Bill Text: CA SB203 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Local transportation funds: Ventura County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 464, Statutes of 2013. [SB203 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB203-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 203	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 14, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 30, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act to repeal, add, and repeal Section 99232.3 of the Public
Utilities Code, relating to transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 203, as amended, Pavley. Local transportation funds: Ventura
County.
   Existing law requires that 1/4% of the local sales and use tax be
transferred to the local transportation fund of each county for
allocation, as directed by the transportation planning agency, for
various transportation purposes. Existing law specifies the allowable
uses for local transportation funds, and generally requires these
funds to be used for transit purposes in urban counties, while in
counties with a population under 500,000 as of the 1970 census and
certain other counties, these funds may also be used for local
streets and roads, if the transportation planning agency finds that
there are no unmet transit needs or no unmet transit needs that are
reasonable to meet, and for other specified purposes.
   Existing law, beginning July 1, 2014, for counties with a
population of less than 500,000 as of the 1970 decennial census, but
that have a population of 500,000 or more as of the 2000 decennial
census or at a subsequent census, requires the local transportation
funds apportioned to the urbanized areas of those counties to
generally be allocated for public transit purposes and not for street
and road purposes, except that cities in those counties with a
population of 100,000 or fewer are exempt from this requirement.
Under existing law, local transportation funds apportioned to the
nonurbanized areas in those counties remain available for allocation
to street and road purposes and for other specified purposes.
Existing law exempts Ventura County from these provisions and instead
authorized the Ventura County Transportation Commission to submit,
by December 31, 2011, a report to the Legislature analyzing options
for organizing public mass transportation services in the county and
for expenditure of revenues in the local transportation fund, along
with a recommended legislative proposal. Under existing law, if a
legislative proposal was not enacted by the end of the 2011-12
Regular Session of the Legislature, local transportation funds in
Ventura County would be required to be available solely for transit
purposes beginning July 1, 2014.
   This bill would repeal the provisions specifically relating to
Ventura County and the expenditure of local transportation funds
there. This bill would also require the Ventura County Transportation
Commission to  submit   post on its Internet
Web site  an annual report  to the Legislature 
for 5 years, beginning September 1, 2014, on transit service within
the county, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99232.3 of the Public Utilities Code is
repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 99232.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to
read:
   99232.3.  (a) On or before September 1, 2014, and for four years
annually thereafter, the Ventura County Transportation Commission
shall  submit   post on its Internet Web site
 a report  to the Legislature  on transit
service within the County of Ventura. The report shall include, but
not be limited to, a description of transit route changes, changes to
service levels on transit routes, and ridership numbers for all
transit routes operating within the county. The report shall include
annual budget numbers for transit services provided by the
commission, Gold Coast Transit, other multiagency operators, and
individual municipal operators.  The report shall be
submitted pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code. 
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.