Bill Text: CA AB1780 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Department of Transportation: project studies reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-08-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1780 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1780-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1780 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonilla
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
An act to amend Section 65086.5 of the Government Code, relating
to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1780, as amended, Bonilla. Department of Transportation:
project studies reports.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in
consultation with transportation planning agencies, county
transportation commissions, counties, and cities, to carry out
long-term state highway planning. Existing law authorizes the
department, to the extent that it does not jeopardize the delivery of
projects in the adopted state transportation improvement program, to
prepare a project studies report for capacity-increasing state
highway projects. Existing law requires the department to review
and approve project studies reports performed by an entity
other than the department. Existing law authorizes a local entity to
request the department to prepare a project studies report for a
capacity-increasing state highway project that is being proposed for
inclusion in a future state transportation improvement program. If
the department determines that it cannot complete the report in a
timely fashion, existing law authorizes the requesting entity to
prepare the report. Existing law makes specified guidelines adopted
by the California Transportation Commission applicable to project
studies reports commenced after October 1, 1991.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change
to these provisions revise these provisions to
authorize the department to prepare project study reports or
equivalent planning documents for any projects on the state highway
system, limited by the resources available to the department. The
bill would require the department to pay for the costs of its review
and approval of project study reports or equivalent
planning documents that are prepared by other entities for projects
that are in an adopted regional transportation plan, a voter-approved
county sales tax measure expenditure plan, or other voter-approved
transportation program. In other cases, the bill would require the
cost of the department's review and approval to be paid by the entity
preparing the project study re port or equivalent
planning document. The bill would delete the provisions relating to
the guidelines adopted by the California Transportation Commission
and would instead require open and continuous communications between
the parties during the development of project study reports or
equivalent planning documents. The bill would make other related
changes .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 65086.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
65086.5. (a) To the extent that the work does not
jeopardize the delivery of the projects in the adopted state
transportation improvement program, the The
Department of Transportation may prepare a project
studies report for capacity-increasing state highway
projects that are not included in the state transportation
improvement program study reports or equivalent
planning documents for projects on the state highway system .
Preparation of the project studies report
study reports or equivalent planning documents
shall be limited by the resources available to the department for
that work, supplemented, as appropriate, by regional or local
resources. The A project
studies study report or equivalent planning
document shall include the project-related factors of limits,
description, scope, costs, and the amount of time needed for
initiating construction cost estimate, schedule, and
other information at a level deemed necessary to form a sound basis
for the commitment of future state funding and project delivery
.
(b) Whenever project studies study
reports or equivalent planning documents for projects on the
state highway system are performed
prepared by an entity other than the Department of
Transportation, the department shall review and approve the
report reports or equivalent planning documents
. For projects that are in an adopted regional transportation
plan, a voter-approved county sales tax measure expenditure plan, or
other voter-approved transportation program, the department's cost
for review and approval shall be at the department's
expense. For other projects, the department's cost for review and
approval shall be paid by the entity preparing the report or
equivalent planning document.
(c) The Department of Transportation may be requested to prepare a
project studies study report or
equivalent planning document for a capacity-increasing
state highway project that is being proposed for inclusion
in a future state transportation improvement program or for
funding from a regional or local funding source .
The department shall have 30 days to determine whether it can
complete the requested report or equivalent planning document
in a timely fashion. If the department determines that it
cannot complete the report do so in a
timely fashion, the requesting entity may prepare the report or
equivalent planning document at its expense . Upon submission
of a project studies study report
or equivalent planning document to the department by the
entity, the department shall complete its review and provide its
comments to that entity within 60 days from the date of submission.
The department shall complete its review and final determination of a
report or equivalent planning document that has been
revised to address the department's comments within 30 days following
submission of the revised report or equivalent planning
document .
(d) The Department of Transportation, in consultation
with representatives of cities, counties, and regional transportation
planning agencies, shall prepare draft guidelines for the
preparation of project studies reports by all entities. The
guidelines shall address the development of reliable cost estimates.
The department shall submit the draft guidelines to the California
Transportation Commission not later than July 1, 1991. The commission
shall adopt the final guidelines not later than October 1, 1991.
Guidelines adopted by the commission shall apply only to project
studies reports commenced after October 1, 1991.
During development of project study reports or equivalent
planning documents for projects on the state highway system, there
shall be open and continuous communication between the department,
the requesting entity, and the regional transportation planning
agency or county transportation commission.
