DIVISION 3. APPORTIONMENT AND EXPENDITURE OF HIGHWAY FUNDS [2004.5. - 2704.79.]
Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 192.
§§ 2004.5–2704.79 · 296 sections
CHAPTER 1. The County Road System §§ 2004.5–2010 · 14 sections
- § 2004.5 Streets in any city which has not held an election of municipal officers within a period of 10 years preceding the date of the proposed inclusion shall be…
- § 2006 (a) The board of supervisors of each county shall appoint a single road commissioner for all road districts in the county. Every person who is appointed road…
- § 2006.1 Notwithstanding Section 2006 or Section 2006.5, the board of supervisors of any county may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all…
- § 2006.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Supervisors of Merced County may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all…
- § 2006.3 Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Colusa may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties…
- § 2006.4 Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Glenn may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties of…
- § 2006.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Supervisors of Orange County may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board of supervisors…
- § 2006.6 Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Siskiyou may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties…
- § 2006.7 Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Tehama may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties…
- § 2006.8 Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Madera may abolish the office of road commissioner if the board transfers all duties…
- § 2007 The road commissioner shall each year prepare a tentative road budget covering all proposed expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year for county road purposes.…
- § 2008 The board of supervisors shall fix the salary of the road commissioner. It shall be chargeable against the one thousand six hundred sixty-seven dollars…
- § 2009 The board of supervisors shall act as the policymaking body with respect to county highway matters and shall by appropriate action establish the general…
- § 2010 In order that the provisions of this chapter may be effectively carried out, the members of the board of supervisors of their respective counties shall make…
CHAPTER 2. Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program §§ 2030–2038 · 11 sections
- § 2030 (a) The Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program is hereby created to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road…
- § 2031 The following revenues shall be deposited in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, which is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund: (a)…
- § 2031.5 For each fiscal year, the annual Budget Act shall contain an appropriation from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account for the costs of administering…
- § 2032 (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…
- § 2032.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Transportation and local governments are held accountable for the efficient investment of public…
- § 2033 (a) On or before January 1, 2018, the commission, in cooperation with the department, transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions, and…
- § 2033.5 The department, from funds made available pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2032, shall allocate local planning grants to encourage local and regional…
- § 2034 (a) (1) Before receiving an apportionment of funds under the program pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 2032 from the Controller in a…
- § 2036 (a) Cities and counties shall maintain their existing commitment of local funds for street, road, and highway purposes in order to remain eligible for an…
- § 2037 A city or county may spend its apportionment of funds under the program on transportation priorities other than those allowable pursuant to this chapter if the…
- § 2038 (a) The California Workforce Development Board shall develop guidelines for public agencies receiving Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account funds to…
CHAPTER 3. Highway Users Tax Account §§ 2100–2127 · 45 sections
- § 2100 The Highway Users Tax Fund is continued in existence as the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. Any reference in any law or regulation to…
- § 2101 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund and hereafter received in the…
- § 2102 Net revenue derived from a tax means the amount of revenue derived from a tax that is deposited into the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax…
- § 2103 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, of the net revenues deposited to the credit of the Highway Users Tax Account that are derived from…
- § 2103.1 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2103, the portion of revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account attributable to the increases in the motor…
- § 2104 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, a sum equal to the net revenue derived from 11.3 percent of the per gallon tax under the Motor Vehicle…
- § 2104.1 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the Controller shall deduct annually, from the amount apportioned pursuant to Section 2104, the amount…
- § 2105 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in addition to the apportionments prescribed by Sections 2104, 2106, and 2107, from the revenues derived…
- § 2106 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, a sum equal to the net revenue derived from 5.8 percent of the per gallon tax under the Motor Vehicle…
- § 2106.3 If Los Angeles County elects to allocate any portion of the revenues it receives pursuant to Section 2104 or 2106 to the cities within the county under any…
- § 2106.4 From funds apportioned to the County of Los Angeles pursuant to Sections 2104, 2105, and 2106, or from other transportation funds available to the county, or…
- § 2106.5 (a) Each county and any of its incorporated cities may enter into an agreement regarding the base sum established by paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of…
- § 2106.6 The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors may allocate up to seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) from revenues apportioned to Sacramento County pursuant…
- § 2107 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, a sum equal to the net revenues derived from 7.3 percent of the per gallon tax under the Motor…
- § 2107.1 Any city or city and county may apply to the United States Bureau of Census to determine its population. Upon receipt from the bureau of its determination of…
- § 2107.2 Any city or city and county may apply to the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance to estimate its population or the population of any…
- § 2107.3 The incorporation of a new city, or any annexation or exclusion of territory to or from an existing city, shall be considered for the purpose of apportionment…
- § 2107.4 Not more than one-quarter of the funds allocated to a city or county from the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for the construction of…
- § 2107.5 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in addition to the amounts apportioned to cities from the Highway Users Tax Fund under Sections 2106 and…
- § 2107.6 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the Controller shall deduct annually, from the amount apportioned pursuant to Section 2107, the amount…
- § 2107.7 (a) For each fiscal year, there shall be included in the annual Budget Bill submitted by the Governor an amount not to exceed twelve million dollars…
- § 2107.9 The Legislature finds and declares that it intends counties and cities to use the additional funds provided them by the act enacting this section during the…
- § 2107.10 If the board of supervisors of a county with a population of more than 6,000,000 did not adopt and submit a resolution pursuant to Section 41 of the act…
- § 2108 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the balance of the money in the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, after making…
- § 2108.1 By July 1, 1990, the City, County, State Cooperation Committee in the deparment shall develop and adopt a pavement management program to be utilized on local…
- § 2109 State highways shall be maintained, constructed, and improved out of the moneys received in the State Highway Account under Section 2108. Notwithstanding…
- § 2110 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys payable to the counties under subdivision (b) of Section 2104 shall be apportioned monthly…
- § 2110.5 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money payable to the counties under subdivision (c) of Section 2104 shall be apportioned monthly for…
- § 2111 Apportionments from the Highway Users Tax Fund shall not be made to any incorporated city the streets of which are not public streets or which has not held an…
- § 2112 No money apportioned from the Highway Users Tax Fund as provided in Section 2106 or 2107 shall be used for the construction or improvement of any highway or…
- § 2113 (a) An apportionment of money from the Highway Users Tax Account shall not be made to a city unless the city has set up, by ordinance, a special gas tax street…
- § 2113.5 Any city may have any or all of its engineering and administrative work with respect to city streets done by contract. If authorized by their legislative…
- § 2114 Contracts for any construction and improvement projects on city streets for which funds apportioned from the Highway Users Tax Fund as provided in Section 2106…
- § 2114.5 In the event that any sums are taken or borrowed from the Highway Users Tax Fund, to augment the General Fund, or to pay any appropriations made from the…
- § 2115 To permit the accomplishment of major cooperative street or highway projects in their entirety, the legislative body of a county or city may authorize the…
- § 2116 Any city may contract with the department for the performance by the department of any or all street work in such city and for such purpose may transfer to the…
- § 2117 (a) Whenever a school district constructs a school building for which any apportionment is made pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 15700) or…
- § 2118 When the State Controller determines it to be necessary, he may require a county or city to deposit money received from the Highway Users Tax Fund in a…
- § 2118.5 All or a portion of the cost of furnishing warranted traffic control personnel whose function is to assist students in crossing streets and highways and…
- § 2119 The State Controller shall not draw his warrant upon the Highway Users Tax Fund in favor of any county or city which has failed to establish any road or street…
- § 2120 Upon the request of the board of supervisors of any county, the Controller may deduct from the apportionment to such county any amount specified in such…
- § 2121 (a) In May of each year each county shall submit to the department any additions or exclusions from its mileage of maintained county highways, specifying the…
- § 2122 Contracts for any construction and improvement projects on county highways for which it is anticipated funds from the Highway Users Tax Fund will be available…
- § 2126 (a) The money appropriated pursuant to Item 9675-101-890 of the Budget Act of 1985 (Chapter 111 of the Statutes of 1985) is hereby appropriated to the…
- § 2127 (a) (1) Except in the case of a city or county which has made an election pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of this subdivision, in order to receive any…
CHAPTER 4. Accounting, Reports and Audits §§ 2150–2157 · 7 sections
- § 2150 All amounts paid to each county, out of the Highway Users Tax Fund shall be deposited in its road fund. The board may deposit in said fund any other money…
- § 2151 (a) On or before the first day of December of each year, the governing body of the county or city shall cause to be made and filed with the Controller a…
- § 2152 The report shall contain the following: (a) A detailed statement of all money available from all sources during the fiscal year covered by the report,…
- § 2153 The State Controller shall take such steps as he may deem necessary to insure that such reports are adequate and accurate.
- § 2154 The Controller shall annually tabulate and compile all such reports received by him or her and shall publish and make that tabulation and compilation report…
- § 2155 No state money shall be allocated to or made available for expenditure by any county or city at any time when such county or city is delinquent in filing the…
- § 2157 The Departmental Transportation Advisory Committee is hereby abolished and the department shall succeed to all of its duties and responsibilities.
CHAPTER 4.6. Intercity Corridor Demonstration Program §§ 2170–2182.1 · 15 sections
- § 2170 The Legislature finds as follows: (a) The Sacramento-Stockton-San Franciso corridor and the Los Angeles-San Diego corridor represent unique locations for…
- § 2170.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that any statewide passenger rail planning shall include consideration of the California Passenger Rail Corridor defined in…
- § 2171 The department shall undertake three-year demonstration projects to encourage improved ground public transit services along the Sacramento-Stockton -San…
- § 2172 The department shall be responsible for the administration, implementation, marketing, and evaluation of the projects. The department shall seek the assistance…
- § 2173 From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department shall enter into an agreement with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, pursuant to Section…
- § 2174 From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department shall enter into an agreement with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, pursuant to Section…
- § 2174.5 No funds shall be allocated for improvements along the Los Angeles-San Diego corridor until the director determines that an average of four or more passenger…
- § 2175 From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department may undertake a program to provide feeder bus service between major population or activity centers…
- § 2176 From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department may undertake a program to provide express bus service between Stockton and a station of the San…
- § 2176.5 From funds appropriated for such purposes, the department may undertake the construction of intermodal transfer facilities located in conjunction with other…
- § 2177 From funds appropriated by Section 4 of Chapter 1130 of the Statutes of 1975, the director shall make allocations to extend corridor rail services beyond the…
- § 2178 The department shall seek federal and local financial assistance in financing the projects.
- § 2180 When considering the feasibility of rail access from the San Francisco Bay area to Sacramento and Stockton, the department shall explore, for future…
- § 2182 (a) The funds appropriated from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.5 of the Government Code shall…
- § 2182.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it intends cities and counties to use the funds made available under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section…
CHAPTER 4.7. Intermodal Corridors of Economic Significance §§ 2190–2191 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 4.8. Trade Corridors Improvement Fund §§ 2192–2192.4 · 5 sections
- § 2192 (a) The following revenues shall be allocated for infrastructure projects pursuant to this section: (1) The revenues deposited in the Trade Corridors…
- § 2192.1 (a) To the extent moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, attributable to the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance…
- § 2192.2 The commission shall allocate funds made available by this chapter to projects that have identified and committed supplemental funding from appropriate local,…
- § 2192.3 The commission shall include in its annual report to the Legislature, required by Section 14535 of the Government Code, a summary of its activities related to…
- § 2192.4 The Trade Corridor Enhancement Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund to receive funds from subdivision (b) of Section 60050 of the Revenue…
CHAPTER 4.9. Port-Related Cargo §§ 2196–2196.3 · 4 sections
- § 2196 The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach shall evaluate changes to the goods movement network to gauge adherence by those ports to the state goals in…
- § 2196.1 The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, to the extent practicable, shall provide the statistical data on imports and exports obtained pursuant to…
- § 2196.2 (a) Subject to the appropriation of funds for this purpose, the Transportation Agency, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, shall develop and…
- § 2196.3 (a) A lead applicant agency may apply to the Secretary of Transportation or the secretary’s designee for a letter of no prejudice for a project or for any…
CHAPTER 5. Federal Aid for Secondary Highways §§ 2200–2214 · 12 sections
- § 2200 This chapter may be cited as the Federal-Aid Secondary Highways Act.
- § 2201 Various federal-aid highway acts have authorized appropriations for various programs for projects on secondary roads within this state. The purpose of this…
- § 2202 The Legislature recognizes that federal aid for secondary highways was deleted from federal law by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991…
- § 2203 As used in this chapter, “county highway” means a county highway, as defined by Section 25, which is on the system of secondary and feeder roads as defined by…
- § 2204 As used in this chapter, “county” does not include a city and county.
- § 2206 As used in this chapter, “match” means to provide for the payment of the cost of any project to the extent that such cost is not to be paid from federal funds.
- § 2208 Funds apportioned to this state pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) of Section 104 of Title 23 of the United States Code for the Federal-Aid Secondary System shall…
- § 2209 If the annual apportionment to a county pursuant to Section 2208 is less than 1 percent of the total of such allocations to all counties, the county may…
- § 2210 From nonfederal funds in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund appropriated to match the funds apportioned pursuant to Section 2208, the…
- § 2211 The department shall notify each county, as soon as possible each year, of the amount of money to be available for expenditure in the county from the federal…
- § 2213 By agreement with the department, a county may transfer all or part of the funds apportioned to it, and in its discretion matching funds, to a federal-aid…
- § 2214 Federal-aid secondary funds apportioned to any county under Section 2208 and not claimed or used as provided in Sections 2211 to 2213, inclusive, shall be…
CHAPTER 5.1. Combined Road Plan §§ 2220–2227 · 8 sections
- § 2220 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Federal-Aid Combined Road Plan Act.
- § 2221 The purpose of this chapter is to implement the combined road plan demonstration program, pursuant to Section 137 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, in…
- § 2222 Notwithstanding Chapters 5 (commencing with Section 2200), 7 (commencing with Section 2350), and 9 (commencing with Section 2400), this chapter applies to the…
- § 2223 Combined road plan apportionments received by this state under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 shall be allocated by the department to city, county, and…
- § 2224 (a) To assist the department in the performance of its duties in relation thereto, there is a statewide Combined Road Plan Committee, which consists of the…
- § 2225 Section 2360 does not apply to funds apportioned and allocated under the combined road plan demonstration program.
- § 2226 For the duration of the combined road plan demonstration program, state matching funds and state exchange funds under Sections 2209 and 2210 shall continue to…
- § 2227 This chapter shall remain operative until the director determines that the federal combined road plan demonstration program is no longer in effect. The…
CHAPTER 5.5. Federal Aid for Metropolitan Transportation Planning §§ 2230–2234 · 5 sections
- § 2230 This chapter may be cited as the Federal Aid for Metropolitan Transportation Planning Act.
- § 2231 The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 has authorized appropriations for expenditure within urbanized areas for comprehensive transportation planning purposes.…
- § 2232 As used in this chapter, “Transportation Planning and Development Account” means the Transportation Planning and Development Account created in the State…
- § 2233 Amounts apportioned to the state pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 104 of Title 23 of the United States Code shall be identified in the budget of the…
- § 2234 The department shall establish operating procedures and take such other action as is appropriate to comply with the provisions of this chapter and with all…
CHAPTER 6. Federal Funds for Demonstration Projects §§ 2300–2302 · 3 sections
- § 2300 The department shall be responsible for coordinating the work necessary to carry out the Los Angeles demonstration project, as described in the financial plans…
- § 2301 The department shall undertake the Prairie Creek Redwood State Park demonstration project or other projects as described in federal law in lieu of this project…
- § 2302 In addition to the purposes allowable pursuant to Section 193, the commission may allocate State Highway Account funds available for state highway purposes to…
CHAPTER 6.5. Federal Aid for Highway Safety Improvements §§ 2330–2334 · 5 sections
- § 2330 This chapter may be cited as the Federal Aid for Highway Safety Improvements Act.
- § 2331 The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act-A Legacy for Users of 2005 (Public Law 109-059), also known as SAFETEA-LU, elevated the…
- § 2332 All funds received pursuant to these federal programs shall be deposited in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund. All funds apportioned…
- § 2333 In each annual proposed budget prepared pursuant to Section 165, there shall be included an amount equal to the estimated apportionment available from the…
- § 2334 Expenditure of such funds on local streets and roads shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 188 and 188.8.
CHAPTER 7. Federal Aid for Urban Systems §§ 2350–2360 · 7 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2350–2352 · 3 sections
- § 2350 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Federal Aid for Urban Systems Act.
- § 2351 The Federal-Aid Highway Acts of 1970 and 1973 have authorized appropriations for expenditure on the federal-aid urban system within the designated boundaries…
- § 2352 The Legislature recognizes that federal aid for urban systems was deleted from federal law by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991…
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 2356–2360 · 4 sections
- § 2356 The department, in cooperation with the committee, shall establish operating procedures and take such other actions as are appropriate to comply with the…
- § 2358 Funds apportioned to this state pursuant to subsection (b)(6) of Section 104 of Title 23 of the United States Code for federal urban system projects shall be…
- § 2359 (a) The department may advance the federal share of each urban system project on a county road or a city street from the money appropriated by the Legislature…
- § 2360 Funds apportioned by the United States Secretary of Transportation to public entities in California for federal-aid urban system projects shall be obligated by…
CHAPTER 7.5. Federal Funds for Transportation Enhancements §§ 2370–2374 · 5 sections
- § 2370 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Community conservation corps” shall have the same meaning as defined in Section…
- § 2371 (a) The department, in consultation with community conservation corps, the California Conservation Corps, the commission, regional transportation planning…
- § 2372 The department, regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions or authorities, or congestion management agencies shall be…
- § 2373 The commission, when developing guidelines for the state transportation improvement program and the state highway operations and protection program, shall…
- § 2374 The criteria prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2373 and the guidelines prepared pursuant to Section 2371 relative to the allocation of funds for…
CHAPTER 8. Active Transportation Program §§ 2380–2385 · 6 sections
- § 2380 There is hereby established the Active Transportation Program in the department for the purpose of encouraging increased use of active modes of transportation,…
- § 2381 (a) The Active Transportation Program shall be funded by state and federal funds from appropriations in the annual Budget Act. Funds for the program shall be…
- § 2382 (a) The California Transportation Commission shall develop guidelines and project selection criteria for the Active Transportation Program in consultation with…
- § 2383 The commission may amend the adopted guidelines after conducting at least one public hearing. The commission shall make a reasonable effort to amend the…
- § 2384 (a) The commission shall adopt a program of projects to receive allocations under this chapter. The guidelines for an initial two-year program of projects…
- § 2385 The department shall administer the program consistent with the guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter.
CHAPTER 8.5. Congested Corridors §§ 2390–2397 · 8 sections
- § 2390 The Solutions for Congested Corridors Program is hereby created.
- § 2391 Pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11053 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) in the State Highway Account…
- § 2392 A regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission or authority responsible for preparing a regional transportation improvement plan…
- § 2393 A project nomination shall include documentation regarding the quantitative and qualitative measures validating the project’s consistency with the policy…
- § 2394 The commission shall allocate program funds to projects after reviewing the corridor plans submitted by the regional agencies or the department and making a…
- § 2395 The commission shall adopt an initial program of projects to be funded through the initial appropriation for the program. The initial program may cover a…
- § 2396 (a) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall develop and adopt guidelines for the program consistent with the requirements of…
- § 2397 On or before March 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the commission shall provide project update reports on the development and implementation of the program…
CHAPTER 9. Federal Aid for Bridge Reconstruction and Replacement §§ 2400–2414 · 7 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2400–2401 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 2410–2414 · 5 sections
- § 2410 The department, cities, and counties are authorized to cooperate with the federal government in any inventory or classification of bridges requested by the…
- § 2411 The department, after conferring with the cities and the counties, shall recommend state and local projects and take such other action within the powers…
- § 2412 The boards of supervisors, city councils, and the department are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements, and to do all other things necessary and…
- § 2413 (a) The department may allocate to the counties and the cities federal funds received for approved bridge reconstruction or replacement projects on county…
- § 2414 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the state’s vital interest to participate fully in the federal highway bridge replacement program. (b) The…
CHAPTER 9.5. Federal Transportation Economic Stimulus Funds §§ 2420–2424 · 5 sections
- § 2420 This chapter may be cited as the Transportation Economic Stimulus Act of 2009.
- § 2421 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Congress has enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), which…
- § 2422 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Legislature hereby appropriates to the department the sum of two billion five hundred sixty-nine million…
- § 2423 (a) The federal highway infrastructure investment funds made available to the state under the formula apportionments of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…
- § 2424 (a) The department, metropolitan planning organizations, county transportation commissions, regional transportation planning agencies, counties, cities, and a…
CHAPTER 10. Grade Separation Projects §§ 2450–2461 · 16 sections
- § 2450 For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Grade separation” means, for the purpose of calculating the railroad contribution to the project, the theoretical structure…
- § 2451 (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “local agency” includes a city, a county, a separation-of-grade district, and any public entity that provides rail…
- § 2452 Prior to July 1 of each year, the Public Utilities Commission shall establish a list, in order of priority, of projects that the commission determines to be…
- § 2453 From the funds set aside pursuant to Section 190, as well as from any other funds that may be set aside for purposes of this chapter, the California…
- § 2453.5 The department may submit its comments and recommendations to the commission on any project for which an allocation is to be made.
- § 2454 Allocations made pursuant to Section 2453 shall be made on the basis of the following: (a) An allocation of 80 percent of the estimated cost of the project…
- § 2454.2 The planned removal of trackage of the Sacramento Northern Railway, the construction of substitute tracks and track connections, the elimination of 10 existing…
- § 2455 After an allocation is made to a local agency by the commission, the local agency and the department shall enter into an agreement concerning the handling and…
- § 2456 An allocation for construction costs, including preconstruction costs if not already allocated, shall be made to a local agency only if it furnishes evidence…
- § 2457 Preconstruction costs (engineering, right-of-way, preparation of environmental impact reports, and utility relocation) expended by a local agency prior to any…
- § 2458 If a construction contract has not been awarded within two years after an allocation for construction costs, the commission may order the allocation canceled…
- § 2459 If the actual cost of the project is less than estimated, the allocations made for such project shall be reduced accordingly and the excess shall revert to the…
- § 2460 If more projects comply with the requirements of this chapter than can be financed from funds set aside for purposes of this chapter, allocations shall be made…
- § 2460.5 From funds remaining after allocations for projects higher on the priority list, the commission shall offer to allocate the remaining funds for the next…
- § 2460.7 A project that is on the priority list may be constructed by a local agency prior to the time that it reaches a high enough priority for funding under this…
- § 2461 Allocations for specific projects on the state highway system only shall be deemed expenditures within the county in which the project is situated for the…
CHAPTER 11. Federal Aid for Rural Highway Public Transportation §§ 2500–2507 · 6 sections
- § 2500 This chapter may be cited as the Rural Highway Public Transportation Act.
- § 2501 Federal law has authorized appropriations for expenditure for public mass transportation on highways in rural areas in order to enhance access of rural area…
- § 2503 As used in this chapter, “rural areas” means areas as defined in Section 101 of Title 23 of the United States Code.
- § 2505 The department shall establish operating procedures and take such other appropriate actions to comply with the provisions of this chapter and with all…
- § 2506 All applications for federal funds for rural public mass transportation projects under Section 147 of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-87)…
- § 2507 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may authorize the Controller to make payments to claimants for work performed on a rural public mass…
CHAPTER 12. Federal Aid for Safer Off-System Roads §§ 2520–2537 · 8 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2520–2521 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 2530–2537 · 6 sections
- § 2530 (a) The federal act provides that sums apportioned to a state under this program be made available for projects throughout the state on a fair and equitable…
- § 2532 Within 60 days after the apportionment is made pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2530, each county shall notify the department as to the amount of the…
- § 2533 The county or city responsible for the construction of a safer off-system road project shall prepare the plans, specifications, and estimates of costs for the…
- § 2534 All funds not claimed pursuant to Section 2532 shall lapse. The lapsed funds of a county may be reallocated for expenditure upon safer off-system road projects…
- § 2535 By agreement with the department, a county or city may transfer all or part of the funds apportioned to it under this chapter to a qualifying safer off-system…
- § 2537 The counties and cities may use any funds available to them to match federal funds made available under this chapter, if the use of funds for such matching…
CHAPTER 13. Abandoned Railroad Lines §§ 2540–2549 · 6 sections
- § 2540 The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the state to acquire abandoned railroad lines when the right-of-way for such lines has a potential…
- § 2542 The Abandoned Railroad Account is hereby created in the State Transportation Fund. The money in the Abandoned Railroad Account is appropriated to the…
- § 2544 The department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature not later than July 1, 1976, a priority list of abandoned railroad lines having rights-of-way that…
- § 2546 With money made available for such purpose, the department may acquire any of the rights-of-way included in the priority list prepared pursuant to Section 2544…
- § 2548 In the name of the people of the State of California or, upon authorization from a city, county, or transit district, in the name of such city, county, or…
- § 2549 (a) Any city, county, transit operator, or the department may submit an application to the department for an advance of funds for the purchase of abandoned…
CHAPTER 14. Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies §§ 2550–2559 · 13 sections
- § 2550 The Legislature declares that its intent in enacting this chapter is to encourage a motorist aid system comprising multiple service elements and infrastructure…
- § 2551 (a) A service authority for freeway emergencies may be established in any county if the board of supervisors of the county and the city councils of a majority…
- § 2551.5 The board of supervisors, and the city councils of the cities in the county, may authorize the members of the service authority to receive for each attendance…
- § 2551.6 A service authority may agree to operate the freeway service patrol in the county or region in which the service authority was created. If another agency is…
- § 2552 When the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or the Sacramento Area Council of Governments functions as the service authority for two or more counties, the…
- § 2553 An authority, other than the Metropolitan Transportation Commission or a county transportation commission or a council of governments designated pursuant to…
- § 2554 An authority may contract and may undertake any act convenient or necessary to carry out this chapter and any other law relating to the authority.
- § 2555 An authority may impose a fee of one dollar ($1) per year, on vehicles registered in the county pursuant to Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code.
- § 2555.1 (a) On January 1, 2013, the service authority created in the County of San Diego shall be dissolved, and, notwithstanding Section 2551, SANDAG shall become the…
- § 2556 An existing service authority established by any of the counties or the city and county enumerated in subdivision (c) of Section 2551 may be merged into a…
- § 2557 (a) Each service authority shall determine how moneys received by it pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9250.10 of the Vehicle Code shall be used for the…
- § 2558 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a service authority may issue revenue bonds pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Division 2 of Title 5 of…
- § 2559 It is a misdemeanor for any person to remove, damage, interfere with the use of, or obstruct any motorist aid call box provided pursuant to this chapter…
CHAPTER 15. Freeway Service Patrols §§ 2560–2565 · 12 sections
- § 2560 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Freeway Service Patrol Act.
- § 2560.5 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the implementation of a freeway service patrol system using a formula-based allocation, referred to as…
- § 2561 As used in this chapter, each of the following terms has the following meaning: (a) “Emergency roadside assistance” has the same meaning as defined in Section…
- § 2561.3 The freeway service patrol in any particular area shall be operated pursuant to an agreement between the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the…
- § 2561.5 (a) Funding for the freeway service patrols established pursuant to this chapter shall be provided, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, from the State…
- § 2562.1 (a) Funding for the program established in subdivision (a) of Section 2560.5 in a participating area shall be based 25 percent on the number of urban freeway…
- § 2562.2 (a) Not later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, the department shall prepare guidelines for the implementation of a Competitive Freeway…
- § 2562.3 In determining the baseline annual funding allocation, regional or local entities shall apply to the department in accordance with operational standards as…
- § 2562.5 Each tow truck participating in a freeway service patrol shall bear a logo comprised of, at a minimum, a circle, a triangle, and a tow truck silhouette, with…
- § 2563 Tow truck drivers and employers participating in a freeway service patrol pursuant to this chapter are subject to the standards and qualifications established…
- § 2564 Not more than 2 percent of the state funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter shall be used for administrative overhead expenses or purposes by state…
- § 2565 The department, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and participating and eligible regional and local entities shall develop and periodically…
CHAPTER 15.5. Vanpool Financing §§ 2570–2580 · 11 sections
- § 2570 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given in this section: (a) “Vanpool operator” means any person who files an application and…
- § 2571 The Ridesharing Vanpool Revolving Loan and Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department for purposes of…
- § 2572 Any person may submit an application to the department for a loan from the fund to purchase a vanpool vehicle for operation by the person as a vanpool…
- § 2573 The department shall charge a rate of interest for loans made under this chapter reasonably calculated to ultimately keep the fund at a constant level and in…
- § 2574 The vanpool grant program shall be administered by the department. From funds appropriated to the department for the purpose, the department shall make grants…
- § 2575 (a) Any person may submit an application to the department for a grant of not more than 70 percent of the cost to purchase or lease a new vanpool vehicle or…
- § 2576 A vanpool operator who receives a lease grant shall operate the vanpool vehicle as a vanpool for the duration of the lease. The vanpool operator’s failure to…
- § 2577 All money received by the department under this chapter shall be deposited in the Ridesharing Vanpool Revolving Loan and Grant Fund.
- § 2578 (a) The department shall adopt guidelines for the making of loans and for the purchase and lease of vanpool vehicles. The guidelines shall, in the case of…
- § 2579 A vanpool operator is not eligible for any California income tax deduction or credit applicable to vanpooling with respect to the amount of any grant under…
- § 2580 (a) The Department of Transportation may make loans to other state agencies for the purpose of purchasing vanpool vehicles, as defined by subdivision (b) of…
CHAPTER 16. Traffic Signal Synchronization § 2581 · 1 section
- § 2581 (a) Investments in traffic signal synchronization may be eligible for an allocation of moneys pursuant to Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code as a…
CHAPTER 17. Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of 1990 §§ 2701–2701.24 · 22 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2701–2701.02 · 3 sections
- § 2701 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act of 1990.
- § 2701.01 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Passenger Rail Finance Committee created pursuant to…
- § 2701.02 The Legislature has provided that, in addition to the one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) authorized pursuant to this chapter, the Passenger Rail and Clean…
ARTICLE 2. Transportation Improvement Program §§ 2701.05–2701.08 · 4 sections
- § 2701.05 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Passenger Rail Bond Fund, which is hereby created.
- § 2701.06 The money in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be available, without regard to fiscal years, for acquisition of rights-of-way, capital…
- § 2701.07 The appropriations for capital improvements and acquisition of rolling stock for intercity rail, commuter rail, and urban rail transit shall be used only on…
- § 2701.08 At least 15 percent of the money in the fund shall be used for intercity rail purposes and shall be equitably expended on intercity rail corridors based on the…
ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 2701.10–2701.24 · 15 sections
- § 2701.10 Bonds in the total amount of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to…
- § 2701.11 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in…
- § 2701.12 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter,…
- § 2701.13 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
- § 2701.14 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
- § 2701.15 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
- § 2701.16 (a) Money may be transferred from the fund to the State Transportation Fund to reimburse the Transportation Planning and Development Account and the State…
- § 2701.17 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
- § 2701.18 For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed…
- § 2701.19 All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
- § 2701.20 The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of the State General Obligation Bond Law.
- § 2701.21 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
- § 2701.22 Notwithstanding any provision of the State General Obligation Bond Law with regard to the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter that are…
- § 2701.23 (a) The department may advance funds in the State Highway Account in the State Transportation Fund for all or a portion of the cost of projects approved for…
- § 2701.24 Notwithstanding Section 2701.22 or any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720)…
CHAPTER 18. Federal Aid for Tribes § 2702 · 1 section
- § 2702 To the extent permitted by federal and state law, a federally recognized Native American tribe shall be eligible for federal funding for a transportation…
CHAPTER 20. Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century §§ 2704–2704.21 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2704–2704.01 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. High-Speed Passenger Train Financing Program §§ 2704.04–2704.095 · 7 sections
- § 2704.04 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature by enacting this chapter and of the people of California by approving the bond measure pursuant to this chapter to…
- § 2704.05 Subject to Section 2704.18, the proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Fund,…
- § 2704.06 The net proceeds received from the sale of nine billion dollars ($9,000,000,000) principal amount of bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter, upon…
- § 2704.07 The authority shall pursue and obtain other private and public funds, including, but not limited to, federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, and local funds,…
- § 2704.08 (a) Proceeds of bonds described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2704.04 shall not be used for more than 50 percent of the total cost of…
- § 2704.09 The high-speed train system to be constructed pursuant to this chapter shall be designed to achieve the following characteristics: (a) Electric trains that are…
- § 2704.095 (a) (1) Net proceeds received from the sale of nine hundred fifty million dollars ($950,000,000) principal amount of bonds authorized by this chapter shall be…
ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 2704.10–2704.21 · 12 sections
- § 2704.10 (a) Bonds in the total amount of nine billion nine hundred fifty million dollars ($9,950,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds issued in accordance with…
- § 2704.11 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in…
- § 2704.12 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized by this chapter and the making of those determinations and the taking…
- § 2704.13 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions…
- § 2704.14 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
- § 2704.15 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
- § 2704.16 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
- § 2704.17 For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed…
- § 2704.18 All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium on bonds sold shall be available to pay costs of issuing the bonds, and to the extent not so…
- § 2704.19 The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the electors of…
- § 2704.20 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
- § 2704.21 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a…
CHAPTER 20.5. Implementation of the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century §§ 2704.75–2704.79 · 5 sections
- § 2704.75 (a) An eligible recipient for funds pursuant to Section 2704.095 may apply to the California Transportation Commission for a letter of no prejudice for a…
- § 2704.76 (a) (1) Of the one billion one hundred million dollars ($1,100,000,000) appropriated pursuant to Item 2665-104-6043 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012,…
- § 2704.77 Any track expansion for the San Francisco to San Jose segment of the high-speed rail system beyond the blended system approach identified in the April 2012…
- § 2704.78 (a) For purposes of the funding plan required pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 2704.08, a corridor or usable segment thereof is “suitable and ready for…
- § 2704.79 Pursuant to the authorization set forth in subdivision (h) of Section 2704.08, not more than 5 percent of the proceeds of bonds described in paragraph (1) of…