CHAPTER 4.5. The Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000

Chapter 4.5 added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 91, Sec. 6.

§§ 14556–14556.52 · 26 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 14556–14556.3 · 3 sections

   • § 14556 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Traffic Congestion Relief Act of 2000.
   • § 14556.1 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise: (a) “Commission” is the California…
   • § 14556.3 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the State of California to immediately take steps to relieve congestion on the state’s…
2. ARTICLE 2. Traffic Congestion Relief Fund §§ 14556.5–14556.8 · 3 sections

   • § 14556.5 (a) The Traffic Congestion Relief Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall include deposits of funds provided in the annual Budget Act,…
   • § 14556.6 The purpose of this article is to relieve traffic congestion, provide additional funding for local street and road deferred maintenance, and provide additional…
   • § 14556.8 (a) (1) To the extent necessary to provide adequate cash to fund projected expenditures under this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize, by executive…
3. ARTICLE 3. Fund Allocation and Expenditure §§ 14556.10–14556.20 · 8 sections

   • § 14556.10 (a) The lead applicant agency specified for each project in Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40) shall be responsible for preparing and submitting a…
   • § 14556.11 Not later than 90 days from the effective date of the act that added this section, the commission, in consultation with the department and representatives from…
   • § 14556.12 (a) Designated lead applicant agencies shall submit applications to the commission within two years of the effective date of the act that added this section.…
   • § 14556.13 (a) The project applications shall define the project purpose, intended scope, proposed cost, intended funding sources, and schedule for project completion.…
   • § 14556.14 The commission shall ascertain from the appropriate regional transportation planning agency that a project is included in, or is consistent with, the…
   • § 14556.16 (a) The commission, with the assistance of the department, shall begin review of a project application within 30 days of receipt of the application. (b) The…
   • § 14556.18 (a) Commission approval of a project application establishes the time schedule, by fiscal year, for implementation of the phases of a project. Project approval…
   • § 14556.20 (a) The commission shall direct the department to allocate funds to the department, regional transportation planning agencies, local transportation…
4. ARTICLE 4. Administration and Expenditure of Funds §§ 14556.25–14556.34 · 8 sections

   • § 14556.25 (a) The department shall execute a cooperative agreement with the lead applicant agency or the agency responsible for carrying out the work for reimbursement…
   • § 14556.26 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a regional or local agency receiving an allocation from this program shall certify, by resolution of its governing…
   • § 14556.28 (a) For applicants other than the department, funds allocated shall generally be administered as a reimbursement program. At the request of an applicant, the…
   • § 14556.29 The Controller shall develop a system that provides access to funds allocated by the commission under this article from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund by…
   • § 14556.30 (a) After receiving an allocation, the lead applicant shall make diligent and timely progress toward completing the work as described in the submitted…
   • § 14556.32 (a) The rate of reimbursement of expenditures shall not exceed the rate determined by the commission in its allocation of funds. (b) After notifying the…
   • § 14556.33 (a) A regional or local entity that is a lead applicant agency under Article 5 (commencing with Section 14556.40), may apply to the commission for a letter of…
   • § 14556.34 Any agency or combination of agencies that succeed to an agency having any rights, powers, duties, or obligations under this chapter, including, but not…
5. ARTICLE 5. Eligible Projects §§ 14556.40–14556.41 · 2 sections

   • § 14556.40 (a) The following projects are eligible for grants from the fund for the purposes and amounts specified: (1) BART to San Jose; extend BART from Fremont to…
   • § 14556.41 As of June 30, 2017, projects in Section 14556.40 for the Traffic Congestion Relief Program shall be deemed complete and final, and funding levels shall be…
6. ARTICLE 6. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 14556.50–14556.52 · 2 sections

   • § 14556.50 The grant authorized under paragraph (32) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 shall be allocated as follows: (a) (1) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars…
   • § 14556.52 (a) Before grants from the fund may be allocated to any of the three Alameda Corridor East Projects identified in paragraphs (54), (55), and (73) of…