullin)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Sections 2704.76 and 2704.77 to the Streets and
Highways Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 557, Hill. High-speed rail.
   Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified
powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of
an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the
Safe, Reliable, High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st
Century, authorizes $9,950,000,000 in general obligation bonds for
high-speed rail development and other related purposes. Existing law
appropriates specified funds from the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond
Fund and from federal funds for high-speed rail and connecting rail
projects.
   This bill would add detail to provisions governing the expenditure
of certain of those appropriated funds. The bill would specify that
of the $1,100,000,000 appropriated for early high-speed rail
improvement projects in the Budget Act of 2012, $600,000,000 and
$500,000,000 shall be allocated solely for purposes of specified
memoranda of understanding approved by the High-Speed Rail Authority
for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission region and the
southern California region, respectively. The bill would limit fund
transfer authority between certain appropriations to temporary
transfers for account management purposes. The bill would restrict
use of certain appropriated funds, to the extent they are allocated
to the San Francisco-San Jose segment of the high-speed rail system,
to implement a rail system in that segment that primarily consists of
a 2-track blended system to be used jointly by high-speed trains and
Caltrain commuter trains, with the system to be contained
substantially within the existing Caltrain right-of-way. These
provisions would be effective until a specified time, and would be
inoperative thereafter.
   This bill would also require any track expansion for the San
Francisco to San Jose segment beyond the blended system approach to
be approved by all 9 parties to the Bay Area High-Speed Rail Early
Investment Strategy Memorandum of Understanding, as specified.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2704.76 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:
   2704.76.  (a) (1) Of the one billion one hundred million dollars
($1,100,000,000) appropriated pursuant to Item 2665-104-6043 of
Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012, six hundred million dollars
($600,000,000) shall be allocated solely for purposes of the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Memorandum of Understanding,
as approved by the High-Speed Rail Authority on April 12, 2012, in
High-Speed Rail Authority Resolution 12-11, and five hundred million
dollars ($500,000,000) shall be allocated for purposes of the
Southern California Memorandum of Understanding, as approved by the
High-Speed Rail Authority on April 12, 2012, in High-Speed Rail
Authority Resolution 12-10.
   (2) Transfers from Item 2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the
Budget Act of 2012 pursuant to Provision 2 of that item to Item
2665-004-6043 or Item 2665-306-6043 shall be limited to temporary
transfers for account management purposes. Funds appropriated by Item
2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012 shall not
otherwise be used in high-speed rail project segments other than the
segments that are the subjects of the two memoranda of understanding
referenced in paragraph (1).
   (b) Funds appropriated pursuant to Items 2660-104-6043,
2660-304-6043, and 2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of
2012, to the extent those funds are allocated to projects in the San
Francisco to San Jose segment, shall be used solely to implement a
rail system in that segment that primarily consists of a two-track
blended system to be used jointly by high-speed rail trains and
Peninsula Joint Powers Board commuter trains (Caltrain), with the
system to be contained substantially within the existing Caltrain
right-of-way.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect as long as the
appropriation in Item 2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act
of 2012 remains available for encumbrance or liquidation, and shall
be inoperative thereafter.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2704.77 is added to the Streets and Highways Code,
to read:
   2704.77.  Any track expansion for the San Francisco to San Jose
segment of the high-speed rail system beyond the blended system
approach identified in the April 2012 California High-Speed Rail
Program Revised 2012 Business Plan and approved by the High-Speed
Rail Authority in April 2012 shall require approval from all nine
parties to the Bay Area High-Speed Rail Early Investment Strategy
Memorandum of Understanding, as follows:
   (a) The High-Speed Rail Authority.
   (b) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
   (c) The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.
   (d) The San Francisco County Transportation Authority.
   (e) The San Mateo County Transportation Authority.
   (f) The Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority.
   (g) The City of San Jose.
   (h) The City and County of San Francisco.
   (i) The Transbay Joint Powers Authority.