Bill Text: CA AB2086 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Transportation funding: California Transportation Plan: public dashboard.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 629, Statutes of 2024. [AB2086 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB2086-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  September 05, 2024

Passed  IN  Senate  August 30, 2024

Passed  IN  Assembly  August 31, 2024

Amended  IN  Senate  August 15, 2024

Amended  IN  Assembly  April 15, 2024

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2086

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Introduced by Assembly Member Schiavo

February 05, 2024

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An act to amend Section 65072 of, and to add Section 65075 to, the Government Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2086, Schiavo. Transportation funding: California Transportation Plan: public dashboard.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the California Transportation Plan for submission to the Governor and the Legislature as a long-range planning document that incorporates various elements and is consistent with specified expressions of legislative intent. Existing law requires the department to complete the 3rd update to the plan by December 31, 2025, and to update the plan every 5 years thereafter.

This bill would require the California Transportation Plan to also include a financial element that summarizes the full cost of plan implementation through the first 10 years of the planning period and includes a summary of available revenues through the planning period and an analysis of what is feasible within the plan if constrained by a realistic projection of available revenues, as specified.

This bill would require the department to enhance an existing public online dashboard on or before January 1, 2027, to display how annual project investments from specified transportation funding programs are advancing the vision and goals of the California Transportation Plan, using performance metrics determined by the department for each funding program, as specified. The bill would require the department to display other specified information on the dashboard and to periodically update the performance metrics and data on the dashboard, as specified.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) The California Transportation Plan, which is made up of goals and objectives, defines the vision for California’s future transportation system and identifies performance measures to track progress toward achieving those goals and objectives.

(b) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code) requires the State Air Resources Board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030.

(c) Executive Order No. N-16-22 requires all state agencies to analyze practices to advance equity and respond to disparities in their mission, goals, data, tools, policies, programs, and operations.

(d) Executive Order No. N-19-19 requires every aspect of state government to redouble its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change while building a sustainable, inclusive economy.

(e) While there have been piecemeal efforts towards transparency and accountability of the roughly $19 billion that flows through the Department of Transportation, these efforts do not paint a complete or clear picture for the public.

SEC. 2.

 Section 65072 of the Government Code is amended to read:

65072.

 The California Transportation Plan shall include all of the following:

(a) A policy element that describes the state’s transportation policies and system performance objectives. These policies and objectives shall be consistent with legislative intent described in Sections 14000, 14000.5, 14000.6, and 65088.

(b) A strategies element that incorporates the broad system concepts and strategies synthesized from the adopted regional transportation plans prepared pursuant to Section 65080. The California Transportation Plan shall not be project specific.

(c) A financial element that summarizes the full cost of implementing the California Transportation Plan through the first 10 years of the planning period and includes a summary of available revenues through the planning period and an analysis of what is feasible within the plan if constrained by a realistic projection of available revenues. The financial element shall also evaluate the feasibility of any policy assumptions or scenarios included in the plan. The financial element may include a discussion of tradeoffs within the plan considering financial constraints.

(d) A recommendations element that includes economic forecasts and recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor to achieve the plan’s broad system concepts, strategies, and performance objectives.

SEC. 3.

 Section 65075 is added to the Government Code, to read:

65075.

 (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, the department shall enhance an existing public online dashboard, such as the Rebuilding California internet website, to display how annual project investments from funding programs are advancing the vision and goals of the California Transportation Plan, using readily available, significant performance metrics for each funding program, as determined by the department, in consultation with other stakeholders, including, but not limited to, equity-focused partners. The department shall also report on the dashboard on the status of the implementation of the short-, mid-, and long-term implementation actions included in the implementation element of the California Transportation Plan.

(2) At the same time that the California Transportation Plan is required to be updated pursuant to Section 65071, the department shall update the performance metrics displayed on the dashboard pursuant to paragraph (1) to reflect any significant changes to the funding programs consistent with the requirements for determining the performance metrics set forth in paragraph (1).

(3) The department shall present the data on the dashboard described in paragraph (1) in a searchable, consistent, transparent, and digestible manner, and shall periodically update the data required by this section on the dashboard.

(b) For purposes of this section, “funding programs” means all of the following programs:

(1) The Active Transportation Program (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2380) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code).

(2) The interregional transportation improvement program.

(3) The Local Partnership Program created pursuant to Sections 2032 and 2033 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(4) The Solutions for Congested Corridors Program (Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 2390) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code).

(5) The state highway operation and protection program.

(6) The Trade Corridor Enhancement Program established pursuant to Chapter 4.8 (commencing with Section 2192) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(7) The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (Part 2 (commencing with Section 75220) of Division 44 of the Public Resources Code).