Bill Text: CA SB595 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Metropolitan Transportation Commission: toll bridge revenues: BART Inspector General: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: high-occupancy toll lanes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2017. [SB595 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB595-Amended.html
Amended
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Senate
April 18, 2017 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 05, 2017 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 03, 2017 |
Senate Bill | No. 595 |
Introduced by Senator Beall |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law specifies the powers and duties of the Department of Transportation, and provides that the department has full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights on property acquired for state highway purposes.
This bill would require the department to, no later than January 1, 2019, identify at least 500 redundant positions at the department and would require the department to put
any savings from eliminating those positions into state-owned roadway maintenance and upkeep.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 30923 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:30923.
(a) The toll rate for vehicles crossing the bridges described in Section 30910 shall not be increased to the ____ rate prior to the availability of the results of a special election to be held in the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma to determine whether the residents of those counties and of the City and County of San Francisco approve the toll increase.SEC. 3.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.No later than January 1, 2019, the department shall identify at least 500 redundant positions at the department and shall put any savings from eliminating those positions into state-owned roadway maintenance and upkeep.