CHAPTER 1. General
Chapter 1 repealed and added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1253.
§§ 14000–14089 · 114 sections
ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent §§ 14000–14000.6 · 3 sections
- § 14000 The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) Continued growth in transport demand resulting from population growth, concentration of population in…
- § 14000.5 The Legislature further finds and declares that the role of the state in transportation shall be to: (a) Encourage and stimulate the development of urban mass…
- § 14000.6 The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) California has established a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit to be achieved by…
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 14001–14017 · 19 sections
- § 14001 There is in the Transportation Agency a Department of Transportation. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Department of Public Works shall be deemed…
- § 14002 The department is under the control of an executive officer known as the Director of Transportation.
- § 14002.5 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Department” means the Department of Transportation. (b) “Director” means the Director of…
- § 14003 The director is appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and holds office at the pleasure of the Governor. The annual salary of the…
- § 14005 The director shall perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all purposes…
- § 14006 There shall be within the department the position of Deputy Director of Transportation. The deputy director is appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation…
- § 14007 For the purpose of administration, the director shall organize the department with the approval of the Governor and the secretary in the manner that they deem…
- § 14007.1 (a) There is in the Department of Transportation the Division of Rail, which is responsible for the development of a comprehensive rail passenger system and…
- § 14007.2 (a) There is in the Department of Transportation a unit, known as the Spaceport Office, whose primary responsibility is to seek and obtain federal funding for…
- § 14007.3 (a) The director shall appoint a Chief Advisor on Bicycling and Active Transportation, who shall serve as the department’s primary advisor on all issues…
- § 14008 The department succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction vested in the Department of Aeronautics, the…
- § 14010 The department shall have the possession and control of all licenses, permits, leases, agreements, contracts, orders, claims, judgments, records, papers,…
- § 14011 The department may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the enforcement of which is committed to the department. The department may…
- § 14012 (a) The director may sell or lease excess right-of-way parcels to municipalities or other local agencies for public purposes, and may accept as all or part of…
- § 14013 The director may lease nonoperating right-of-way areas to municipalities or other local agencies for public purposes, and may contribute toward the cost of…
- § 14014 The director may authorize the refund of moneys received or collected by the department in payment of fees, licenses, permits, tools, or for rentals, property…
- § 14015 (a) The Director of General Services, as agent for the Department of Transportation, may enter into an agreement to purchase, lease-purchase, or lease with an…
- § 14016 (a) The Director of General Services, as agent for the Department of Transportation, may enter into an agreement to purchase, lease-purchase, or lease with an…
- § 14017 The department shall work in partnership with the California Workforce Development Board to support California’s high road construction careers program. The…
ARTICLE 3. Activities §§ 14030–14053 · 45 sections
- § 14030 The powers and duties of the department include, but are not limited to, all of the following activities: (a) Supporting the commission in coordinating and…
- § 14031 The Governor, the secretary, and the department may enter into such agreements, execute such documents, establish and manage such accounts and deposits, and…
- § 14031.1 In accordance with federal regulation (49 C.F.R. 661.21), the state or a local agency, relative to the use of federal funds for transit purposes, shall be…
- § 14031.5 (a) The Mass Transit Revolving Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby transferred…
- § 14031.6 (a) The Governor shall include in the Budget Bill an appropriation from the Transportation Planning and Development Account in the State Transportation Fund or…
- § 14031.7 Prior to any allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 14031. 6, for any recommended new service, the department shall submit a report to the…
- § 14031.8 (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall establish, through an annual budget process, the level of state funding available for the operation of intercity…
- § 14032 The department shall provide reports and analyses for the commission on all of the following: (a) The review and evaluation of regional transportation plans…
- § 14032.5 The department may assist regional transportation planning agencies with the preparation of regional transportation plans and improvement programs by providing…
- § 14032.6 The department shall, within existing resources, collect, analyze, and summarize highway congestion data and make it available upon request to California…
- § 14032.7 The department shall publish annually a list of major new facility projects, exclusive public mass transit guideway projects, and operational improvement…
- § 14033 On or before January 1, 2018, the department shall update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the “complete streets” design concept.
- § 14034 (a) During the planning and development of any proposed commuter rail service, the department shall consult with the county transportation commission and the…
- § 14035 (a) The department may enter into contracts with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under Section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, or…
- § 14035.1 Commuter rail service shall be provided to the communities between San Jose and Gilroy if the conditions specified in subdivision (a) of Section 14035.4 are…
- § 14035.2 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department adopt and implement the following policies applicable to the operation of feeder bus service…
- § 14035.3 The department may request a railroad corporation under contractual obligation to the department for services to institute operating efficiencies, other than…
- § 14035.4 The department shall request the involvement and cooperation of affected local agencies and public and private passenger carriers in decisions relative to the…
- § 14035.5 The department may enter into contracts with common carriers, as defined by Section 211 of the Public Utilities Code, or with any corporation, partnership, or…
- § 14035.55 (a) To the extent permitted by federal law, the department shall encourage intercity passenger rail providers and motor carriers of passengers to do both of…
- § 14035.57 The department shall encourage the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Amtrak, and any private motor…
- § 14035.65 In developing or funding intermodal passenger service facilities, the department shall give full consideration to existing and projected operational…
- § 14035.7 Funds allocated for commuter rail purposes shall be consistent with the regional transportation plan and the regional transportation improvement program for…
- § 14035.9 The department shall in conjunction with the Department of Corrections evaluate the addition of stations or stops on existing bus or rail routes, or the…
- § 14036 (a) The department shall prepare a State Rail Plan. The plan shall be submitted to the California Transportation Commission for its advice six months prior to…
- § 14036.1 As part of its ongoing marketing activities to increase the utilization and performance of rail and bus services operated pursuant to this article, the…
- § 14036.4 The department shall report in the rail passenger development plan prepared pursuant to Section 14036 on the amount of funds available to the state under the…
- § 14036.5 (a) As part of its marketing activities in support of intercity rail services and associated feeder bus services, the department shall provide for complete…
- § 14036.6 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Rail passes offering unlimited travel on certain passenger rail and associated transit…
- § 14036.7 The department shall give high priority to the development of direct linkages between intercity rail passenger services and airports served by commercial…
- § 14036.8 (a) The department, using existing rail marketing funds, shall fully participate in the railroad public safety awareness program known as “Operation…
- § 14036.9 The California Coast Passenger Rail Corridor consists of the Counties of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa…
- § 14037 Funds which are available to the department for rail and bus operations may be used by the department for maintenance of capital facilities related to rail or…
- § 14038 (a) The department may purchase, sell, and lease rail passenger cars and locomotives and other self-propelled rail vehicles. (b) The department may acquire,…
- § 14038.1 Rail passenger equipment owned by the department and operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in a state-supported rail service shall…
- § 14038.2 (a) The department may acquire by purchase, lease, or eminent domain, any property necessary for the development and implementation of the state’s rail…
- § 14038.3 The department may, if requested by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire, in the name and for the use…
- § 14038.5 (a) The department may, at the request of a transportation planning agency, county transportation commission, or metropolitan transit development board, and…
- § 14039 The department shall have no authority to operate railroads.
- § 14040 The department may provide by contract with a railroad corporation that any tracks or signaling devices constructed, improved, repaired, or acquired with funds…
- § 14041 The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority is encouraged to coordinate with local private industry councils in service delivery areas to develop training…
- § 14050 State highway projects to be included in the program of proposed projects report submitted to the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section…
- § 14051 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Broadband provider” means a facilities-based provider of broadband, as defined in Section 5830 of the Public Utilities…
- § 14052 (a) The department shall prepare an inventory of all state-owned bridges that are required to be strengthened or replaced in order to meet seismic safety…
- § 14053 (a) For purposes of this section, “project of statewide and regional significance” means a high-priority highway project on the state highway system that would…
ARTICLE 3.5. Elderly and Disabled Persons §§ 14055–14055.4 · 5 sections
- § 14055 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Elderly persons and persons with disabilities have the same rights as other persons to utilize…
- § 14055.1 The department shall act as the applicant for grants of funds to provide mass transit services to meet the special needs of elderly persons and persons with…
- § 14055.2 Funds made available to the department shall be allocated as follows: (a) Not more than 5 percent of the annual federal apportionment may be retained by the…
- § 14055.3 The commission shall establish an appeals process.
- § 14055.4 Prior to approving its program of projects, the commission shall hold not less than one public hearing.
ARTICLE 4. Purchase, Sale, and Leasing of Passenger Transportation Vehicles §§ 14060–14066 · 6 sections
- § 14060 The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Equipment” means rail passenger cars, locomotives, other rail vehicles, bus and van fleets, and…
- § 14061 The department may take all action necessary to purchase, sell, or lease equipment by negotiation without competitive bidding to take advantage of Section 168…
- § 14062 (a) The department may issue equipment obligations to finance the acquisition of equipment pursuant to a resolution adopted by the commission, authorizing the…
- § 14063 (a) Grant anticipation notes shall be issued only in anticipation of a grant or funding commitment to the department which has been stated by the granting…
- § 14064 (a) Equipment obligations shall be sold by the Treasurer, after a resolution requesting the sale has been adopted by the commission. Equipment obligations may…
- § 14066 (a) The Passenger Equipment Acquisition Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340, all moneys in the fund are continuously…
ARTICLE 5. Intercity Rail Agreements §§ 14070–14070.7 · 5 sections
- § 14070 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” or “joint powers board” means the governing board of a joint exercise of…
- § 14070.2 (a) If authorized by the secretary, the department may, through an interagency transfer agreement, transfer to a joint powers board, and the board may assume,…
- § 14070.4 (a) An interagency transfer agreement between the department and a joint powers board, when approved by the secretary, shall do all of the following: (1)…
- § 14070.6 The department and any entity that assumes administrative responsibility for intercity passenger rail services through an interagency transfer agreement, may,…
- § 14070.7 The department and the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, to the extent the agency assumes administrative responsibility for intercity passenger rail services on the…
ARTICLE 5.2. LOSSAN Corridor §§ 14072–14072.10 · 6 sections
- § 14072 (a) The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, also known as the LOSSAN Agency, is an existing joint powers authority established to provide an organization capable of…
- § 14072.2 This article shall be applicable only if the members of the LOSSAN Agency enter into an amended joint powers agreement to expand the authority of the agency to…
- § 14072.4 As part of the business plan required by subdivision (b) of Section 14070.4 that is due by April 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the LOSSAN Rail Corridor…
- § 14072.6 (a) (1) Upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this subdivision, the secretary, with technical and subject matter assistance from the Secretary…
- § 14072.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this section, the secretary, in coordination with stakeholders…
- § 14072.10 (a) The secretary shall provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN…
ARTICLE 5.4. San Joaquin Corridor §§ 14074–14074.8 · 5 sections
- § 14074 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” or “San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority” means a joint exercise of…
- § 14074.2 (a) There shall be created the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority Board, subject to being organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. Except as…
- § 14074.4 The authority shall be created only if the agencies that would be represented on the board enter into a joint exercise of powers agreement to form the…
- § 14074.6 The board shall make its decisions in accordance with the votes of its members, with a majority vote required for all matters with the exception of the…
- § 14074.8 The Steering Committee of the Caltrans Rail Task Force shall remain in existence. If a joint powers authority is formed pursuant to this article and an…
ARTICLE 5.6. Capitol Corridor §§ 14076–14076.8 · 5 sections
- § 14076 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” or “Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority” means the joint exercise…
- § 14076.2 (a) There is hereby created the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board, subject to being organized pursuant to subdivision (b). The board shall be composed of not…
- § 14076.4 If the board and the department enter into an interagency transfer agreement pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 14070), for an initial period, that…
- § 14076.6 The board shall make its decisions in accordance with the votes of its members, requiring a majority vote for all matters with the exception of the approval of…
- § 14076.8 For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this article, the board may seek funds from any jurisdiction served by the Capitols passenger…
ARTICLE 6. Exclusive Mass Transit Guideway Systems §§ 14080–14089 · 15 sections
- § 14080 For purposes of this article: (a) “Public entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 811.2 of the Government Code. (b) “State funds” means any…
- § 14081 (a) When the governing body of any public entity proposes to commence project planning, development, improvement, or acquisition for exclusive public mass…
- § 14081.5 The director shall not enter into an agreement referred to in Section 14081 if, in the director’s judgment, the proposed agreement cannot be carried out in a…
- § 14082 The department may secure the services of consultants to provide expert assistance to the department in performing any of the agreed-upon services referred to…
- § 14082.5 In any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081, the governing body shall retain final authority to decide those matters for which it is responsible by law…
- § 14083 Any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081 shall provide that the department shall be fully reimbursed by the governing body for all costs incurred by the…
- § 14083.5 Any funds received by the department from the governing body pursuant to an agreement made pursuant to Section 14081 shall be deposited in the State Treasury…
- § 14084 If at any time, in carrying out any agreement made pursuant to Section 14081, the required payment of reimbursements becomes a matter in dispute that cannot be…
- § 14085 Whenever any public entity is to receive state or federal funds for the purposes of project planning, design, rights-of-way, construction, acquisition, or…
- § 14085.5 With respect to the review and approval of policies, procedures, and performance standards pursuant to Section 14085, the department’s authority shall be…
- § 14086 The department shall adopt guidelines for purposes of Section 14085. The guidelines and the department’s review and approval required pursuant to Section 14085…
- § 14086.5 Before approving an overall project financing plan and an overall project development schedule, the department shall obtain the finding of the California…
- § 14087 If the governing body of a public entity wishes to appeal an action of the department taken under Section 14085 the matter shall be appealed to the Secretary…
- § 14088 For emergency conditions, and for those minor improvement projects which are not interrelated to proposed projects of greater scope, the director may waive any…
- § 14089 Nothing in this article shall be construed to make the receipt of state or federal funds by public entities for the purpose of project planning, design,…