SB 277: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: Local Partnership Program.
- Session Year: 2019-2020
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2019-09-13
Under existing law, the California Transportation Commission allocates various state and federal transportation funds through specified state programs to local and regional transportation agencies to implement projects consistent with the requirements of those programs. Existing law continuously appropriates $200,000,000 annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by the commission for a program commonly known as the Local Partnership Program to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, which taxes or fees are dedicated solely for road maintenance and rehabilitation and other transportation improvement projects. Existing law requires the commission, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop guidelines for the allocation of those moneys.
This bill would require the commission to annually deposit 85% of these funds into the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount, which the bill would create, and 15% of these funds into the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount, which the bill would create. The bill would require the commission to distribute the funds in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount pursuant to a specified formula to local or regional transportation agencies that meet certain eligibility requirements. The bill would require the commission to allocate funds in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount through a competitive grant program to local or regional transportation agencies that meet other eligibility requirements. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop separate guidelines for the distribution or allocation of the funds in each subaccount that, among other things, establish the types of eligible projects consistent with specified requirements. In order to receive a distribution of funds from the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount from the commission in a funding cycle, the bill would require an eligible entity to submit to the commission a description of a project nominated to be funded with the funds, including the projects status and the amount of eligible local matching funds the eligible entity is committing to the project. The bill would require the commission to review the accompanying documentation for nominated projects to ensure that each nominated project meets certain requirements, and would require that projects determined to meet those requirements be deemed eligible for funding.
(a)(1)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act, as provided in Section 2031.5, two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) of the remaining revenues deposited in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account shall be set aside annually for eligible entities. The Controller shall each month set aside one-twelfth of this amount, except in the 201718 fiscal year, the Controller shall set aside one-eighth of this amount, to accumulate a total of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in each fiscal year. The Controller may adjust the amount in the final month or months of each fiscal year if necessary to achieve the annual amount specified in this subdivision.
(2)Eligible projects under this subdivision include, but are not limited to, sound walls for a freeway that was built before 1987 without sound walls and with or without high-occupancy vehicle lanes if the completion of the sound walls has been deferred due to lack of available funding for at least 20 years and a noise barrier scope summary report has been completed within the last 20 years.
(3)Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the funds available under this subdivision in each fiscal year are hereby continuously appropriated for distribution or allocation by the commission for road maintenance and rehabilitation and other transportation improvement projects pursuant to Section 2033 or 2033.1, as applicable.
(4)For purposes of this subdivision, an eligible entity means a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction, and that does either of the following, as further specified in subdivision (b) of Section 2033.1:
(A)Has sought and received voter approval for the imposition of taxes or fees dedicated solely to transportation improvements and administers those taxes or fees.
(B)Has imposed uniform developer fees, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 8879.67 of the Government Code.
(b)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act pursuant to Section 2031.5 and the amount allocated in subdivision (a), beginning in the 201718 fiscal year, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the remaining revenues shall be available annually for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, on the Active Transportation Program established pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2380) to be allocated by the California Transportation Commission pursuant to Section 2381. The Controller shall each month set aside one-twelfth of this amount, except in the 201718 fiscal year, when the Controller shall set aside one-eighth of this amount, to accumulate a total of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in each fiscal year. The Controller may adjust the amount in the final month or months of each fiscal year if necessary to achieve the annual amount specified in this subdivision.
(c)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act pursuant to Section 2031.5 and the amounts allocated in subdivisions (a) and (b), beginning in the 201718 fiscal year, four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) of the remaining revenues shall be available annually for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the department for bridge and culvert maintenance and rehabilitation. The Controller shall each month set aside one-twelfth of this amount, except in the 201718 fiscal year, when the Controller shall set aside one-eighth of this amount, to accumulate a total of four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000) in each fiscal year. The Controller may adjust the amount in the final month or months of each fiscal year if necessary to achieve the annual amount specified in this subdivision.
(d)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act pursuant to Section 2031.5 and the amounts allocated in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, beginning in the 201718 fiscal year, twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the remaining revenues shall be transferred annually to the State Highway Account for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to supplement the freeway service patrol program. The Controller shall each month set aside one-twelfth of this amount, except in the 201718 fiscal year, when the Controller shall set aside one-eighth of this amount, to accumulate a total of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in each fiscal year. The Controller may adjust the amount in the final month or months of each fiscal year if necessary to achieve the annual amount specified in this subdivision.
(e)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act pursuant to Section 2031.5 and the amounts allocated in subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, in the 201718 to 202122 fiscal years, inclusive, from revenues in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account that are not subject to Article XIX of the California Constitution, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be appropriated in each fiscal year to the California Workforce Development Board to assist local agencies to implement policies to promote preapprenticeship training programs to carry out the projects that are funded by the account pursuant to Section 2038. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subdivision in the Budget Act but remaining unexpended at the end of each applicable fiscal year shall be reappropriated for the same purposes in the following years Budget Act, but all funds appropriated or reappropriated pursuant to this subdivision in the Budget Act shall be liquidated no later than June 30, 2027.
(f)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act pursuant to Section 2031.5 and the amounts allocated in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, beginning in the 201718 fiscal year, twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the remaining revenues shall be available annually for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the department for local planning grants, as described in Section 2033.5. The Controller shall each month set aside one-twelfth of this amount, except in the 201718 fiscal year, when the Controller shall set aside one-eighth of this amount, to accumulate a total of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in each fiscal year. The Controller may adjust the amount in the final month or months of each fiscal year if necessary to achieve the annual amount specified in this subdivision.
(g)After deducting the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act pursuant to Section 2031.5 and the amounts allocated in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, beginning in the 201718 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, from the remaining revenues, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation, to the University of California for the purpose of conducting transportation research and two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation, to the California State University for purposes of conducting transportation research and transportation-related workforce education, training, and development. Before the start of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairs of the Assembly Committee on Transportation and the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing may set out a recommended priority list of research components to be addressed in the upcoming fiscal year.
(h)Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the balance of the revenues deposited in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account are hereby continuously appropriated as follows:
(1)Fifty percent for allocation to the department for maintenance of the state highway system or for purposes of the state highway operation and protection program.
(2)Fifty percent for apportionment to cities and counties by the Controller pursuant to the formula in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 for the purposes authorized by this chapter.
SEC. 2.Section 2033 of the Streets and Highways Code is amended to read:2033.(a)On or before January 1, 2018, the commission, in cooperation with the department, transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, shall develop guidelines for the allocation of funds pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2032.
(b)The guidelines shall be the complete and full statement of the policy, standards, and criteria that the commission intends to use to determine how these funds will be allocated.
(c)The commission may amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
(d)The guidelines may include streamlining of project delivery by authorizing local or regional transportation agencies to seek commission approval of a letter of no prejudice that allows the agency to expend its own funds in advance of an allocation of funds by the commission, and to be reimbursed at a later time for eligible expenditures. A letter of no prejudice shall only be available to local or regional transportation agencies for moneys that have been identified for future allocation to the applicant agency. Moneys designated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2032 shall be reimbursed only when there is funding available in an amount sufficient to make the reimbursement.
(e)The guidelines developed pursuant to this section shall apply only to programming cycles 1 and 2 of the formulaic program, as described in commission resolution G-17-33, and programming cycle 1 of the competitive program, as described in commission resolution G-17-33.
(f)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 3.Section 2033.1 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:2033.1.(a)For purposes of distributing and allocating the funds that are continuously appropriated in each fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2032, the commission shall segregate the funds into two separate subaccounts as follows:
(1)Eighty-five percent of the funds shall be deposited into the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount, which is hereby created.
(2)Fifteen percent of the funds shall be deposited into the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount, which is hereby created.
(b)(1)The commission shall distribute the funds in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount to eligible entities, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 2032, pursuant to the formula established in subdivision (f) and in accordance with the other applicable requirements of this section.
(2)The commission shall allocate the funds in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount through a competitive grant program to eligible entities, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 2032 that have a population of less than 750,000, and to eligible entities, as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 2032, in accordance with the applicable requirements of this section. For the purpose of calculating population, the commission shall use the most recent information available from the Department of Finance.
(c)(1)On or before April 1, 2020, the commission, in consultation with transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, shall develop separate guidelines for the distribution or allocation, as applicable, of funds deposited in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount and the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount.
(2)Each set of guidelines shall be the complete and full statement of the policy, standards, and criteria that the commission intends to use to determine how the funds in each subaccount will be distributed or allocated.
(3)Each set of guidelines shall do, but are not limited to doing, all of the following:
(A)Identify eligible local matching funds.
(B)Establish the types of eligible projects consistent with subdivision (d).
(C)Provide additional programmatic details on how the distribution and allocation of funds are to be provided to eligible entities pursuant to this section. In developing these programmatic details, the commission shall consider the statutes and guidelines that were developed, enacted, and implemented for the State-Local Partnership Program established in Article 11 (commencing with Section 8879.66) of Chapter 12.491 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code and funded pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 8879.23 of the Government Code.
(4)The guidelines may include streamlining of project delivery by authorizing eligible entities to seek commission approval of a letter of no prejudice that allows the entity to expend its own funds in advance of a distribution of funds by the commission, and to be reimbursed at a later time for eligible expenditures. A letter of no prejudice shall only be available to eligible entities for moneys that have been identified for future distribution to the entity. Moneys designated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2032 shall be reimbursed only when there is funding available in an amount sufficient to make the reimbursement.
(5)The commission may amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
(d)A project is eligible to receive funding pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2032 if it is eligible pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2030 and is consistent with Section 2 of Article XIX of the California Constitution.
(e)(1)In order to receive a distribution of funds from the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2032 from the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount in a funding cycle, an eligible entity shall submit to the commission all of the following:
(A)A description of the eligible project nominated for funding, including a description of the projects cost, scope, and specific improvements and benefits it is anticipated to achieve.
(B)A description of the projects current status, including the phase of delivery the project is in at the time it is nominated for funding and a schedule for the projects completion.
(C)A description of how the project would support transportation and land use planning goals within the region.
(D)The amount of eligible local matching funds the eligible entity is committing to the project.
(E)The amount of program funds the eligible entity seeks from the subaccount for the project.
(2)The commission shall review the accompanying documentation for nominated projects under this section to ensure that each nominated project meets the requirements of this section. Projects determined to meet the requirements of this section shall be deemed eligible.
(f)To establish the distribution formula for the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount for each eligible entity, the commission shall do all of the following before the commencement of a funding cycle:
(1)Determine the total amount of annual revenue generated from voter-approved sales taxes, voter-approved parcel or property taxes, and voter-approved bridge tolls dedicated to transportation improvements according to the most recent available data reported to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, the Controller, or the Bay Area Toll Authority.
(2)Establish a northern California and southern California share by attributing the proportional share of revenues from voter-approved sales taxes, voter-approved parcel or property taxes, and voter-approved bridge tolls dedicated to transportation improvements and imposed in counties in northern California to the northern share, and by attributing the proportional share of revenues from voter-approved sales taxes imposed in counties located in southern California to the southern share. The determination of whether a county is located in northern or southern California shall be based on the definitions set forth in Section 187, with northern California comprising the counties in Group No. 1 and southern California comprising the counties in Group No. 2.
(3)Program funds made available to the southern share, based on the determination in paragraph (2), shall be distributed to each eligible entity responsible for programming and allocating revenues from the sales tax in proportion to the following:
(A)Seventy-five percent based on the population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of southern California counties with voter-approved sales taxes dedicated to transportation improvements. For the purpose of calculating population, the commission shall use the most recent information available from the Department of Finance.
(B)Twenty-five percent based on the total amount of sales tax revenue generated from the total number of sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements administered by an eligible entity compared to the total amount of sales tax revenue generated from voter-approved sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements in southern California. For the purpose of calculating sales tax revenue, the commission shall use the most recent information available from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
(4)Program funds made available to the northern share, based on the determination in paragraph (2), shall be distributed as follows:
(A)Program funds generated by voter-approved bridge tolls and voter-approved parcel or property taxes dedicated to transportation improvements shall be distributed to the entity responsible for programming and allocating revenues from the toll or tax based on the proportional share of revenues generated by the toll or tax by that entity in comparison to the total revenues generated by voter-approved sales taxes, voter-approved parcel or property taxes, and voter-approved bridge tolls dedicated to transportation improvements in northern California.
(B)Program funds generated by voter-approved sales taxes dedicated to transportation improvements shall be distributed to each eligible entity responsible for programming and allocating revenues from the sales tax in proportion to the following:
(i)Seventy-five percent based on the population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of northern California counties with voter-approved sales taxes dedicated to transportation improvements. For the purpose of calculating population, the commission shall use the most recent information available from the Department of Finance.
(ii)Twenty-five percent based on the total amount of sales tax revenue generated from the total number of sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements administered by an eligible entity compared to the total amount of sales tax revenue generated from voter-approved sales tax measures dedicated to transportation improvements in northern California. For the purpose of calculating sales tax revenue, the commission shall use the most recent information available from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
(g)This section shall apply to programming cycles beginning after the programming cycles described in subdivision (e) of Section 2033, as it read on January 1, 2020.
(h)An eligible entity that is identified to receive a distribution of funds under this section, but that does not submit a project for funding in a funding cycle, may use its funding share up to, but no later than, the three subsequent funding cycles. Projects receiving a distribution of funds under the program shall encumber funds no later than two years after the end of the fiscal year in which the distribution is made by the commission.
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| Jan 13, 2020 | Stricken from file. |
| Oct 12, 2019 | In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. |
| Oct 12, 2019 | Vetoed by the Governor. |
| Sep 18, 2019 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. |
| Sep 11, 2019 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Sep 10, 2019 | In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Read third time and amended. |
| Sep 4, 2019 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Sep 3, 2019 | Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. |
| Aug 30, 2019 | From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (August 30). |
| Aug 14, 2019 | August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. |
| Jul 9, 2019 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jul 1, 2019 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| Jun 4, 2019 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| May 16, 2019 | Referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| May 9, 2019 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| May 9, 2019 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| May 7, 2019 | Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. |
| May 6, 2019 | From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Set for hearing May 6. |
| Apr 24, 2019 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Set for hearing April 23. |
| Mar 27, 2019 | Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| Mar 18, 2019 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Feb 21, 2019 | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Feb 14, 2019 | From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16. |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
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| Sep 11, 2019 | Unfinished Business SB277 Beall et al. Concurrence | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| Sep 10, 2019 | SB 277 Beall Senate Third Reading By Frazier | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| Aug 30, 2019 | Do pass as amended. | Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations |
Passed |
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| Jul 8, 2019 | Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation |
Passed |
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| May 9, 2019 | Consent Calendar SB277 | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| Apr 23, 2019 | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar | Senate Standing Committee on Transportation |
Passed |
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VETO
Bill No: SB 277
Amended: 9/6/19
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 12-0, 4/23/19
AYES: Beall, Bates, Dodd, Galgiani, McGuire, Morrell, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR: 38-0, 5/9/19 (Consent)
AYES: Allen, Archuleta, Atkins, Bates, Beall, Borgeas, Bradford, Caballero, Chang, Dodd, Durazo, Galgiani, Glazer, Grove, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski, Wiener, Wilk
SENATE FLOOR: 37-1, 9/11/19
AYES: Allen, Archuleta, Atkins, Bates, Beall, Bradford, Caballero, Chang, Dodd, Durazo, Galgiani, Glazer, Lena Gonzalez, Grove, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Hurtado, Jones, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski, Wiener, Wilk
NOES: Borgeas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Dahle, Jackson
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 70-0, 9/10/19 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: Local Partnership Program
DIGEST:
This bill provides a number of clarifying changes and modifications to the Local Partnership Program (LPP), as specified.
Existing law:
- Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to allocate various state and federal transportation funds through a variety of state programs to local public entities and regional transportation agencies to construct transportation projects, as specified.
- Continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements.
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop guidelines for the allocation of LPP and authorizes CTC to amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
This bill:
- Defines "eligible entity" to mean a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction that has either sought and received voter approval for local taxes or fees or imposed uniform developer fees solely dedicated to transportation.
- Establishes two subaccounts to implement the LPP:
- Requires 85% of the funds be deposited in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount to be annually distributed via formula to each eligible entity, as defined; and
- Requires 15% of the funds be deposited in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount to be made available for a competitive grant program to be administered by CTC for eligible smaller agencies that have either approved uniform developer fees, as defined, or have a population under 750,000.
- Requires CTC to develop guidelines by April 1, 2020, in consultation with transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions to implement the LPP.
- Requires, for the 85% formula program, eligible entities to submit a list of projects to CTC to be funded, including a description of each project's cost, scope, and benefits it is anticipated to achieve, among other things. The CTC must review the accompanying documentation for each project to ensure it meets the requirements and is eligible for funding from the program.
- Defines how the formula shall be developed by CTC for the formula program to distribute funding among the eligible entities, as specified.
- Permits CTC to develop the competitive program through the program guideline development process.
Comments
- Author statement. According to the author, “SB 1 annually provides $200 million to the LPP which translates to $1 billion every five years that is provided to entities that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation projects. This is a significant amount of money; local and regional agencies should have the certainty and flexibility to spend the money on their own regional transportation priorities. Proposition 1B in 2006 ultimately implemented the LPP primarily on a formula basis. However, over the last two years, numerous conversations have occurred between CTC and transportation agencies as to how to administer the LPP. This bill provides the necessary clarification and includes a number of provisions to allow local and regional agencies to work closely with CTC to distribute and allocate LPP funds in the most effective manner to meet regional priorities."
- LPP. The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1B, authorized $1 billion to be deposited in the State-Local Partnership Program Account for distribution by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies. LPP requires a dollar for dollar match of local funds for a transportation agency to receive state funds under the program.
Through the end of the five-year LPP bond program, CTC allocated $981 million for 257 LPP projects. As of June 30, 2017, 229 projects were completed construction, 192 submitted final delivery reports, and 28 projects remained under construction. Being a bond program, no further distributions were made by CTC beyond the five-year programming period.
On April 6, 2017, the Legislature passed SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017). SB 1 included an annual $200 million continuous appropriation to LPP. Similarly, to the Proposition 1B program, the SB 1 LPP provides funding to transportation agencies that have approved a local sales tax measure or fees dedicated to transportation projects. The SB 1 LPP is currently under the program’s first two-year funding cycle with the second funding cycle to commence mid-2020.
This bill provides clarity to the Legislature’s intent for the implementation of the LPP program to mirror the Proposition 1B program, while still providing some flexibility for smaller agencies to compete for funds. Specifically, the bill requires the CTC to distribute 85% of the funds to eligible entities through a defined formula, and authorizes 15% of the funds to be set aside for a statewide competitive program for smaller agencies, including those with uniform developer fees. Additionally, the bill aligns the distribution of formula funds with how funds were distributed under Proposition 1B’s SLPP, and reiterates that projects funded by LPP must comply with SB 1’s intent and with Article XIX of the California Constitution.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, one-time costs to CTC to develop guidelines. CTC already administers the funding program, and the requirements of the bill should not significantly increase CTC's administrative costs.
(SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects. This bill does not affect the $200 million appropriation, though it does affect CTC's distribution and allocation of those funds.)
AC Transit
BART
Contra Costa Transportation Authority
Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Mobility 21
Napa Valley Transportation Authority
Orange County Transportation Authority
Riverside County Transportation Commission
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
San Diego Association of Governments
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Self-Help Counties Coalition
Transportation Agency for Monterey County
OPPOSITION: (Verified 10/21/19)
Department of Finance
Council of San Benito County of Governments
Madera County Transportation Commission
Mendocino Council of Governments
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments
Stanislaus Council of Governments
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE:
I am returning Senate Bill 277 without my signature.
This bill would revise how the California Transportation Commission allocates Local Partnership Program funds to local and regional transportation agencies by distributing 85 percent of program funds by formula and 15 percent through a competitive grant program.
SB 1 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2018) doubled the annual funding to cities and counties by providing an additional $1.5 billion annually, distributed on a per capita basis, to address maintenance and rehabilitation of local streets and roads. In addition, the legislation established the Local Partnership Program, which allocates $200 million annually to benefit local entities that have imposed taxes and fees dedicated solely to transportation improvements. Through guidelines established by the California Transportation Commission, 50 percent of the Local Partnership Program funds are allocated by formula and 50 percent are competitively awarded.
The current approach to administer the Local Partnership Program provides a formulaic share for all entities that qualify, but also gives the Commission the flexibility to award funds on a competitive basis to ensure the program achieves statewide goals. Additional statutory limitations inhibit the state's ability to responsibly address emerging needs within the constitutionally defined parameters of SB 1, especially for small urban and rural communities.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 70-0, 9/10/19
AYES: Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Lackey, Levine, Low, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Chiu, Flora, Fong, Gallagher, Kiley, Limón, Maienschein, Wood
Prepared by: Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 651-4121
10/22/19 14:46:38
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 277
Amended: 9/6/19
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 12-0, 4/23/19
AYES: Beall, Bates, Dodd, Galgiani, McGuire, Morrell, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR: 38-0, 5/9/19 (Consent)
AYES: Allen, Archuleta, Atkins, Bates, Beall, Borgeas, Bradford, Caballero, Chang, Dodd, Durazo, Galgiani, Glazer, Grove, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski, Wiener, Wilk
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 70-0, 9/10/19 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: Local Partnership Program
DIGEST:
This bill provides a number of clarifying changes and modifications to the Local Partnership Program (LPP), as specified.
Assembly Amendments add and clarify a number of provisions pertaining to the implementation of the Local Partnership Program.
Existing law:
- Requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to allocate various state and federal transportation funds through a variety of state programs to local public entities and regional transportation agencies to construct transportation projects, as specified.
- Continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements.
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop guidelines for the allocation of LPP and authorizes CTC to amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
This bill:
- Defines "eligible entity" to mean a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction that has either sought and received voter approval for local taxes or fees or imposed uniform developer fees solely dedicated to transportation.
- Establishes two subaccounts to implement the LPP:
- Requires 85% of the funds be deposited in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount to be annually distributed via formula to each eligible entity, as defined; and
- Requires 15% of the funds be deposited in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount to be made available for a competitive grant program to be administered by CTC for eligible smaller agencies that have either approved uniform developer fees, as defined, or have a population under 750,000.
- Requires CTC to develop guidelines by April 1, 2020, in consultation with transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions to implement the LPP.
- Requires, for the 85% formula program, eligible entities to submit a list of projects to CTC to be funded, including a description of each project's cost, scope, and benefits it is anticipated to achieve, among other things. The CTC must review the accompanying documentation for each project to ensure it meets the requirements and is eligible for funding from the program.
- Defines how the formula shall be developed by CTC for the formula program to distribute funding among the eligible entities, as specified.
- Permits CTC to develop the competitive program through the program guideline development process.
Comments
- Author statement. According to the author, “SB 1 annually provides $200 million to the LPP which translates to $1 billion every five years that is provided to entities that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation projects. This is a significant amount of money; local and regional agencies should have the certainty and flexibility to spend the money on their own regional transportation priorities. Proposition 1B in 2006 ultimately implemented the LPP primarily on a formula basis. However, over the last two years, numerous conversations have occurred between CTC and transportation agencies as to how to administer the LPP. This bill provides the necessary clarification and includes a number of provisions to allow local and regional agencies to work closely with CTC to distribute and allocate LPP funds in the most effective manner to meet regional priorities."
- LPP. The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1B, authorized $1 billion to be deposited in the State-Local Partnership Program Account for distribution by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies. LPP requires a dollar for dollar match of local funds for a transportation agency to receive state funds under the program.
Through the end of the five-year LPP bond program, CTC allocated $981 million for 257 LPP projects. As of June 30, 2017, 229 projects were completed construction, 192 submitted final delivery reports, and 28 projects remained under construction. Being a bond program, no further distributions were made by CTC beyond the five-year programming period.
On April 6, 2017, the Legislature passed SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017). SB 1 included an annual $200 million continuous appropriation to LPP. Similarly, to the Proposition 1B program, the SB 1 LPP provides funding to transportation agencies that have approved a local sales tax measure or fees dedicated to transportation projects. The SB 1 LPP is currently under the program’s first two-year funding cycle with the second funding cycle to commence mid-2020.
This bill provides clarity to the Legislature’s intent for the implementation of the LPP program to mirror the Proposition 1B program, while still providing some flexibility for smaller agencies to compete for funds. Specifically, the bill requires the CTC to distribute 85% of the funds to eligible entities through a defined formula, and authorizes 15% of the funds to be set aside for a statewide competitive program for smaller agencies, including those with uniform developer fees. Additionally, the bill aligns the distribution of formula funds with how funds were distributed under Proposition 1B’s SLPP, and reiterates that projects funded by LPP must comply with SB 1’s intent and with Article XIX of the California Constitution.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, one-time costs to CTC to develop guidelines. CTC already administers the funding program, and the requirements of the bill should not significantly increase CTC's administrative costs.
(SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects. This bill does not affect the $200 million appropriation, though it does affect CTC's distribution and allocation of those funds.)
AC Transit
BART
Contra Costa Transportation Authority
Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Mobility 21
Napa Valley Transportation Authority
Orange County Transportation Authority
Riverside County Transportation Commission
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
San Diego Association of Governments
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Self-Help Counties Coalition
Transportation Agency for Monterey County
OPPOSITION: (Verified 9/11/19)
Department of Finance
Council of San Benito County of Governments
Madera County Transportation Commission
Mendocino Council of Governments
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments
Stanislaus Council of Governments
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 70-0, 9/10/19
AYES: Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Lackey, Levine, Low, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Chiu, Flora, Fong, Gallagher, Kiley, Limón, Maienschein, Wood
Prepared by: Randy Chinn / TRANS. / (916) 651-4121
9/11/19 12:08:47
SENATE THIRD READING
STR Bill Id:SB 277
Author:(Beall)
As Amended Ver:September 6, 2019
Majority vote
SUMMARY:
Defines and clarifies requirements for the implementation of the SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) by the California Transportation Commission (CTC).
Major Provisions
- Defines "eligible entity" to mean a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction that has either sought and received voter approval for local taxes or fees or imposed uniform developer fees solely dedicated to transportation.
- Establishes two subaccounts to implement the LPP:
- Requires 85% of the funds be deposited in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount to be annually distributed via formula to each eligible entity, as defined; and
- Requires 15% of the funds be deposited in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount to be made available for a competitive grant program to be administered by CTC for eligible smaller agencies that have either approved uniform developer fees, as defined, or have a population under 750,000.
- Requires CTC to develop guidelines by April 1, 2020, in consultation with transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions to implement the LPP.
- For the 85% formula program, requires eligible entities to submit a list of projects to CTC to be funded, including a description of each project's cost, scope, and benefits it is anticipated to achieve, among other things. The CTC must review the accompanying documentation for each project to ensure it meets the requirements and is eligible for funding from the program.
- Defines how the formula shall be developed by CTC for the formula program to distribute funding among the eligible entities as follows:
- Requires CTC to determine the total amount of revenue generated;
- Establishes a northern California and southern California share, as defined;
- Southern Share -- Requires the funds for the southern share to be distributed based on 75% population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of the counties with eligible sales tax measures and 25% total sales tax revenue collected by each entity compared to the total sales tax revenue generated from the sales tax measures.
Northern Share -- Requires the funds for the northern share to be distributed based on the proportional share of revenue generated by eligible bridge tolls, parcel or property taxes dedicated to transportation as compares to the total revenues generated; and 75% population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of the counties with eligible sales tax measures and 25% total sales tax revenue collected by each entity compared to the total sales tax revenue generated from the sales tax measures.
COMMENTS:
Throughout the multiyear deliberations on transportation funding that ultimately became SB 1 (Beall), Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, there was constant support for including the LPP to once again reward self-helps and to incentivize other transportation agencies to pursue local funding measures. Upon passage, CTC pursued guidelines to create a 50% formula and 50% competitive program with the LPP.
On June 8, 2017, Senator Jim Beall and Assembly Member Jim Frazier, Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees respectively, co-authored a letter to the CTC to clarify that "although not specifically prescribed in SB 1, it was our intent, as co-authors of the measure and drafters of the original language, that the Local Partnership Program be implemented much like the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP) created pursuant to Proposition 1B of 2006." This bill requires CTC to implement the LPP as the authors of SB 1 intended.
According to the Author:
"SB 1 annually provides $200 million to the LPP which translates to $1 billion every five years that is provided to entities that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation projects. This is a significant amount of money; local and regional agencies should have the certainty and flexibility to spend the money on their own regional transportation priorities. Proposition 1B in 2006 ultimately implemented the LPP primarily on a formula basis. However, over the last two years, numerous conversations have occurred between CTC and transportation agencies as to how to administer the LPP. This bill provides the necessary clarification and includes a number of provisions to allow local and regional agencies to work closely with CTC to apportion LPP funds in the most effective manner to meet regional priorities."
Arguments in Support:
Writing in support of the bill, the Self Help Counties Coalition states, "SB 1, with the inclusion of the LPP, provides a reliable source of funding to counties that have had the courage, responsibility, and leadership to invest in our state's infrastructure. SB 277 will ensure the will of the Legislature and voting public is adhered to when funding is distributed from the LPP." Further, "the agencies that constitute the Self Help Counties have a long track record of keeping the faith of the voting public, and this trust is critical to our success. We bring that trust and accountability to the LPP. Additionally, SB 277 will also result in significantly reduced overhead costs that come along with writing and reviewing expensive grant applications."
Arguments in Opposition:
Writing in opposition, the transportation agencies of Madera, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Stanislaus Counties argue, "The existing 50% competitive and 50% formulaic program distribution allows for eligible agencies, especially small urban and rural agencies, to receive a formula share to develop or deliver transformative projects and the ability to compete for larger projects that would not be possible to complete in a timely manner with formula funds only."
FISCAL COMMENTS:
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, one-time costs to CTC to develop guidelines. CTC already administers the funding program, and the requirements of the bill should not significantly increase CTC's administrative costs.
(SB 1 continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects. This bill does not affect the $200 million appropriation, though it does affect CTC's distribution and allocation of those funds.)
VOTES:
SENATE FLOOR: 38-0-0
YES: Allen, Archuleta, Atkins, Bates, Beall, Borgeas, Bradford, Caballero, Chang, Dodd, Durazo, Galgiani, Glazer, Grove, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski, Wiener, Wilk
ASM TRANSPORTATION: 12-0-3
YES: Frazier, Aguiar-Curry, Berman, Chu, Daly, Diep, Friedman, Gipson, Grayson, Medina, Nazarian, O'Donnell
ABS, ABST OR NV: Fong, Bigelow, Cunningham
ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 15-1-2
YES: Gonzalez, Bloom, Bonta, Brough, Calderon, Carrillo, Chau, Diep, Eggman, Gabriel, Eduardo Garcia, Obernolte, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Robert Rivas
NO: Bigelow
ABS, ABST OR NV: Fong, Maienschein
UPDATED:
VERSION: September 6, 2019
CONSULTANT: Eric Thronson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0002085
SENATE THIRD READING
STR Bill Id:SB 277
Author:(Beall)
As Amended Ver:September 3, 2019
Majority vote
SUMMARY:
Defines and clarifies requirements for the implementation of the SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) by the California Transportation Commission (CTC).
Major Provisions
- Defines "eligible entity" to mean a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction that has either sought and received voter approval for local taxes or fees or imposed uniform developer fees solely dedicated to transportation.
- Establishes two subaccounts to implement the LPP:
- Requires 85% of the funds be deposited in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount to be annually distributed via formula to each eligible entity, as defined; and
- Requires 15% of the funds be deposited in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount to be made available for a competitive grant program to be administered by CTC for eligible smaller agencies that have either approved uniform developer fees, as defined, or have a population under 750,000.
- Requires CTC to develop guidelines by April 1, 2020, in consultation with transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions to implement the LPP.
- For the 85% formula program, requires eligible entities to submit a list of projects to CTC to be funded, including a description of each project's cost, scope, and benefits it is anticipated to achieve, among other things. The CTC must review the accompanying documentation for each project to ensure it meets the requirements and is eligible for funding from the program.
- Defines how the formula shall be developed by CTC for the formula program to distribute funding among the eligible entities as follows:
- Requires CTC to determine the total amount of revenue generated;
- Establishes a northern California and southern California share, as defined;
- Southern Share -- Requires the funds for the southern share to be distributed based on 75% population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of the counties with eligible sales tax measures and 25% total sales tax revenue collected by each entity compared to the total sales tax revenue generated from the sales tax measures.
- Northern Share -- Requires the funds for the northern share to be distributed based on the proportional share of revenue generated by eligible bridge tolls, parcel or property taxes dedicated to transportation as compares to the total revenues generated; and 75% population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of the counties with eligible sales tax measures and 25% total sales tax revenue collected by each entity compared to the total sales tax revenue generated from the sales tax measures.
COMMENTS:
Throughout the multiyear deliberations on transportation funding that ultimately became SB 1 (Beall), Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, there was constant support for including the LPP to once again reward self-helps and to incentivize other transportation agencies to pursue local funding measures. Upon passage, CTC pursued guidelines to create a 50% formula and 50% competitive program with the LPP.
On June 8, 2017, Senator Jim Beall and Assembly Member Jim Frazier, Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees respectively, co-authored a letter to the CTC to clarify that "although not specifically prescribed in SB 1, it was our intent, as co-authors of the measure and drafters of the original language, that the Local Partnership Program be implemented much like the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP) created pursuant to Proposition 1B of 2006." This bill requires CTC to implement the LPP as the authors of SB 1 intended.
According to the Author:
"SB 1 annually provides $200 million to the LPP which translates to $1 billion every five years that is provided to entities that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation projects. This is a significant amount of money; local and regional agencies should have the certainty and flexibility to spend the money on their own regional transportation priorities. Proposition 1B in 2006 ultimately implemented the LPP primarily on a formula basis. However, over the last two years, numerous conversations have occurred between CTC and transportation agencies as to how to administer the LPP. This bill provides the necessary clarification and includes a number of provisions to allow local and regional agencies to work closely with CTC to apportion LPP funds in the most effective manner to meet regional priorities."
Arguments in Support:
Writing in support of the bill, the Self Help Counties Coalition states, "SB 1, with the inclusion of the LPP, provides a reliable source of funding to counties that have had the courage, responsibility, and leadership to invest in our state's infrastructure. SB 277 will ensure the will of the Legislature and voting public is adhered to when funding is distributed from the LPP." Further, "the agencies that constitute the Self Help Counties have a long track record of keeping the faith of the voting public, and this trust is critical to our success. We bring that trust and accountability to the LPP. Additionally, SB 277 will also result in significantly reduced overhead costs that come along with writing and reviewing expensive grant applications."
Arguments in Opposition:
Writing in opposition, the transportation agencies of Madera, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Stanislaus Counties argue, "The existing 50% competitive and 50% formulaic program distribution allows for eligible agencies, especially small urban and rural agencies, to receive a formula share to develop or deliver transformative projects and the ability to compete for larger projects that would not be possible to complete in a timely manner with formula funds only."
FISCAL COMMENTS:
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, one-time costs to CTC to develop guidelines. CTC already administers the funding program, and the requirements of the bill should not significantly increase CTC's administrative costs.
(SB 1 continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects. This bill does not affect the $200 million appropriation, though it does affect CTC's distribution and allocation of those funds.)
VOTES:
SENATE FLOOR: 38-0-0
YES: Allen, Archuleta, Atkins, Bates, Beall, Borgeas, Bradford, Caballero, Chang, Dodd, Durazo, Galgiani, Glazer, Grove, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Hurtado, Jackson, Jones, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski, Wiener, Wilk
ASM TRANSPORTATION: 12-0-3
YES: Frazier, Aguiar-Curry, Berman, Chu, Daly, Diep, Friedman, Gipson, Grayson, Medina, Nazarian, O'Donnell
ABS, ABST OR NV: Fong, Bigelow, Cunningham
ASM APPROPRIATIONS: 15-1-2
YES: Gonzalez, Bloom, Bonta, Brough, Calderon, Carrillo, Chau, Diep, Eggman, Gabriel, Eduardo Garcia, Obernolte, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Robert Rivas
NO: Bigelow
ABS, ABST OR NV: Fong, Maienschein
UPDATED:
VERSION: September 3, 2019
CONSULTANT: Melissa White / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0001767
Date of Hearing: August 14, 2019
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SBPCA Bill Id:SB 277
Author:(Beall) – As Amended Ver:July 1, 2019
Policy Committee: | Transportation | Vote: | 12 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill prescribes how the California Transportation Commission (CTC) is to apportion or allocate annual funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) as part of the Local Partnership Program.
Specifically, this bill:
- Directs CTC to segregate RMRA funds into two separate subaccounts.
- Requires CTC to deposit 85% of RMRA funds in the Local Partnership Formula (LPF) Subaccount, which CTC is to annually apportion to each “eligible entity” by use of a prescribed formula.
- Requires CTC to deposit 15% of RMRA funds in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount (competitive subaccount), which CTC is to make available for a competitive grant program for eligible smaller agencies that have either approved uniform developer fees, as defined, or have a population under 750,000.
- Defines “eligible entity” to mean a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction that either has sought and received voter approval for local taxes or fees or has imposed uniform developer fees solely dedicated to transportation.
- Requires CTC, by April 1, 2020, in conjunction with transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions, to develop separate guidelines for the apportionment or allocation of funds deposited in the LPF Subaccount and the competitive subaccount and prescribes elements and procedures to be included in the guidelines or followed as part of their development.
FISCAL EFFECT:
One-time costs to CTC to develop guidelines. CTC already administers the funding program, and the requirements of the bill should not significantly increase CTC’s administrative costs.
(SB 1 (Beall) Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, otherwise known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects. This bill does not affect the $200 million appropriation, though it does affect CTC’s apportionment and allocation of those funds.)
COMMENTS:
Background and Purpose. The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1B, authorized $19.9 billion in general obligation bonds for various transportation programs. One of those programs was the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP), which received $1 billion for allocation by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies. SLPP funds were split with 95% being distributed via formula based mainly upon the population of the county in which the sales tax was approved. The remaining 5% of the funds were set aside for the jurisdictions with uniform developer fees and the funds were distributed through a competitive grant program.
In 2017, the Legislature passed SB 1 (Beall), Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, to provide for transportation funding. SB 1 continues the state’s commitment to supporting the “self-help” regions and incentivizing additional jurisdictions to sponsor local measures for transportation. Similarly to the Proposition 1B SLLP, the SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) provides funding to transportation agencies that have approved a local sales tax measure or fees dedicated to transportation projects. However, CTC has chosen to distribute the SB 1 LLP funds differently than it did the Proposition 1 SLLP funds. Specifically, CTC decided to distribute 50% of the SB 1 LLP funds according to a formula similar to the formula prescribed by Proposition 1B, and distribute the other 50% of funds through a competitive grant program in which all eligible entities can compete.
The author objects to CTC’s program, contending “local and regional agencies should have the certainty and flexibility to spend the money on their own regional transportation priorities. More specifically, the chairs of the Assembly and Senate committees on transportation (one of whom is the author of this bill) jointly penned a letter to CTC, in which the chairs assert:
SB 1 included the Local Partnership Program funding in order to reward existing self-help counties and agencies that have passed developer fees on their own, and encourage aspiring agencies to achieve the voter thresholds required to impose local sales tax and developer fees for transportation. Imposing a local tax is not an easy feat and these local dollars provide significant benefit to the State’s transportation system… although not specifically prescribed in SB 1, it was our intent, as co-authors of the measure and drafters of the original language, that the Local Partnership Program be implemented much like the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP) created pursuant to Proposition 1B of 2006.
Analysis Prepared by: Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
Date of Hearing: July 8, 2019
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
SBPCA Bill Id:SB 277
Author:(Beall) – As Amended Ver:July 1, 2019
SENATE VOTE: 38-0
SUBJECT: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: Local Partnership Program
SUMMARY: Defines and clarifies requirements for the implementation of the SB 1 Local Partnership Program (LPP) by the California Transportation Commission (CTC). Specifically, this bill:
- Defines “eligible entity” to mean a local or regional transportation agency that has responsibility for funding, procuring, or constructing transportation improvements within its jurisdiction that has either sought and received voter approval for local taxes or fees or imposed uniform developer fees solely dedicated to transportation.
- Establishes two subaccounts to implement the LPP:
- Requires 85% of the funds be deposited in the Local Partnership Formula Subaccount to be annually apportioned via formula to each eligible entity, as defined; and
- Requires 15% of the funds be deposited in the Small Counties and Uniform Developer Fees Competitive Subaccount to be made available for a competitive grant program to be administered by CTC for eligible smaller agencies that have either approved uniform developer fees, as defined, or have a population under 750,000.
- Requires CTC to develop guidelines by April 1, 2020, in conjunction with transportation planning agencies and county transportation commissions to implement the LPP program. Allows CTC to amend the guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
- Requires the guidelines to include but not be limited to:
- Identification of eligible matching funds;
- Establishment of the types of projects eligible for the program, as specified; and
- Authorization of an entity to retain its apportionment for five years.
The guidelines may also include the ability to issue a Letter of No Prejudice, authorizing eligible entities to expend its own funds in advance of apportionment of funds by the CTC and to be reimbursed at a later time.
- Requires that projects funded by the LPP be consistent with Article XIX Section 2 of the California Constitution and parameters included in SB 1, as defined.
- For the 85% formula program, requires eligible entities to submit a list of projects to CTC to be funded, including a description and the location of each project, a schedule for completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement. The list must be adopted by resolution by the eligible entity at a public meeting. Requires CTC to approve the project list unless a project is not eligible for funding from the program.
- Clarifies that CTC may continue to govern the existing cycle one of the competitive program and cycle one and two of the formula program using guidelines previous adopted.
- Requires the next funding cycles to be governed by the new guidelines developed by CTC, as defined.
- Defines how the formula shall be developed by CTC for the formula program to apportion funding among the eligible entities as follows:
- Requires CTC determine the total amount of revenue generated;
- Establishes a northern California and southern California share, as defined;
- Southern Share -- Requires the funds for the southern share to be apportioned based on 75% population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of the counties with eligible sales tax measures and 25% total sales tax revenue collected by each entity compared to the total sales tax revenue generated from the sales tax measures.
- Northern Share -- Requires the funds for the northern share to be apportioned based on the proportional share of revenue generated by eligible bridge tolls, parcel or property taxes dedicated to transportation as compares to the total revenues generated; and 75% population of the county in which the entity is located compared to the total population of the counties with eligible sales tax measures and 25% total sales tax revenue collected by each entity compared to the total sales tax revenue generated from the sales tax measures.
EXISTING LAW:
- Requires CTC to allocate various state and federal transportation funds through a variety of state programs to local public entities and regional transportation planning agencies (RTPAs) to construct transportation projects, as specified.
- SB 1 (Beall) Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, otherwise known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, continuously appropriates $200 million annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects.
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop guidelines for the allocation of LPP and authorizes CTC to amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown
COMMENTS: The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1B, authorized $19.9 billion in general obligation bonds for various transportation programs. One of those programs was the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP), which received $1 billion for allocation by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies. Specifically, the SLPP was a program designed to reward so–called “self-help” counties, cities, districts and regional transportation agencies in which voters have approved, by super majority, sales tax measures dedicated to transportation. SLPP also included other forms of self-help funding such as uniform developer fees and tolls dedicated to transportation. SLPP provided funding for a wide variety of capital projects that are typically funded in local or regional voter-approved expenditure plans and that promote mobility, accessibility, system connectivity, safety, or air quality benefits.
SLPP funds were split with 95% being distributed via formula based mainly upon the population of the county in which the sales tax was approved. The remaining 5% of the funds were set aside for the jurisdictions with uniform developer fees and the funds were distributed through a competitive grant program. SLPP required a dollar for dollar match of local funds for a transportation agency to receive state funds under the program. Through the end of the five-year SLPP bond program, CTC allocated $981 million for 257 SLPP projects. As of June 30, 2017, 229 projects were completed, 192 submitted final delivery reports, and 28 projects remained under construction. Being a limited bond program, no further allocations were made by CTC beyond the five-year programming period.
In 2017, the Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law SB 1 (Beall), Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017. SB 1 continues the state’s commitment to supporting the “self-help” regions and incentivizing additional jurisdictions to sponsor local measures for transportation. Specifically, SB 1 included an annual $200 million continuous appropriation for the newly renamed LPP. Similarly to the Proposition 1B program, the SB 1 LPP provides funding to transportation agencies that have approved a local sales tax measure or fees dedicated to transportation projects. The SB 1 LPP is currently under the program’s first two-year funding cycle with the second funding cycle to commence mid-2020.
However, unlike the Proposition 1B program, the new SB 1 LPP was implemented differently by the CTC. The LPP program is split with 50% of the funds being distributed via formula similar to the one used in Proposition 1B, and 50% of the funds are distributed through a competitive grant program in which all eligible entities can compete. The CTC developed the criteria for the grant awards and the eligible project types through its guidelines process. As mentioned, CTC has completed two cycles of the formulaic program, allocating $200 million to eligible agencies, and one cycle, covering three years, of the competitive program, allocating $300 million to various projects.
Unlike the prescriptive statute laying out the parameters of the Proposition 1B program, including requiring 95% of the funds be distributed by formula, the details of the formula, and the types of projects to be funded, SB 1, as amended by a follow-up budget trailer bill that year, AB 115 (Committee on Budget), Chapter 20, Statutes of 2017, included broad language authorizing the CTC to allocate funding to eligible entities, “for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects.”
This bill gives clarity to the Legislature’s intent for the implementation of the SB 1 LPP program to mirror the Proposition 1B program, while still providing some flexibility for smaller agencies to compete for funds. Specifically, the bill requires the CTC to apportion 85% of the funds to eligible entities through a defined formula, and authorizes 15% of the funds to be set aside for a statewide competitive program for smaller agencies, including those with uniform developer fees. Additionally, the bill streamlines the process for project approval for the agencies receiving funds via formula, and reiterates that projects funded by LPP must comply with SB 1’s intent and with Article XIX of the California Constitution.
According to the author, “SB 1 annually provides $200 million to the Local Partnership Program which translates to $1 billion every five years that is provided to entities that have passed local sales tax measures dedicated to transportation projects. This is a significant amount of money; local and regional agencies should have the certainty and flexibility to spend the money on their own regional transportation priorities. Proposition 1B in 2006 ultimately implemented the LPP primarily on a formula basis. However, over the last two years, numerous conversations have occurred between CTC and transportation agencies as to how to administer LPP with SB 1 funds. This bill provides the necessary clarification and includes a number of provisions to allow local and regional agencies to work closely with the CTC to apportion LPP funds in the most effective manner to meet regional priorities.”
Writing in support of the bill, the Self Help Counties Coalition states, “SB 1 with the inclusion of the Local Partnership Program (LPP), provides a reliable source of funding to counties that have had the courage, responsibility, and leadership to invest in our state’s infrastructure. SB 277 will ensure the will of the legislature and voting public is adhered to when funding is distributed from the LPP program.” Further, “the agencies that constitute the Self Help Counties have a long track record of keeping the faith of the voting public, and this trust is critical to our success. We bring that trust and accountability to the LPP program. Additionally, SB 277 will also result in significantly reduced overhead costs that come along with writing and reviewing expensive grant applications.”
Committee Comments: Throughout the multiyear deliberations on transportation funding that ultimately became SB 1, there was constant support for including the LPP program to once again reward self-helps and to incentivize other transportation agencies to pursue local funding measures. A continual theme of those discussions was an understanding that CTC’s implementation of the program would mirror the Proposition 1B program. Unfortunately, the CTC immediately pursued guidelines to create a 50% formula and 50% competitive program, in complete contrast to the intent of SB 1.
In fact, on June 8, 2017, Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose), the author of this bill, and Assembly Member Jim Frazier (D-Oakley), Chairs of the Senate and Assembly Transportation Committees respectively, co-authored a letter to the CTC to clarify the intent of SB 1, “SB 1 included the Local Partnership Program funding in order to reward existing self-help counties and agencies that have passed developer fees on their own, and encourage aspiring agencies to achieve the voter thresholds required to impose local sales tax and developer fees for transportation. Imposing a local tax is not an easy feat and these local dollars provide significant benefit to the State’s transportation system.” Further, “although not specifically prescribed in SB 1, it was our intent, as co-authors of the measure and drafters of the original language, that the Local Partnership Program be implemented much like the State-Local Partnership Program (SLPP) created pursuant to Proposition 1B of 2006.”
This bill provides clarity and guidance to CTC for implementation of the LPP in future years in the manner intended by the Legislature.
Prior legislation: SB 1 (Beall), Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, authorized $5.2 billion annually for various transportation programs, including providing a continuous appropriation of $200 million to the LPP to be allocated by CTC.
AB 115 (Committee on Budget), Chapter 20, Statutes of 2017, amended the SB 1 LPP program to authorize CTC to allocate funds for road maintenance and other transportation improvement projects.
SB 1266 (Perata), Chapter 25, Statutes of 2006, authorized $19.9 billion for various transportation programs, including $1 billion for the State-Local Partnership Program for allocation by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
Orange County Transportation Authority
Riverside County Transportation Commission
San Bernardino Associated Governments
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Self-Help Counties Coalition
Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC)
Oppose Unless Amended
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
Santa Barbara County Association of Governments
Stanislaus Council of Governments
Analysis Prepared by: Melissa White / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 277
Amended: 3/18/19
SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 12-0, 4/23/19
AYES: Beall, Bates, Dodd, Galgiani, McGuire, Morrell, Roth, Rubio, Skinner, Stone, Umberg, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: guidelines
DIGEST:
This bill requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to update guidelines for the Local Partnership Program (LPP) every two years, as specified.
Existing law:
- Requires CTC to allocate various state and federal transportation funds through a variety of state programs to local public entities and regional transportation agencies to construct transportation projects, as specified.
- Appropriates continuously, pursuant to SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) otherwise known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, $200,000,000 annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements.
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop guidelines for the allocation of LPP and authorizes CTC to amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
This bill:
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the abovementioned entities, to update LPP guidelines every two years with final guideline approval occurring on or before January 1 of every even-numbered year.
- Requires CTC to publicly release draft guideline updates at least six months before the final approval deadline.
- Requires CTC to provide a 90-day comment period for the draft guidelines.
- Requires CTC to hold at least two public hearings on the draft guidelines, as specified.
- Requires CTC to publicly release a draft of any proposed amendment to final approved guidelines at least three month before the amendment is adopted by CTC, provide a 90-day comment period, and hold a public hearing.
Comments
- Author statement. According to the author, “the Local Partnership Program is designed to provide additional assistance to regions that have passed local sales tax measures or additional fees with those funds dedicated to transportation and transit projects. This bill provides clarification on the process CTC must carry out to update Local Partnership Program guidelines. This bill also provides additional clarification and transparency relative to the process for amending final approved Local Partnership Program guidelines by CTC.”
- LPP. The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1B, authorized $1 billion to be deposited in the State-Local Partnership Program Account for allocation by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies. LPP requires a dollar for dollar match of local funds for a transportation agency to receive state funds under the program.
Through the end of the five-year LPP bond program, CTC allocated $981 million for 257 LPP projects. As of June 30, 2017, 229 projects were completed construction, 192 submitted final delivery reports, and 28 projects remained under construction. Being a bond program, no further allocations were made by CTC beyond the five-year programming period.
On April 6, 2017, the Legislature passed SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017). SB 1 included an annual $200 million continuous appropriation to LPP. Similarly to the Proposition 1B program, the SB 1 LPP provides funding to transportation agencies that have approved a local sales tax measure or fees dedicated to transportation projects. The SB 1 LPP is currently under the program’s first two-year funding cycle with the second funding cycle to commence mid-2020.
The provisions specified in this bill simply provide clarification to CTC’s guideline development and implementation process for LPP. The author notes the clarification is necessary to ensure regional transportation agencies have sufficient direction that will, in turn, allow these agencies to properly plan and program LPP-funded projects.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No
None received
None received
Prepared by: Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 651-4121
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2019 - 2020 Regular
Bill No: SB 277 Hearing Date: 4/23/2019
Author: | Beall | ||
Version: | 3/18/2019 | ||
Urgency: | No | Fiscal: | Yes |
Consultant: | Manny Leon | ||
SUBJECT: Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program: guidelines.
DIGEST: This bill requires the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to update guidelines for the Local Partnership Program (LPP) every two years, as specified.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
- Requires CTC to allocate various state and federal transportation funds through a variety of state programs to local public entities and regional transportation agencies to construct transportation projects, as specified.
- SB 1 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) otherwise known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, continuously appropriates $200,000,000 annually from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for allocation by CTC to local or regional transportation agencies that have sought and received voter approval of taxes or that have imposed certain fees, for which those taxes or fees are dedicated solely to transportation improvements.
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and other local agencies, to develop guidelines for the allocation of LPP and authorizes CTC to amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing.
This bill:
- Requires CTC, in cooperation with the abovementioned entities, to update LPP guidelines every two years with final guideline approval occurring on or before January 1 of every even-numbered year.
- Requires CTC to publicly release draft guideline updates at least six months before the final approval deadline.
- Requires CTC to provide a 90-day comment period for the draft guidelines.
- Requires CTC to hold at least two public hearings on the draft guidelines, as specified.
- Requires CTC to publicly release a draft of any proposed amendment to final approved guidelines at least three month before the amendment is adopted by CTC, provide a 90-day comment period, and hold a public hearing.
COMMENTS:
- Author statement. According to the author, “the Local Partnership Program is designed to provide additional assistance to regions that have passed local sales tax measures or additional fees with those funds dedicated to transportation and transit projects. This bill provides clarification on the process CTC must carry out to update Local Partnership Program guidelines. This bill also provides additional clarification and transparency relative to the process for amending final approved Local Partnership Program guidelines by CTC.”
- LPP. The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, otherwise known as Proposition 1B, authorized $1 billion to be deposited in the State-Local Partnership Program Account for allocation by CTC over a five-year period to eligible transportation projects that were nominated by transportation agencies. LPP requires a dollar for dollar match of local funds for a transportation agency to receive state funds under the program.
Through the end of the five-year LPP bond program, CTC allocated $981 million for 257 LPP projects. As of June 30, 2017, 229 projects were completed construction, 192 submitted final delivery reports, and 28 projects remained under construction. Being a bond program, no further allocations were made by CTC beyond the five-year programming period.
On April 6, 2017, the Legislature passed SB 1 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017). SB 1 included an annual $200 million continuous appropriation to LPP. Similarly to the Proposition 1B program, the SB 1 LPP provides funding to transportation agencies that have approved a local sales tax measure or fees dedicated to transportation projects. The SB 1 LPP is currently under the program’s first two-year funding cycle with the second funding cycle to commence mid-2020.
The provisions specified in this bill simply provide clarification to CTC’s guideline development and implementation process for LPP. The author notes the clarification is necessary to ensure regional transportation agencies have sufficient direction that will, in turn, allow these agencies to properly plan and program LPP-funded projects.
RELATED LEGISLATION:
SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) — amongst various transportation funding provisions, provides a continuous appropriation of $200 million to the local partnership program to be allocated by CTC.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on Wednesday,
April 17, 2019.)
SUPPORT:
None received.
OPPOSITION:
None received.
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