Bill Text: CA AB133 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: High-speed rail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB133 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB133-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 133	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        JANUARY 12, 2011

   An act to add Chapter 20.1 (commencing with Section 2704.25) to
Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to high-speed
rail.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 133, as introduced, Galgiani. High-speed rail.
   Existing law, the California High-Speed Rail Act, creates the
High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail
system in the state, with specified powers and duties. Existing law,
pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act
for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the
November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of
$9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail and
related purposes. The federal Passenger Rail Investment and
Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) and the federal Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 provide funding for allocation nationally to
high-speed rail and other related projects.
   This bill would require federal funds made available to the state
for high-speed rail purposes under the above-referenced federal acts
to be available, upon appropriation, for certain work on one or more
specified rail corridors approved by the Federal Railroad
Administration, in a manner consistent with certain provisions of,
and subject to certain conditions of, the bond act.
   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.  Chapter 20.1 (commencing with Section 2704.25) is added
to Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 20.1.  FEDERAL HIGH-SPEED RAIL FUNDS


   2704.25.  Federal funds under the High-Speed Intercity Passenger
Rail Program made available to the state for high-speed passenger
rail purposes from the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act
of 2008 (PRIIA, Public Law 111-432), and the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117) under the title
"Capital Assistance for High-Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity
Passenger Rail Service," shall, upon appropriation, be available for
preliminary engineering, project-level environmental work,
mitigation, final design, and construction for any one or more of the
following high-speed rail corridors approved by the Federal Railroad
Administration, without reference to any individual corridor or
corridors, consistent with the provisions of subdivision (b) of
Section 2704.08 and subject to the conditions in subdivision (g) of
that section:
   (a) San Francisco to San Jose.
   (b) Merced to Fresno.
   (c) Fresno to Bakersfield.
   (d) Los Angeles to Anaheim.