California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1591

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

January 6, 2016

An act to add Sections 14526.7 and 16321 to the Government Code, to amend Section 39719 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 7360 and 60050 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 2192 and 2192.1 of, to add Section 2192.4 to, and to add Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2030) to Division 3 of, the Streets and Highways Code, and to add Sections 9250.3, 9250.6, and 9400.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to transportation, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1591, as introduced, Frazier. Transportation funding.

(1) Existing law provides various sources of funding for transportation purposes, including funding for the state highway system and the local street and road system. These funding sources include, among others, fuel excise taxes, commercial vehicle weight fees, local transactions and use taxes, and federal funds. Existing law imposes certain registration fees on vehicles, with revenues from these fees deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account and used to fund the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of the California Highway Patrol. Existing law provides for the monthly transfer of excess balances in the Motor Vehicle Account to the State Highway Account.

This bill would create the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system. The bill would require the California Transportation Commission to adopt performance criteria to ensure efficient use of the funds available for the program. The bill would provide for the deposit of various funds for the program in the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, which the bill would create in the State Transportation Fund, including revenues attributable to a $0.225 per gallon increase in the motor vehicle fuel (gasoline) tax imposed by the bill, including an inflation adjustment as provided, an increase of $38 in the annual vehicle registration fee, and a new $165 annual vehicle registration fee applicable to zero-emission motor vehicles, as defined.

The bill would continuously appropriate the funds in the account for road maintenance and rehabilitation purposes and would allocate 5% of available funds to counties that approve a transactions and use tax on or after July 1, 2016, with the remaining funds to be allocated 50% for maintenance of the state highway system or to the state highway operation and protection program, and 50% to cities and counties pursuant to a specified formula. The bill would impose various requirements on agencies receiving these funds. The bill would authorize a city or county to spend its apportionment of funds under the program on transportation priorities other than those allowable pursuant to the program if the city’s or county’s average Pavement Condition Index meets or exceeds 85.

(2) Existing law provides for loans of revenues from various transportation funds and accounts to the General Fund, with various repayment dates specified.

This bill would require the Department of Finance, on or before March 1, 2016, to compute the amount of outstanding loans made from specified transportation funds. The bill would require the Department of Transportation to prepare a loan repayment schedule and would require the outstanding loans to be repaid pursuant to that schedule to the accounts from which the loans were made, as prescribed. The bill would appropriate funds for that purpose from the Budget Stabilization Account. The bill would require the repaid funds to be transferred to cities and counties pursuant to a specified formula.

(3) The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 1B) created the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund and provided for allocation by the California Transportation Commission of $2 billion in bond funds for infrastructure improvements on highway and rail corridors that have a high volume of freight movement, and specified categories of projects eligible to receive these funds. Existing law continues the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund in existence in order to receive revenues from sources other than the bond act for these purposes.

The bill would deposit the revenues attributable to a $0.30 per gallon increase in the diesel fuel excise tax imposed by the bill into the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund.

Existing law specifies projects eligible for funding from the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund, including, among other things, projects for truck corridor improvements, including dedicated truck facilities, or truck toll facilities.

This bill would include truck parking among the truck corridor capital improvements eligible to be funded and would authorize the expenditure of moneys in the fund for certain system efficiency improvements, including the development, demonstration, and deployment of promising Intelligent Transportation System applications. The bill would require the California Transportation Commission, in evaluating potential projects to be funded from the fund, to give priority to projects demonstrating one or more of certain characteristics.

(4) Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law, to the extent moneys are transferred to the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, requires projects funded with those moneys to be subject to all of the requirements of existing law applicable to the expenditure of moneys appropriated from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, including, among other things, furthering the regulatory purposes of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Existing law continuously appropriates 10% of the annual proceeds of the fund to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program.

This bill would, beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, instead continuously appropriate 20% of those annual proceeds to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, thereby making an appropriation, and, transfer 20% of those annual proceeds to the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund.

(5) Existing law, as of July 1, 2011, increases the sales and use tax on diesel and decreases the excise tax, as provided. Existing law requires the State Board of Equalization to annually modify both the gasoline and diesel excise tax rates on a going-forward basis so that the various changes in the taxes imposed on gasoline and diesel are revenue neutral.

This bill would eliminate the annual rate adjustment to maintain revenue neutrality for the gasoline and diesel excise tax rates. This bill would, beginning July 1, 2019, and every 3rd year thereafter, require the board to recompute the gasoline and diesel excise tax rates based upon the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index transmitted to the board by the Department of Finance, as prescribed.

(6) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a state highway operation and protection program every other year for the expenditure of transportation capital improvement funds for projects that are necessary to preserve and protect the state highway system, excluding projects that add new traffic lanes. The program is required to be based on an asset management plan, as specified. Existing law requires the department to specify, for each project in the program, the capital and support budget and projected delivery date for various components of the project. Existing law provides for the California Transportation Commission to review and adopt the program, and authorizes the commission to decline and adopt the program if it determines that the program is not sufficiently consistent with the asset management plan.

This bill, on and after February 1, 2017, would require the commission to make an allocation of all capital and support costs for each project in the program, and would require the department to submit a supplemental project allocation request to the commission for each project that experiences cost increases above the amounts in its allocation. The bill would require the commission to establish guidelines to provide exceptions to the requirement for a supplemental project allocation requirement that the commission determines are necessary to ensure that projects are not unnecessarily delayed.

(7) Existing law imposes weight fees on the registration of commercial motor vehicles and provides for the deposit of net weight fee revenues into the State Highway Account. Existing law provides for the transfer of certain weight fee revenues from the State Highway Account to the Transportation Debt Service Fund to reimburse the General Fund for payment of debt service on general obligation bonds issued for transportation purposes. Existing law also provides for the transfer of certain weight fee revenues to the Transportation Bond Direct Payment Account for direct payment of debt service on designated bonds, which are defined to be certain transportation general obligation bonds issued pursuant to Proposition 1B of 2006. Existing law also provides for loans of weight fee revenues to the General Fund to the extent the revenues are not needed for bond debt service purposes, with the loans to be repaid when the revenues are later needed for those purposes, as specified.

This bill, notwithstanding these provisions or any other law, would prohibit weight fee revenues from being transferred from the State Highway Account to the Transportation Debt Service Fund, the Transportation Bond Direct Payment Account, or any other fund or account for the purpose of payment of the debt service on transportation general obligation bonds, and would also prohibit loans of weight fee revenues to the General Fund.

(8)  This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) Over the next 10 years, the state faces a $59 billion shortfall
to adequately maintain the existing state highway system, in order
to keep it in a basic state of good repair.

(b) Similarly, cities and counties face a $78 billion shortfall
over the next decade to adequately maintain the existing network
of local streets and roads.

(c) Statewide taxes and fees dedicated to the maintenance of
the system have not been increased in more than 20 years, with
those revenues losing more than 55 percent of their purchasing
power, while costs to maintain the system have steadily increased
and much of the underlying infrastructure has aged past its expected
useful life.

(d) California motorists are spending $17 billion annually in
extra maintenance and car repair bills, which is more than $700
per driver, due to the state’s poorly maintained roads.

(e) Failing to act now to address this growing problem means
that more drastic measures will be required to maintain our system
in the future, essentially passing the burden on to future generations
instead of doing our job today.

(f) A funding program will help address a portion of the
maintenance backlog on the state’s road system and will stop the
growth of the problem.

(g) Modestly increasing various fees can spread the cost of road
repairs broadly to all users and beneficiaries of the road network
without overburdening any one group.

(h) Improving the condition of the state’s road system will have
a positive impact on the economy as it lowers the transportation
costs of doing business, reduces congestion impacts for employees,
and protects property values in the state.

(i) The federal government estimates that increased spending
on infrastructure creates more than 13,000 jobs per $1 billion spent.

(j) Well-maintained roads benefit all users, not just drivers, as
roads are used for all modes of transport, whether motor vehicles,
transit, bicycles, or pedestrians.

(k) Well-maintained roads additionally provide significant health
benefits and prevent injuries and death due to crashes caused by
poorly maintained infrastructure.

(l) A comprehensive, reasonable transportation funding package
will do all of the following:

(1) Ensure these transportation needs are addressed.

(2) Fairly distribute the economic impact of increased funding.

(3) Restore the gas tax rate previously reduced by the State
Board of Equalization pursuant to the gas tax swap.

(4) Direct increased revenue to the state’s highest transportation
needs.

SEC. 2.  

Section 14526.7 is added to the Government Code, to
read:

14526.7.  

(a) On and after February 1, 2017, an allocation by
the commission of all capital and support costs for each project in
the state highway operation and protection program shall be
required.

(b) For a project that experiences increases in capital or support
costs above the amounts in the commission’s allocation pursuant
to subdivision (a), a supplemental project allocation request shall
be submitted by the department to the commission for approval.

(c) The commission shall establish guidelines to provide
exceptions to the requirement of subdivision (b) that the
commission determines are necessary to ensure that projects are
not unnecessarily delayed.

SEC. 3.  

Section 16321 is added to the Government Code, to
read:

16321.  

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, on or before March
1, 2016, the Department of Finance shall compute the amount of
outstanding loans made from the State Highway Account, the
Motor Vehicle Fuel Account, the Highway Users Tax Account,
and the Motor Vehicle Account to the General Fund. The
department shall prepare a loan repayment schedule, pursuant to
which the outstanding loans shall be repaid to the accounts from
which the loans were made, as follows:

(1) On or before June 30, 2016, 50 percent of the outstanding
loan amounts.

(2) On or before June 30, 2017, 50 percent of the outstanding
loan amounts.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as the loans are
repaid pursuant to this section, the repaid funds shall be transferred
to cities and counties pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways
Code.

(c) Funds for loan repayments pursuant to this section are hereby
appropriated from the Budget Stabilization Account pursuant to
subclause (II) of clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1)
of subdivision (c) of Section 20 of Article XVI of the California
Constitution.

SEC. 4.  

Section 39719 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:

39719.  

(a) The Legislature shall appropriate the annual
proceeds of the fund for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions in this state in accordance with the requirements of
Section 39712.

(b) To carry out a portion of the requirements of subdivision
(a), annual proceeds are continuously appropriated for the
following:

(1) Beginning in the begin delete 2015-16 end delete begin insert 2016-17 end insert fiscal year, and
notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, begin delete 35 end delete begin insert 45 end insert
percent of annual proceeds are continuously appropriated, without
regard to fiscal years, for transit, affordable housing, and
sustainable communities programs as following:

(A)  begin delete Ten end delete begin insert Twenty end insert percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is
hereby continuously appropriated to the Transportation Agency
for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program created by Part
2 (commencing with Section 75220) of Division 44 of the Public
Resources Code.

(B) Five percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Low Carbon Transit Operations
Program created by Part 3 (commencing with Section 75230) of
Division 44 of the Public Resources Code. begin delete Funds end delete begin insert Moneys end insert shall be
allocated by the Controller, according to requirements of the
program, and pursuant to the distribution formula in subdivision
(b) or (c) of Section 99312 of, and Sections 99313 and 99314 of,
the Public Utilities Code.

(C) Twenty percent of the annual proceeds of the fund is hereby
continuously appropriated to the Strategic Growth Council for the
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program created
by Part 1 (commencing with Section 75200) of Division 44 of the
Public Resources Code. Of the amount appropriated in this
subparagraph, no less than 10 percent of the annual begin delete proceeds, end delete
begin insert proceeds end insert shall be expended for affordable housing, consistent with
the provisions of that program.

(2) Beginning in the 2015-16 fiscal year, notwithstanding
Section 13340 of the Government Code, 25 percent of the annual
proceeds of the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the
High-Speed Rail Authority for the following components of the
initial operating segment and Phase I Blended System as described
in the 2012 business plan adopted pursuant to Section 185033 of
the Public Utilities Code:

(A) Acquisition and construction costs of the project.

(B) Environmental review and design costs of the project.

(C) Other capital costs of the project.

(D) Repayment of any loans made to the authority to fund the
project.

begin insert

(3) Beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, 20 percent of the
annual proceeds of the fund shall be transferred to the Trade
Corridors Improvement Fund, continued in existence pursuant to
Section 2192 of the Streets and Highways Code.

end insert

(c) In determining the amount of annual proceeds of the fund
for purposes of the calculation in subdivision (b), the funds subject
to Section 39719.1 shall not be included.

SEC. 5.  

Section 7360 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

7360.  

(a) (1)  begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert A tax of eighteen cents ($0.18) is hereby
imposed upon each gallon of fuel subject to the tax in Sections
7362, 7363, and 7364.

begin insert

(B) In addition to the tax imposed pursuant to subparagraph
(A), on and after the first day of the first calendar quarter that
occurs 90 days after the effective date of the act adding this
subparagraph, a tax of twenty-two and one-half cents ($0.225) is
hereby imposed upon each gallon of fuel, other than aviation
gasoline, subject to the tax in Sections 7362, 7363, and 7364.

end insert

(2) If the federal fuel tax is reduced below the rate of nine cents
($0.09) per gallon and federal financial allocations to this state for
highway and exclusive public mass transit guideway purposes are
reduced or eliminated correspondingly, the tax rate imposed by
begin insert subparagraph (A) of end insert paragraph (1), on and after the date of the
reduction, shall be recalculated by an amount so that the combined
state rate under begin insert subparagraph (A) of end insert paragraph (1) and the federal
tax rate per gallon equal twenty-seven cents ($0.27).

(3) If any person or entity is exempt or partially exempt from
the federal fuel tax at the time of a reduction, the person or entity
shall continue to be so exempt under this section.

(b)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete On and after July 1, 2010, in addition to the tax imposed
by subdivision (a), a tax is hereby imposed upon each gallon of
motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, subject to the tax
in Sections 7362, 7363, and 7364 in an amount equal to seventeen
and three-tenths cents ($0.173) per gallon.

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(2) For the 2011-12 fiscal year,

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begin insert (c) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Beginning July 1, 2019, end insert and begin delete each fiscal end delete begin insert every third end insert year
thereafter, the begin delete board shall, on or before March 1 end delete begin insert State Board end insert of
begin delete the fiscal year immediately preceding the applicable fiscal year,
adjust the rate in paragraph (1) in that manner as to generate an
amount end delete begin insert Equalization shall recompute the rates end insert of begin delete revenue that
will equal end delete the begin delete amount of revenue loss attributable to the exemption
provided end delete begin insert taxes imposed end insert by begin delete Section 6357.7, based on estimates
made by the board, and that rate end delete begin insert this section. That computation end insert
shall be begin delete effective during the state’s next fiscal year. end delete begin insert made as
follows: end insert

begin delete

(3) In order to maintain revenue neutrality for each year,
beginning with the rate adjustment on or before March 1, 2012,
the adjustment under paragraph (2) shall also take into account the
extent to which the actual amount

end delete

begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The Department end insert of begin delete revenues derived pursuant end delete begin insert Finance shall
transmit end insert to begin delete this subdivision and, as applicable, Section 7361.1, end delete the
begin delete revenue loss attributable to end delete begin insert State Board of Equalization end insert the
begin delete exemption provided by Section 6357.7 resulted end delete begin insert percentage change end insert
in begin delete a net revenue gain or loss end delete begin insert the California Consumer Price Index end insert
for begin delete the fiscal year ending end delete begin insert all items from November of three
calendar years end insert prior to begin insert November of end insert the begin delete rate adjustment date on
or before March 1. end delete begin insert prior calendar year, no later than January 31,
2019, and January 31 of every third year thereafter. end insert

begin insert

(2) The State Board of Equalization shall do all of the following:

end insert begin insert

(A) Compute an inflation adjustment factor by adding 100
percent to the percentage change figure that is furnished pursuant
to paragraph (1) and dividing the result by 100.

end insert begin delete

(4) The intent of paragraphs (2) and (3) is to ensure that the act
adding this subdivision

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Multiply the preceding tax rate per gallon by the inflation
adjustment factor determined in subparagraph (A) end insert and begin delete Section
6357.7 does not produce a net revenue gain in state taxes. end delete begin insert round
off the resulting product to the nearest tenth of a cent. end insert

begin insert

(C) Make its determination of the new rate no later than March
1 of the same year as the effective date of the new rate.

end insert

SEC. 6.  

Section 60050 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

60050.  

(a) (1) A tax of begin delete eighteen end delete begin insert thirteen end insert cents begin delete ($0.18) end delete begin insert ($0.13) end insert
is hereby imposed upon each gallon of diesel fuel subject to the
tax in Sections 60051, 60052, and 60058.

(2) If the federal fuel tax is reduced below the rate of fifteen
cents ($0.15) per gallon and federal financial allocations to this
state for highway and exclusive public mass transit guideway
purposes are reduced or eliminated correspondingly, the tax rate
imposed by paragraph begin delete (1), including any reduction or adjustment
pursuant to subdivision (b), on and after the date of the reduction, end delete
begin insert (1) end insert shall be increased by an amount so that the combined state rate
under paragraph (1) and the federal tax rate per gallon equal what
it would have been in the absence of the federal reduction.

(3) If any person or entity is exempt or partially exempt from
the federal fuel tax at the time of a reduction, the person or entity
shall continue to be exempt under this section.

(b)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete begin delete On July 1, 2011, end delete begin insert In addition to end insert the tax begin delete rate specified in
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be reduced to thirteen cents
($0.13) and every July 1 thereafter shall be adjusted pursuant to
paragraphs (2) and (3). end delete begin insert imposed pursuant to subdivision (a), on
and after the first day of the first calendar quarter that occurs 90
days after the effective date of the act amending this subdivision
in the 2015-16 Regular Session, an additional tax of thirty cents
($0.30) is hereby imposed upon each gallon of diesel fuel subject
to the tax in Sections 60051, 60052, and 60058. end insert

begin delete

(2) For the 2012-13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter,
the board shall, on or before March 1 of the fiscal year immediately
preceding the applicable fiscal year, adjust the rate reduction in
paragraph (1) in that manner as to result in a revenue loss
attributable to paragraph (1) that will equal the amount of revenue
gain attributable to Sections 6051.8 and 6201.8, based on estimates
made by the board, and that rate shall be effective during the state’s
next fiscal year.

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begin insert (c) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Beginning July 1, 2019, and every third year thereafter, the
State Board of Equalization shall recompute the rates of the taxes
imposed by this section. That computation shall be made as
follows: end insert

begin delete

(3) In order to maintain revenue neutrality for each year,
beginning with the rate adjustment on or before March 1, 2013,
the adjustment under paragraph (2) shall take into account the
extent to which the actual amount

end delete

begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The Department end insert of begin delete revenues derived pursuant end delete begin insert Finance shall
transmit end insert to begin delete Sections 6051.8 and 6201.8 and end delete the begin delete revenue loss
attributable to this subdivision resulted end delete begin insert State Board of Equalization
the percentage change end insert in begin delete a net revenue gain or loss end delete begin insert the California
Consumer Price Index end insert for begin delete the fiscal year ending end delete begin insert all items from
November of three calendar years end insert prior to begin insert November of end insert the begin delete rate
adjustment date on or before March 1. end delete begin insert prior calendar year, no
later than January 31, 2019, and January 31 of every third year
thereafter. end insert

begin insert

(2) The State Board of Equalization shall do both of the
following:

end insert begin insert

(A) Compute an inflation adjustment factor by adding 100
percent to the percentage change figure that is furnished pursuant
to paragraph (1) and dividing the result by 100.

end insert begin delete

(4) The intent of paragraphs (2) and (3) is to ensure that the act
adding this subdivision

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Multiply the preceding tax rate per gallon by the inflation
adjustment factor determined in subparagraph (A) end insert and begin delete Sections
6051.8 and 6201.8 does not produce a net revenue gain in state
taxes. end delete begin insert round off the resulting product to the nearest tenth of a cent. end insert

begin insert

(C) Make its determination of the new rate no later than March
1 of the same year as the effective date of the new rate.

end insert

SEC. 7.  

Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2030) is added
to Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, to read:

 

Chapter  2. Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation
Program

 

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 system. Funds made
available by the program shall be prioritized for expenditure on
basic road maintenance and road rehabilitation projects, and on
critical safety projects. The California Transportation Commission
shall adopt performance criteria to ensure efficient use of the funds
available pursuant to this chapter for the program.

(b) Funds made available by the program shall be used for
projects that include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Road maintenance and rehabilitation.

(2) Safety projects.

(3) Railroad grade separations.

(4) Active transportation and pedestrian and bicycle safety
projects in conjunction with any other allowable project.

(c) To the extent possible, the department and cities and counties
receiving an apportionment of funds under the program shall use
advanced technologies and material recycling techniques that
reduce the cost of maintaining and rehabilitating the streets and
highways.

2031.  

The following revenues shall be deposited in the Road
Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, which is hereby created
in the State Transportation Fund:

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2103, the
revenues attributable to the increase in the motor vehicle fuel excise
tax by twenty-two and one-half cents ($0.225) per gallon pursuant
to subdivision (a) of Section 7360 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code, as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (c) of that section.

(b) The revenues from the increase in the vehicle registration
fee pursuant to Section 9250.3 of the Vehicle Code.

(c) The revenues from the increase in the vehicle registration
fee pursuant to Section 9250.6 of the Vehicle Code.

(d) Any other revenues designated for the program.

2031.5.  

Each fiscal year the annual Budget Act shall contain
an appropriation from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation
Account to the Controller for the costs of carrying out his or her
duties pursuant to this chapter and to the California Transportation
Commission for the costs of carrying out its duties pursuant to this
chapter and Section 14526.7 of the Government Code.

2032.  

(a) After deducting the amounts appropriated in the
annual Budget Act as provided in Section 2031.5, 5 percent of the
remaining revenues deposited in the Road Maintenance and
Rehabilitation Account shall be set aside for counties in which
voters approve, on or after July 1, 2016, a transactions and use tax
for transportation purposes, and which counties did not, prior to
that approval, impose a transactions and use tax for those purposes.
The funds available under this subdivision in each fiscal year are
hereby continuously appropriated for allocation to each eligible
county and each city in the county for road maintenance and
rehabilitation purposes. However, funds remaining unallocated
under this subdivision in any fiscal year shall be reallocated on
the last day of the fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (b).

(b) The balance of the revenues deposited in the Road
Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account, including the revenues
reallocated for the purposes of this subdivision pursuant to
subdivision (a), 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 subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2103 for the purposes
authorized by this chapter.

2034.  

(a) Funds made available to a city or county under the
program shall be used for improvements to transportation facilities
that will assist in reducing further deterioration of the existing road
system. These improvements may include, but need not be limited
to, pavement maintenance, rehabilitation, installation, construction,
and reconstruction of necessary associated facilities such as
drainage and traffic control devices, or safety projects to reduce
fatalities.

(b) Funds made available under the program may also be used
for the following purposes:

(1) To satisfy the local match requirement in order to obtain
state or federal transportation funds for similar purposes.

(2) Active transportation and pedestrian and bicycle safety
projects in conjunction with any other allowable project.

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 allocation or apportionment of
funds pursuant to Section 2032.

(b) In order to receive an allocation or apportionment pursuant
to Section 2032, the city or county shall annually expend from its
general fund for street, road, and highway purposes an amount not
less than the annual average of its expenditures from its general
fund during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years, as
reported to the Controller pursuant to Section 2151. For purposes
of this subdivision, in calculating a city’s or county’s annual
general fund expenditures and its average general fund expenditures
for the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years, any
unrestricted funds that the city or county may expend at its
discretion, including vehicle in-lieu tax revenues and revenues
from fines and forfeitures, expended for street, road, and highway
purposes shall be considered expenditures from the general fund.
One-time allocations that have been expended for street and
highway purposes, but which may not be available on an ongoing
basis, including revenue provided under the Teeter Plan Bond Law
of 1994 (Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1
of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), may not be
considered when calculating a city’s or county’s annual general
fund expenditures.

(c) For any city incorporated after July 1, 2009, the Controller
shall calculate an annual average expenditure for the period
between July 1, 2009, and December 31, 2015, inclusive, that the
city was incorporated.

(d) For purposes of subdivision (b), the Controller may request
fiscal data from cities and counties in addition to data provided
pursuant to Section 2151, for the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12
fiscal years. Each city and county shall furnish the data to the
Controller not later than 120 days after receiving the request. The
Controller may withhold payment to cities and counties that do
not comply with the request for information or that provide
incomplete data.

(e) The Controller may perform audits to ensure compliance
with subdivision (b) when deemed necessary. Any city or county
that has not complied with subdivision (b) shall reimburse the state
for the funds it received during that fiscal year. Any funds withheld
or returned as a result of a failure to comply with subdivision (b)
shall be reapportioned to the other counties and cities whose
expenditures are in compliance.

(f) If a city or county fails to comply with the requirements of
subdivision (b) in a particular fiscal year, the city or county may
expend during that fiscal year and the following fiscal year a total
amount that is not less than the total amount required to be
expended for those fiscal years for purposes of complying with
subdivision (b).

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 city’s or county’s average
Pavement Condition Index meets or exceeds 85.

SEC. 8.  

Section 2192 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:

2192.  

(a) The Trade Corridors Improvement Fund, created
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8879.23 of the Government
Code, is hereby continued in existence to receive revenues from
sources other than the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air
Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006. This chapter shall
govern expenditure of those other revenues.

(b) The moneys in the fund from those other sources shall be
available upon appropriation for allocation by the California
Transportation Commission for infrastructure improvements in
this state on federally designated Trade Corridors of National and
Regional Significance, on the Primary Freight Network, and along
other corridors that have a high volume of freight movement, as
determined by the commission. In determining the projects eligible
for funding, the commission shall consult the Transportation
Agency’s state freight begin delete plan end delete begin insert plan, end insert as described in Section 13978.8
of the Government begin delete Code, the State Air Resources Board’s
Sustainable Freight Strategy adopted by Resolution 14-2, and the
trade infrastructure and goods movement plan submitted to the
commission by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary
for Environmental Protection. end delete begin insert Code. end insert The commission shall also
consult trade infrastructure and goods movement plans adopted
by regional transportation planning agencies, adopted regional
transportation plans required by state and federal law, and begin delete the end delete
statewide port master begin delete plan prepared by the California Marine and
Intermodal Transportation System Advisory Council
(Cal-MITSAC) pursuant to Section 1730 of the Harbors and
Navigation Code, end delete begin insert plans, end insert when determining eligible projects for
funding. Eligible projects for these funds include, but are not
limited to, all of the following:

(1) Highway capacity improvements and operational
improvements to more efficiently accommodate the movement of
freight, particularly for ingress and egress to and from the state’s
land ports of entry and seaports, including navigable inland
waterways used to transport freight between seaports, land ports
of entry, and airports, and to relieve traffic congestion along major
trade or goods movement corridors.

(2) Freight rail system improvements to enhance the ability to
move goods from seaports, land ports of entry, and airports to
warehousing and distribution centers throughout California,
including projects that separate rail lines from highway or local
road traffic, improve freight rail mobility through mountainous
regions, relocate rail switching yards, and other projects that
improve the efficiency and capacity of the rail freight system.

(3) Projects to enhance the capacity and efficiency of ports.

(4) Truck corridor begin insert capital end insert improvements, including dedicated
truck begin delete facilities end delete begin insert facilities, truck parking, end insert or truck toll facilities.

(5) Border access improvements that enhance goods movement
between California and Mexico and that maximize the state’s
ability to access coordinated border infrastructure funds made
available to the state by federal law.

(6) Surface transportation and connector road improvements to
effectively facilitate the movement of goods, particularly for
ingress and egress to and from the state’s land ports of entry,
airports, and seaports, to relieve traffic congestion along major
trade or goods movement corridors.

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(7) System efficiency improvements, including the development,
demonstration, and deployment of promising Intelligent
Transportation System (ITS) applications that integrate data from
multiple sources to provide freight real-time traveler information,
freight dynamic route guidance, optimization of drayage
operations, or a combination of these.

end insert

(c) (1) The commission shall allocate funds for trade
infrastructure improvements from the fund consistent with Section
8879.52 of the Government Code and the Trade Corridors
Improvement Fund (TCIF) Guidelines adopted by the commission
on November 27, 2007, or as amended by the begin delete commission, and in
a manner that (A) addresses the state’s most urgent needs, (B)
balances the demands of various land ports of entry, seaports, and
airports, (C) provides reasonable geographic balance between the
state’s regions, and (D) places emphasis on projects that improve
trade corridor mobility while reducing emissions of diesel
particulate and other pollutant emissions. end delete begin insert commission. In evaluating
a potential project to be funded pursuant to this section, the
commission shall give priority to those projects demonstrating
one or more of the following characteristics: end insert

begin insert

(A) Addresses the state’s most urgent needs.

end insert begin insert

(B) Balances the demands of various land ports of entry,
seaports, and airports.

end insert begin insert

(C) Provides reasonable geographic balance between the state’s
regions.

end insert begin insert

(D) Leverages additional public and private funding.

end insert begin insert

(E) Provides regional benefits with a focus on collaboration
between multiple entities.

end insert begin insert

(F) Provides the potential for cobenefits or multiple-benefit
attributes.

end insert begin insert

(G) Improves trade corridor mobility while reducing emissions
of diesel particulate and other pollutant emissions.

end insert

(2) In addition, the commission shall also consider the following
factors when allocating these funds:

(A) “Velocity,” which means the speed by which large cargo
would travel from the land port of entry or seaport through the
distribution system.

(B) “Throughput,” which means the volume of cargo that would
move from the land port of entry or seaport through the distribution
system.

(C) “Reliability,” which means a reasonably consistent and
predictable amount of time for cargo to travel from one point to
another on any given day or at any given time in California.

(D) “Congestion reduction,” which means the reduction in
recurrent daily hours of delay to be achieved.

SEC. 9.  

Section 2192.1 of the Streets and Highways Code is
amended to read:

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 mechanism relative to
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, are transferred to the Trade
Corridors Improvement Fund, projects funded with those moneys
shall be subject to all of the requirements of existing law applicable
to the expenditure of moneys appropriated from the Greenhouse
Gas Reduction Fund, including, but not limited to, begin delete both end delete begin insert all end insert of the
following:

(1) Projects shall further the regulatory purposes of the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5
(commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code),
including reducing emissions from greenhouse gases in the state,
directing public and private investment toward disadvantaged
communities, increasing the diversity of energy sources, or creating
opportunities for businesses, public agencies, nonprofits, and other
community institutions to participate in and benefit from statewide
efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

(2) Projects shall be consistent with the guidance developed by
the State Air Resources Board pursuant to Section 39715 of the
Health and Safety Code.

begin insert

(3) Projects shall be consistent with the required benefits to
disadvantaged communities pursuant to Section 39713 of the
Health and Safety Code.

end insert

(b) All allocations of funds made by the commission pursuant
to this section shall be made in a manner consistent with the criteria
expressed in Section 39712 of the Health and Safety Code and
with the investment plan developed by the Department of Finance
pursuant to Section 39716 of the Health and Safety Code.

SEC. 10.  

Section 2192.4 is added to the Streets and Highways
Code, to read:

2192.4.  

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2103, the
portion of the revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account
attributable to the increase in the tax rate on diesel fuel by thirty
cents ($0.30) per gallon pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
60050 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and as adjusted pursuant
to subdivision (c) of that section, shall be deposited in the Trade
Corridors Improvement Fund.

SEC. 11.  

Section 9250.3 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

9250.3.  

(a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code,
or the Revenue and Taxation Code, commencing 120 days after
the effective date of the act adding this section, a registration fee
of thirty-eight dollars ($38) shall be paid to the department for
registration or renewal of registration of every vehicle subject to
registration under this code, except those vehicles that are expressly
exempted under this code from payment of registration fees.

(b) Revenues from the fee, after deduction of the department’s
administrative costs related to this section, shall be deposited in
the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account created pursuant
to Section 2031 of the Streets and Highways Code.

SEC. 12.  

Section 9250.6 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

9250.6.  

(a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code,
or the Revenue and Taxation Code, commencing 120 days after
the effective date of the act adding this section, a registration fee
of one hundred and sixty-five dollars ($165) shall be paid to the
department for registration or renewal of registration of every
zero-emission motor vehicle subject to registration under this code,
except those motor vehicles that are expressly exempted under
this code from payment of registration fees.

(b) Revenues from the fee, after deduction of the department’s
administrative costs related to this section, shall be deposited in
the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account created pursuant
to Section 2031 of the Streets and Highways Code.

(c) This section does not apply to a commercial motor vehicle
subject to Section 9400.1.

(d) For purposes of this section, “zero-emission motor vehicle”
means a motor vehicle as described in subdivisions (c) and (d) of
Section 44258 of the Health and Safety Code, or any other motor
vehicle that is able to operate on any fuel other than gasoline or
diesel fuel.

SEC. 13.  

Section 9400.5 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

9400.5.  

Notwithstanding Sections 9400.1, 9400.4, and 42205
of this code, Sections 16773 and 16965 of the Government Code,
Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other law,
weight fee revenues shall not be transferred from the State Highway
Account to the Transportation Debt Service Fund, the
Transportation Bond Direct Payment Account, or any other fund
or account for the purpose of payment of the debt service on
transportation general obligation bonds, and shall not be loaned
to the General Fund.

SEC. 14.  

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to provide additional funding for road maintenance and
rehabilitation purposes as quickly as possible, it is necessary for
this act to take effect immediately.