DIVISION 19.5. CALIFORNIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL SERVICE [185000. - 185511.]

Division 19.5 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 796, Sec. 1.

§§ 185000–185511 · 38 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions,Findings, and Definitions §§ 185000–185012 · 3 sections

   • § 185000 This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California High-Speed Rail Act.
   • § 185010 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) California, over the past decades, has built an extensive network of freeways and airports…
   • § 185012 As used in this division, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Authority” means the High-Speed Rail…
2. CHAPTER 2. The High-Speed Rail Authority §§ 185020–185024 · 3 sections

   • § 185020 (a) There is in the Transportation Agency a High-Speed Rail Authority. (b) (1) The authority is composed of 11 members as follows: (A) Five members appointed…
   • § 185022 (a) Each voting member of the authority shall receive compensation of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that the member is attending to the business of…
   • § 185024 (a) The authority shall appoint an executive director, exempt from civil service, who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority, to administer the affairs…
3. CHAPTER 3. Responsibilities of the Authority §§ 185030–185038 · 15 sections

   • § 185030 The authority shall direct the development and implementation of intercity high-speed rail service that is fully integrated with the state’s existing intercity…
   • § 185032 Upon an appropriation in the Budget Act for that purpose, the authority shall prepare a plan for the construction and operation of a high-speed train network…
   • § 185033 (a) The authority shall prepare, publish, adopt, and submit to the Legislature, not later than May 1, 2014, and every two years thereafter, a business plan. At…
   • § 185033.5 On or before March 1, 2017, and every two years thereafter, the authority shall provide a project update report, approved by the Secretary of Transportation as…
   • § 185033.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Merced to Bakersfield segment” means a 171-mile electrified dual-track segment that is…
   • § 185033.8 (a) As part of the business plan that is due on or before May 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 185033, the authority shall provide a detailed funding plan for the…
   • § 185034 The authority may do any of the following: (1) Conduct engineering and other studies related to the selection and acquisition of rights-of-way and the…
   • § 185034.5 For purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300) of Chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Government Code, each individual who is selected by the authority to…
   • § 185035 (a) The authority shall establish an independent peer review group for the purpose of reviewing the planning, engineering, financing, and other elements of the…
   • § 185036 Upon approval by the Legislature, by the enactment of a statute, or approval by the voters of a financial plan providing the necessary funding for the…
   • § 185036.1 (a) The authority shall make every effort to purchase high-speed train rolling stock and related equipment that are manufactured in California, as defined in…
   • § 185036.2 Notwithstanding the authority’s ability to delegate power to the executive director pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 185024, a contract change order with…
   • § 185036.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “Merced to Bakersfield segment” has the same meaning as defined in Section 185033.7. (b) Before submitting a federal grant…
   • § 185037 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project along the high-speed rail network, the authority may contract with the department to perform…
   • § 185038 Any legal or equitable action brought against the authority shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Sacramento. For purposes of…
4. CHAPTER 4. Rights-of-Way §§ 185040–185045 · 5 sections

   • § 185040 (a) If the authority determines that real property or an interest therein, previously or hereafter acquired by the state for high-speed rail purposes, is no…
   • § 185041 The authority 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 the…
   • § 185042 The authority may lease nonoperating right-of-way areas to municipalities or other local agencies for public purposes, and may contribute toward the cost of…
   • § 185044 The authority may lease to public agencies or private entities or individuals for any term not to exceed 99 years the use of areas above or below operating…
   • § 185045 The High-Speed Rail Property Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the deposit of revenue received from the sale, lease, or grant of any interest in…
5. CHAPTER 5. Relocation of Utilities §§ 185500–185511 · 12 sections

   • § 185500 (a) “High-speed rail property” means real property or an interest therein, including any right-of-way, previously or hereafter acquired by the state for…
   • § 185501 (a) When the authority requires any utility to remove any utility facility lawfully maintained in the right-of-way of any high-speed rail property to a…
   • § 185502 (a) When the authority requires a publicly owned utility to relocate within a high-speed rail property any utility facility lawfully maintained in that…
   • § 185503 If the authority requires the relocation within the right-of-way of any utility facility more than once within a period of 10 years, the authority shall pay…
   • § 185504 (a) In any case in which the authority is required under the provisions of this chapter to pay the cost of removal or relocation of any utility facility, it…
   • § 185505 (a) The authority and any utility required to remove a utility facility or to relocate any utility facility may, by agreement, provide for the respective…
   • § 185506 In the event of failure to reach an agreement as provided in Section 185505, the utility or the authority may bring an action in a court of competent…
   • § 185507 (a) The authority and any utility as defined in Section 185500 may enter into a contract providing for or apportioning the obligations and costs to be borne by…
   • § 185508 A utility is entitled to a permit for such reasonable crossings of high-speed rail property as may be required for the proper discharge of the utility’s…
   • § 185509 The authority shall exercise reasonable discretion in acting on applications of utilities for permits to occupy high-speed rail property for longitudinal…
   • § 185510 The authority, in acting upon applications for utility permits, shall consider both the interests of the traveling public upon the high-speed rail property and…
   • § 185511 Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent the authority from making reasonable rules and regulations and requiring reasonable conditions in permits…